tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42842899148034872622024-03-12T21:21:54.012-07:00crystal planetArunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.comBlogger338125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-21739309964301792322020-09-05T06:24:00.005-07:002020-09-05T06:24:54.706-07:00half moon (Haiku)<div style="text-align: left;">half moon...<br />neither 'yes' nor 'no'<br />in her smile</div>Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-11013106519959092262020-09-03T08:51:00.002-07:002020-09-03T08:51:29.352-07:00fairies dancing (Haiku)<div style="text-align: left;">fairies dancing<br />in the summer breeze<br />dandelion seeds </div>Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-89816630042245996162020-08-27T21:31:00.002-07:002020-08-27T21:31:22.747-07:00it all started (Tanka)<div style="text-align: left;">it all started<br />with a nagging rain<br />that slowed...<br />our words drowned out<br />in a cloudburst</div>Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-6052347693262623982020-07-26T22:32:00.002-07:002020-07-26T22:32:14.435-07:00your smile (Haiku)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
your smile<br />
soap bubbles<br />
disappearing</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-66185750715591742832020-06-26T09:49:00.002-07:002020-07-10T07:00:17.477-07:00more COVID deaths (Haiku)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
more COVID deaths--<br />
peacocks dancing<br />
in a Mumbai street</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-48082205104264187012020-06-16T10:12:00.000-07:002020-06-16T10:12:04.519-07:00no moon... (Haiku)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
no moon...<br />
a koel calls out<br />
from the void<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-10657712976094096302020-06-15T09:31:00.001-07:002020-06-16T10:10:40.995-07:00lockdown (Tanka)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
lockdown<br />
lifts the veil<br />
after ages<br />
distant mountains shine<br />
in Jalandhar sky<br />
<div>
<br /></div>
</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-80673907725133448102020-06-11T11:11:00.001-07:002020-06-12T09:25:44.265-07:00a leopard prowls (Haiku)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
a leopard prowls<br />
on a locked-down street —<br />
<i>stay home, stay safe</i></div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-85609838096666431122020-05-19T10:08:00.001-07:002020-05-19T10:08:13.324-07:00full moon (Haiku)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
full moon<br />
frequent calls<br />
of a koel</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-4094456363030445262020-05-15T11:12:00.001-07:002020-05-15T23:42:00.343-07:00An hour away from Home (Tanka Sequence)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
no longer<br />
did she feel hunger or pain<br />
only a voice<br />
in her head chattered on<br />
'an hour's walk more, just an hour'<br />
<br />
<br />
braving thirst<br />
and unsparing sun<br />
they returned home...<br />
all but little Makdam<br />
she left for a land unknown<br />
<br />
<br />
like a wind-up toy<br />
she staggered and fell...<br />
so near she came<br />
so far she remained<br />
an hour away from home<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[A 12-year-old girl named Jamlo Makdam died after walking nearly 150 km from Telangana to her native district in Chhattisgarh, because of the extended nationwide lockdown to fight coronavirus. She worked in chilli fields to earn for her family.]</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-14098255070355412872020-05-10T10:35:00.001-07:002020-05-13T08:57:41.142-07:00Tanka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
born with a clubfoot<br />
after a foggy night<br />
in Bhopal,<br />
she meets her end<br />
on a foggy night in Vizag</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-53353924699054062162020-05-06T09:24:00.002-07:002020-05-06T09:24:29.366-07:00cocoon days (Haiku)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
cocoon days...<br />
now and then<br />
a flutter</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-2522700759276867022020-04-15T06:41:00.004-07:002020-04-15T06:41:55.616-07:00Salvator Mundi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i>the mundus</i></div>
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<i>is way too simple</i></div>
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<i>to be Leonardo's</i></div>
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Christ looks on</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
as the wildfire rages</div>
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Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-9829414934437023872020-04-11T02:34:00.001-07:002020-04-11T02:35:07.172-07:00church pews <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br />
<br />
church pews<br />
filled with photos<br />
of absentees . . .<br />
the melody resounds<br />
'He is not here; He is risen.'</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-54959860325624227222020-03-13T04:02:00.000-07:002020-03-13T04:02:00.926-07:00sharing (tanka)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
sharing a kiss<br />
through surgical masks<br />
on a deserted highway<br />
tasting love<br />
amidst the hour of plague</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-89933477568274225812020-02-21T09:27:00.000-08:002020-02-21T09:28:03.227-08:00no one (Tanka)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
no one <br />
can ever hold you<br />
as I do<br />
-only I can measure<br />
your fragility</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-24654809474322708342020-02-21T09:26:00.000-08:002020-02-21T09:26:29.705-08:00Haiku<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
her tired smile<br />after chemo<br />leaves fall</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-36251784102788537692020-01-20T09:04:00.000-08:002020-01-20T09:04:05.525-08:00these days (tanka)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
these days<br />
the mist rarely clears<br />
all i see<br />
are multi-hued forms<br />
of fading dolls<br />
</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-84525032400724460192019-02-19T05:37:00.000-08:002019-02-20T06:19:28.053-08:00Kashmir tanka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
soldier trucks<br />
feel their way<br />
through Kashmir fog -<br />
his whistling a tune<br />
turns into a chorus<br />
<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-21858724163552775092018-12-25T03:24:00.003-08:002018-12-25T03:24:13.154-08:00Love Tanka <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
1.<br />
spend some time<br />
in the quiet<br />
of a full moon...<br />
every moment biting away<br />
words unspoken<br />
<br />
2.<br />
how many hours<br />
have you lived<br />
in your life...<br />
death will be on its prowl<br />
once the moon sets</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-15906500589020001212018-12-25T03:18:00.001-08:002018-12-25T03:21:08.098-08:003 Tanka <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
turning gray<br />
with the trickle of years<br />
a chameleon<br />
hiding amidst the green<br />
of childhood trees<br />
<br />
*<br />
<br />
i still see you<br />
in moonlit dreams<br />
you're a flower<br />
blooming<br />
in your absence<br />
<br />
*<br />
<br />
it rained a lot<br />
yet it looks like it'll rain<br />
a lot more...<br />
you simply smile,<br />
smile away<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-69043536833723208842018-12-25T03:14:00.001-08:002018-12-25T03:14:45.568-08:00Hope<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
let a chorus be born<br />
turning into a torrent<br />
of anguish -<br />
streets are getting flooded<br />
with rare resolve</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-81457434323676334392018-12-25T03:12:00.003-08:002018-12-25T03:12:58.395-08:00New Year Tanka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
this token of love<br />
not yet sullied<br />
by earthly sin-<br />
with great care i hold out<br />
my little dream, just born</div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-25833217271905418642018-12-25T03:09:00.001-08:002018-12-25T03:11:10.820-08:00A Tanka for Yemen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
tied<br />
to her wheelchair<br />
Noran paints<br />
rainbows<br />
in her inner room<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.savethechildren.net/article/i-used-love-writing-now-i-can-t-even-hold-pen-children-yemen-bear-brunt-endless-war">Click on this link</a></div>
Arunansuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00109137375586404821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4284289914803487262.post-34882764007730195442018-12-25T03:05:00.002-08:002018-12-25T03:06:21.150-08:00Tanka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
1.<br />
<br />
i move on<br />
from sadness to sadness<br />
with my dream:<br />
a window will open<br />
to a pear tree in flowers<br />
<br />
2.<br />
<br />
who can tame<br />
the beast that lives in man--<br />
a monk<br />
lovingly pats the head<br />
of a temple tiger<br />
<br />
<br />
[Note-Wat Pa Luangta Bua is a monastery about 200 kilometers west of Bangkok, and here,a daily ritual is observed -- Buddhist monks take their 3-5 year old tigers out on a leash for a walk through the bordering region of Burma. They dote upon their tigers, feed them and celebrate them as their most sacred animal. ]<br />
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</div>
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