Haiku by Daipayan Nair
1.
winter
lane gossip
she
jumps to smash
the
shuttlecock
2.
jasmine
heap
the
woman knitting
a
fresh bargain
3.
neem
shade squeal —
a
group of children attempt
the
alphabet
4.
orange
farm dusk
she
adds another shade
to
the basket
5.
fresh
jujubes —
a
schoolgirl skips down
the
village lane
6.
grandma's
toes
a
giggling child hits
the
first keynote
7.
haystack
the
young farmer lifts
his
lungi
8.
village
noon —
a
woman ties the clothesline
between
two neems
9.
jumping
over
the chicken coop
bus
conductor
10.
last
box of pears
a
man double taps
the truck door
Daipayan Nair - Hailing from Silchar, Assam, India, Daipayan Nair is a haikuist. He writes micropoetry, mostly haiku and tanka poems. His works have been featured on various international platforms and weekly columns like Haiku Dialogue of The Haiku Foundation, Haiku in Action of Nick Virgilio Haiku Association, and FreshOutMag. He has also been published in the Frogpond Journal, the prune juice journal, Under the Basho Journal, Failed Haiku Journal, Cold Moon Journal, Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, Triya Mag, Kingfisher Journal, Poetry Pea Journal, Time Haiku Journal, Failed haiku — a journal of English Senryu, the Akitsu Quarterly, The Wales Haiku Journal among others. His haiku, senryu and tanka have appeared in the prestigious monthly of haikuKATHA from Triveni Haikai India.
No comments:
Post a Comment