Haiku by Akhu
Ronid Chingangbam *
It was before dawn
I heard the buffaloes' bell;
Season to harvest
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The warmth of the sand,
As we crossed Imphal River,
We could sense in nude.
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Sometimes in autumn
We rode our bicycle down
To highway for rose
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Bamboos are blooming
Birds are hovering around
Can it bring menace?
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In one cold winter
We, equipped with catapults
Scared the dogs in streets
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We danced in moonlight
Forgetting the hardship days
With spring guarding us
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After its daydream
The frog jumps out of the well
And it sees a hell
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The lovers elope
Astrologers suggest spring
But she is with child
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One whole April night
My starvation wrote haiku
While they were eating
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In the land of death
a birthday cake in coffin
arrived for dead poets
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Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry which is in 17 syllables breaking into three lines with first and last lines in five syllables each and the middle line seven syllables. In haiku, poets address a picture vividly. The picture is about nature but the interpretation is left to the readers despite the writers thought.
But some of my haiku here break free from the traditional form of haiku thematically.
* Poem written by Ronid Chingangbam (Akhu) . He is from Dept. of Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi . You can contact the poet at ronidchi(at)gmail(dot)com . This poem was webcasted on November 22, 2009.
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