The Haiku Foundation, 2020

 

Shakespeare’s rendition 

the show must go 

(on)line

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Connection through Art

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summer’s end

at the hospice window

hazy moon

HAIKU DIALOGUE – opposite attraction - arrive/leave

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icebreaker…

a crow cawing, outside

the polling station

HAIKU DIALOGUE – opposite attraction - loud/quiet

 

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below

the blueness

of sky blackout

 

HAIKU DIALOGUE – opposite attraction - above/below

  

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war cemetery – 

the big shadow 

of a small grave

 

 HAIKU DIALOGUE – opposite attraction - big/small

 

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warm sunlight… 

I let go the memory 

of his cold words

 

HAIKU DIALOGUE – opposite attraction - hot/cold

 

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lurking moon…

the uplifting waves

of her room’s curtains

 

HAIKU DIALOGUE – the way of the thief

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sleepless night the weight of a tilted family photograph

HAIKU DIALOGUE – bedridden

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self-isolation thoughts mending the broken cobweb

HAIKU DIALOGUE – the way of the housekeeper 

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Murree chairlift

I scribble a poem

on every passing cloud

HAIKU DIALOGUE – the way of the itinerant

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dinner alone

the aroma of garam masala

mixed with fog

HAIKU DIALOGUE – the way of the chef
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honeycomb

on a *tahli branch
stinging memories


*A Punjabi name for Dalbergia sissoo tree

HAIKU DIALOGUE – the way of the gardener 

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orange sky —
he paves the way
for departure

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Haiku Prism – Orange


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evening horizon
the flying birds uplift
the crimson waves


HAIKU DIALOGUE – Haiku Prism – Red


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one after another
the pink clouds refine
my thoughts


HAIKU DIALOGUE – Haiku Prism – Pink


beyond
my breaking point…
magnolia blossoms

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Haiku Prism – White

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summer twilight…
the fading whistle
of a shoe polisher

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Haiku Prism – Purple

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housebound thoughts
a swarm of morphos
on the tree trunk


HAIKU DIALOGUE – Haiku Prism – Blue

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pale moon
I work from home
till midnight

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Haiku Prism – Yellow

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self-isolation
the lingering fragrance
of wildflowers


HAIKU DIALOGUE – The Haiku Mind – Signs of Spring


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refugee camp…
the lingering smell
of desi roti


HAIKU DIALOGUE – The Haiku Mind – Favorite Meal


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a shrill cry
of the koala bear
distant thunder


HAIKU DIALOGUE – The Haiku Mind – Wild Animals


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spring sky —
I reach to the edge
of this universe


HAIKU DIALOGUE – The Haiku Mind – Sky’s Expanse


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wave after wave
the moon weaves my silence
into a symphony


HAIKU DIALOGUE – The Haiku Mind – Water in Motion 

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afternoon meditation
the dust is settling
in an empty bowl 

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Seeing Beyond Seeing – Photo Two


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climate change y(our) new year’s resolution


Turn of the Decade – New Year’s Resolution