a low voice calling
vanish away finding it
listen to heart’s beat
~
dissolving in breeze
inhale life with every breath
listen nature’s words
~
coo of nightingale
wind halts to listen to it
pull open thy heart
* For Carpe Diem # 245 Listening.
every
barefoot
treading
barefoot to pry
open every crevice
and drown in illumination
of life
Takenoko/Bamboo Shoots Haiku
going up and up
reaching for eternity
rigid, tall and straight
.
evergreen bamboo
shoots cut down and thinly sliced
boiled, to feast upon
.
survival circles
displayed around the body
every few inches
.
ward off the evil
takenoko surrounding
lonely Shinto shrine
.
wet and slippery
showered in the morning rain
a bamboo-poet writes
.
a childish cutter
gash shining stalk of bamboo
emerge moon goddess
.
shedding those gold tears
watching in pain, her moon world
born from bamboo stalk
* Written for Carpe Diem # 217 Takenoko/Bamboo Shoots
* The last two haiku are derived from a Japanese folktale; The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. I came to know about it in a Japanese cartoon show once.
blazing nebulous visions
blazing nebulous visions
cut open,
crush every thought
once beheld,
once inhaled with every breath,
now torched,
on the sacrificial slab;
.
they bring forth confusion,
maddening the being,
leaving him to hover
in an opaque shroud
against the naked sky,
timing every such vision
touching and baring his soul.
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