Aug 29, 2016 Original Poetry, The Daily Post
Finale
©August 29th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
A lifetime ago,
Blood leaped like salmon in light
Dream now in still pool.
Ripples flick at light
Dream on, still as a shadow
Fins flashing in sleep.
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Tags: #Allusive poetry, #DailyPrompt, #FishMetaphors, #haiku, #OriginalPoetrybyVijayaSundaram, #TheDailyPost, #Youth
Aug 19, 2016 Original Poetry, Senryu, The Daily Post
Eyes Spy
©August 19th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
A curtain comes down.
Windows to the soul, well, yes –
I see closed windows.
And what will it take
To throw wide those blind shutters?
A drowned child’s closed eyes?
J’accuse say these eyes:
A child in an ambulance
Looking out at us.
Somewhere, their eyes close.
Choosing not to see, helpless,
We open ours, weep.
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Tags: #DailyPrompt, #Eyes, #haiku, #OriginalPoetrybyVijayaSundaram, #Postaday, #TheDailyPost
Jul 25, 2016 Original Poetry, Senryu, The Daily Post
Sanctuary
©July 25th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
This is my refuge.
And in our intertwined lives,
I’ve found sanctuary.
There are some storms, yes,
And gusts of wind, pouring rain –
So much grows after!
A garden of peace –
A quiet place of wonder –
Sweet music wafts through.
Here are dreams and songs
Kindness ripples around rocks.
Graceful trees abound.
When the world grows stale
I retreat to my refuge.
Moonlight grows bright here.
Is gratitude parched?
Mine drinks deep from rippling streams.
I come home to you.
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Tags: #DailyPrompt, #haiku, #OriginalPoetrybyVijayaSundaram, #Postaday, #Sanctuary, #TheDailyPost
May 30, 2016 Original Poetry
Backyard Jewels
©May 30th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Raindrops glittering.
Brilliant diamonds light up trees.
And tender young ferns.
Laughing pink hearts sway.
Fir needles clutch lucent gems.
Burning bush shines green!
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Tags: #haiku, #Nature, #OriginalPoetrybyVijayaSundaram, #RaindropsonPlants
May 16, 2016 Original Poetry, Ramblings and Musings
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Sun–Spring
©May 16th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Singing woods in Spring
Stippled leaves, dappled light, dog.
Swiftly, Earth spins, drunk.
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Tags: #haiku, #OriginalPoetrybyVijayaSundaram, #QuickVid, #Walk with Dog in Springtime
Mar 19, 2016 Uncategorized
Photo Credit ©2016 Vijaya Sundaram
Four Haiku
©March 19th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Sky-shine like blue silk
Road, a glimmering river
My dog and I, fish.
Not a shoal, we two,
Just sun-dazed, slow-moving fish
Silk-threading a cool, blue trail.
Sunlight slips within
Our footsteps rise up like air
We hum-float along.
Plants wave like sea-weeds
The world moves like clear water
Thought-bubbles in Spring.
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Tags: #Figurative poetry, #haiku, #Original Poetry, #Walk with Dog in Springtime
Mar 19, 2016 Original Poetry
Swoon-Shine
©March 19th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
The moon hangs down low.
Eyelids half-closed in near-sleep,
I drowse in swoon-shine.*
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The above is my response to the March 17th prompt in Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.
Swoon-Shine is my play on words for this prompt, with the sense of sleepy swooning I felt, combined with moonshine.
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Today’s haiku writing technique is a challenge by Jane Reichhold who posted in Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. She writes this:
Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
I once started to write, because I like to play with words and bring them to life through my novels and of course through my haiku and tanka. It’s really a joy to dive into the richness of your own language, or in this case here at CDHK, into English, not my maiden language, but it starts to become almost my maiden language.
Today’s haiku writing technique used by Basho has all to do with pleasure to play with words. To explain the meaning of this HWT I will also give the romaji translation of the haiku by Basho for today.tanabata no awanu kokero ya uchuten
for the Star Festival*
even when hearts cannot meet
rainy-rapture© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)
Tags: #Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, #haiku, #Moonlight, #Sleepiness, #Swooning
Mar 14, 2016 The Daily Post
In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Fleeting
Fleeting Night – Haiku 4
©March 14th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Morning veil stirring
Throngs pass through in quiet haste
Birdsong fills the air.
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Tags: #Fleeting, #haiku, #Night and Day, #Original Poetry
Mar 14, 2016 The Daily Post, Uncategorized
For The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Fleeting
Fleeting Nature – Haiku 3
©March 14th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
Tall trees lose their seeds
Bolting in desperation
Premature birth-death.
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Tags: #Bolting too early, #Fleeting, #haiku, #Nature, #Original Poetry, #Trees, Climate Change
Mar 14, 2016 The Daily Post
For The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Fleeting
Fleeting Moon – Haiku 2
©March 14th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram
The moon weeps and fades
Branches toss grief back and forth,
Back and forth. Dew falls.
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Tags: #Fleeting, #Fleeting Moon, #haiku, #Original Poetry