Oct 14, 2014 Original Poetry
Children playing with leaves
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Leaf-fall
(A haiku celebrating Autumn)
©October 14th, 2014
By Vijaya Sundaram
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The leaves crushed golden
Underfoot by children sing:
Springtime in autumn!
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Thanks to Chevrefeuille for hosting Carpe Diem Haiku Family!
Tags: #Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, Chevrefeuille's Carpe Diem Haiku Family prompt, original haiku
Jun 13, 2014 Uncategorized
Matrix
(Upon Seeing the Daughter of My Friend Who Died)
©June 13th, 2014
By Vijaya Sundaram
Child, whose fulcrum’s gone–
Leaves fall to earth, trees can die.
~ Summer rainshine weeps.
Yet, she plays and smiles
A child with no words for grief
Fish can swim to air.
And you, the father,
Broken, full of promises,
Can you face this child?
Not for me to speak?
Winds blow through the neighborhood
Speak of my friend’s grave.
For shame, you father!
Whose child dances on tightropes —
Honor her mother!
My friend, who died last year
Welcomed death, for cancer’s hell.
Her child breathes her breath.
Remember her child!
Her bones and her blood are hers
Spare love, spare your breath!
You will be your judge
And there will be reckoning –
Kneel, when your light fades.
Yes, you lost her too
To each, his loss, to each, hers –
Honor, cherish, weep!
And child, remember.
Reflections hold memories –
These make matrices.
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NOTE: The root meaning of matrix is “mother” or “womb.”
Tags: #Daughter, #Death, #haiku, #Original Poetry, death of a young mother, grief, matrices, matrix, original haiku, selfish father
Jun 11, 2014 Uncategorized
Coolness
(Prompt provided by Carpe Diem-Haiku Kai)
©June 11th, 2014
By Vijaya Sundaram
Baked-earth-floor, white calf.
Birds hop within blue shadows
Cool noontide slumbers.
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Tags: #Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, #Original Poetry, original haiku, Painting by Milind Mulick