Here is some selection of Free Form HAIKU, written in past week..
Flowers of love
Carry the scent of ocean within
And colors of passion; rise and fall
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Her heart so serene
My hands; rough and coarse
Could only hurt
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In her silence
My lips find a whisper
Burning on her lips
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Her finger nails
Tattoo name
Sighed softly
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Traffic Lights
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Slowly, the chaos of mind
Returned, like the traffic
On defunct red light
As winter night, slowly engulfed
The long winding wet road
In its cold embrace
Darkness, falling in continuous stream
Of grey snowflakes
Shimmering in red hues of life
Just like time
Piling up coldness,
In blood reflecting red rains
Of memories
Slowly shadows of mind
Came to a stand still
No desires, no needs, no feelings
Just a silent past, revving up deep inside
Waiting
Waiting to pass through
The present stillness, headlong into future
Storm
Yet!
Just before
The pedal could hit the floor
And shoot through
The chaos of my passion;
I broke free
From
Shackles of life lived
That coiled me up, in serpent like senses
Ready to strike
At any movement
At any stillness, that comes out alive
From the shadows of mind
A life, wasted in living,
Starts to change
Red, orange, green
And I walked across the road
Looking back, one last time
A car still buried deep
In the traffic of the living
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ॐ नमः शिवाय
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oh some rather sensual haiku...fingernail tattoos...smiles. and yeah just walk away from the car the traffic is not worth it...
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed each of them.. really nice writes Shashi..
ReplyDeletevery lovely pieces!
ReplyDeleteawesome photo's!
ReplyDeletelove this
'My lips find a whisper
Burning on her lips'
very nice
your haiku is always a pleasure to read
Traffic Lights
wow
very deep
This especially
'Shackles of life lived
That coiled me up, in serpent like senses
Ready to strike
At any movement
At any stillness, that comes out alive
From the shadows of mind'
loved all of it
thank you
these are beautiful, Shashi-- I especially loved this one: In her silence
ReplyDeleteMy lips find a whisper
Burning on her lips-- great job! xxj
Brilliant poetry...
ReplyDeleteLoved the pictures :)
Lovely senryu set there my friend, you weave dreams in haiku x
ReplyDeletePassionate and sensual creations for us my friend, with deep images to draw us along - your skill with description is, as ever, entrancing. And try not to get buried in that traffic...sometimes a little detour can make life all the more thrilling.
ReplyDeleteFine haiku, and your longer poem even more thought-provoking and well written. The final image of walking away from the vehicle locked in traffic is very strong. As always, beautiful and insightful writing.
ReplyDeleteShashi, I enjoyed your haiku very much, in particular "Flowers of Love..." & "Her finger nails..." Your shorter poems act as nice prelude to "Traffic Lights" which presents wise words and subtlety within those shadows of thought. There is great emotion and poetic command of language in that piece. Excellent poetry.
ReplyDeleteThe traffic sometimes gets so overwhelming that it makes one wonder what is it that makes us want to go through it (literally and figuratively)! But then again, sometimes the destination (and what awaits us there) really makes everything worth the wait :) Loved your thoughts there though, Shashi.. poised and deliberate, they provoke the reader to think!
ReplyDeleteThe haiku set was simply fantastic, my friend... soft, intense and sensuous! A certain delight to the senses!
Wonderful pieces, Shashi. I especially like this:
ReplyDeleteIn her silence
My lips find a whisper
Burning on her lips
i LOVE your poetry!
ReplyDelete♥ dani