Indian Harvest
A collection of haiku poems from India
Compiled by Kala Ramesh and Susumu Takiguchi
(Selected by authors themselves.
hot afternoon
a carter wipes his hand
on the donkey's back
A. Thiagarajan
the heron's nest - dec. 07
water splashing inside
swishing the edge of the boat-
dark green lotus leaves, close
Aju Mukhopadhyay
New Year's Day
I write a check
with the wrong year
Amitava Dasgupta
removing an icicle
from the garden Buddha's nose
I sneeze
Angelee Deodhar
taking off—
we climb above
an eagle's flight
B. Vadivelrajan
winter eve
the roadside chaiwalla
makes more money
Bhavani
*chaiwalla – tea maker
between the toes
of two lovers —
the moon
Charishma Ramchandani
the heron's nest - september, 2006
thunderclap—
the sleeping newborn
throws up her arms
Chitra Rajappa
its shade on my side
of the wall
Gautam Nadkarni
a lone tree
shares a barren field—
childhood home
Geethanjali Rajan
the tree lets go a leaf
into ballet
G S P Rao
still winter night
wind chimes chime
as I close the door
Harish Suryanarayana
(In Hindi)
saanjh hotey hi
beth gaya aasan pe
rishi suraj
as soon as it is evening
it sits on a mat
— the sage sun
Jagdish Vyom
half-empty train
the hand-holds sway
in unison
Johannes Manjrekar
fierce bull...
a little bird
on the hump
K. Ramesh
the heron's nest – 04
full moon
a glowing taj mahal
on river yamuna
Kala Ramesh
mainichi daily news - dec. 07
dawn. . .
as the canoe settles
the flight of egrets
Kalpana R.J
no dogs to chase
me tonight
Kameshwar Rao
loneliness —
a seagull adrift
on an ice sheet
Kumarendra Mallick
the flowers
droop in a vase—
low battery
Malini Rao
against the wall
a custard apple tree
Minal Sarosh
downpour –
in the pail rests
a tiny pool
Mukul Dahal
tides wash away
sands of Puri and
our body prints
N. K. Singh
lotus pond—
a frog sleeps
on the moon
Narayanan Raghunathan
Tinywords, June 2007
rests on the mountain
winter morning
Parimala Rao
night stroll . . .
a rose petal
stuck in the thorns
Puja Maluste
Hanging
by the spider's thread—
a wanton leaf
R.K. Singh
flood of dawn. . .
the morning star
sinks
Raju Samal
where's security. . .
she is insecure
even in the womb
Reshma Jain
dawn on Dal Lake
emerging from the mist
the flower boat
Rohini Gupta
the heron's nest - Mar ch 08
transparent vase
the bouquet stands
at arm's length
S. Abburi
monsoon clouds . . . Srinjay Chakravarti
the heron's nest - June 2007
a herd of water buffalo
wades into the pond
slow traffic
a vilambit teen taal
on my radio
Usha Kiran
pink bougainvillea
pierced by the thorns
a leaf turns brown
Vidur Jyoti
moonlit night geometry forms itself Yajushi
on the wall
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