pruned rose bush
winters’s hush
of introspection
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isolation weary
the backyard birds
exhaust their repertoire
*
(Cattails – October, 2020)
Haiku / Senryu
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Author Archives: madhuri
HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – destroy/create
grandma’s portrait
the removalist leaves
his signature
*
powerful forces used for good & evil…
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HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – arrive/leave
apple blossoms…
my dreams too leave
one by one
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comings & goings…
Tanka
slowing
past the old mansion
I conjure up its past
of wine and rustling silk
some dark deeds too
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( Blithe Spirit, Vol 30 Number 3 Aug. 2020)
Haiku
morning prayer
the sound of blackbirds
fine-tuning dawn
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supermarket car park….
the breeze bereft
of buskers’ tune
*
Blithe Spirit, Vol.30 Number 3 Aug. 2020
Haiku
pandemic —
a double rainbow
spans my window
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Honoured to have my haiku included in the 12th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest Haiku collection.
Haiku
cherry blossoms
mother’s baby steps
holding my hand
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(International Sakura Award – 2020)
Tanka
chattering away
to myself
the conversation
I wish I could have
with my daughter
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( Moonbathing – Spring Summer Issue 2020)
Haiku
departure gate
a stranger’s smile
softens the grief
(The Cicada’s Cry Special Edition, Haiku In The Time of Coronavirus/COVID 19)
closed curtains
the expansive narrative
of night rain
Madhuri Pillai
Failed Haiku #57
HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – day/night
insomnia
looking worse for wear
fading day moon
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as the world turns…
Haiku
lengthening days
the blue iris
pauses my steps
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Stardust Haiku #44, August 2020
HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – big/small
shuffling steps hanging loose once perfect fit
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gulliver’s haiku…
Tanka
mother’s diary
the forgotten names
of old friends
a story repeated
we meet, greet and depart
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(Presence #issue67, July 2020)
