SHADOW OF AGE AND OTHER HAIKU SEQUENCES

1
LOVE-MAKING
Lovemaking
he melts into her
time stands still
 
Lovemaking
the sound of orgasm:
LaoTzu*
 
Making love
she tastes the salt upon
his shoulder
 
Candling in vein
leaves marks of teeth on her neck
utters holiness
 
Unclothing
the white night:
lips meeting lips
 
Writes with strands of
watery hair on her bare back
a love haiku
 
After the tumble
buried between the sheets
leftover passion
 
She departs
leaving behind her clothes
over mine
 
*A great sound is inaudible, and a great image is formless,” said Lao Tzu.
 
 
 
 
2
FULL MOON
A crescent
in the western horizon –
missing the moon

                    
The full moon
behind the bare tree–
branches curve
 
Squeaking
under the full moon
dry sky
 
Wet bodies
of bathing women:
full moon night
 
Splendid with the moon
night in silver peace dreams
through folds of light
 
Two long hours
under the chinar:
lost full moon
 
Aggravating pain
in the legs and sleeplessness:
blue moon
 
Winter allergies–
staying inside to escape
the wind in full moon
 
 
 
 
 
3
SNAKES
  
Sunny morning:
a snake slides through the fence
looking for a prey
 
Full of silt
the Ganga overflows:
snakes under the waves
 
Raises its hood
a cobra in water:
algae criss-cross
 
 Searching reason
in the labyrinthine pattern:
snakes in courtyard

  
Avoids searching
mushroom in the crowded green –
snake on the fence
 
 Searches thorn apples
to propitiate lingam:
snake in sanctum
 
A  snake's tail
coils round a sweet
in the box
 
 Smells a snake
in the wet grass –
her smile
 
Rises with tickles
between the thighs
the dream-serpent
 
 A yellow snake
slithers on the grass –
dewy trail of love

  
Climbing high through
rough pathway and stony cold
a green snake
 
 A snake's dead skin
near the fence:
she stands unmoving
 
 
 
 
 
4
FOG
His presence
among the known faces—
evening fog
 
A thin fog
hides the wintry moon
rising slowly
 
Slowly clears
the morning fog
end of the year
 
Hides the sun
a dense fog in the morning:
waning winter
 
Stench of burning leaves
mounts with fog in the evening
asthmatic breathing
 
Shrouded in fog
the lone pomegranate
in the backyard
 
Wrapped in fog
the flying plane
seen by sound
 
Feels the shadow
with wet fingers on the beach:
sound through the fog
 
 
 
5
MARITAL TENSION
Years of home
in three suitcases:
deep breathing
 
With his crying baby
he moves in the train's passage:
marital tension
 
Smoking woman
under a naked tree:
moon garden
 
Night's passage
on the beach with her –
silky sting
 
Orange streak
through the clouds –
seat belt fastened
 
Fortune melting
with change in the wind –
summer-end
 
 
6
SUN
A sweating sun
after the midnight chill—
changing hues of spring
 
The sun conceals
aeons of darkness planets
mirror in the sky
 
The sun not yet set
but the full moon rises
as if in a hurry
 
Two dreamy eyes
await the rising sun
through the fogged window
 
With sunrise
gone to sleep
the morning moon
 
Setting sun
leaves behind sparkles
on the waves
 
A dot
on the sun’s head:
venus
 
The sun rolls
on the waving Ganges
whitens love-hope
 
Awaits the sunrise
in the chilly Ganges
a nude worshipper
 
Closing its eyes
in the setting sun—
the Ganges in autumn
 
Safe from sun
under nascent leaf
a small fish
 
In the changing hues
of rainbow in the east:
sun and lightning
 
Puppies groping
for the tits of our doggy
relaxing in sun
 
Basking in the sun
files nails in garden chair
my wife’s friend
 
 
 
 
 
 
7
SPIDER

In their webs
spiders racing to spin
on meatless prey

Too big for its web
between two roses
a yellow spider

Suspended
on the spider's web
a white flower

A tiny spider
on the marigold sucking
its golden hue

Narrowly escape
the midair web of spider
perched on hibiscus

 
 
 
 
8
MOSQUITOES
 
Without humming
mosquitoes alight and bite -
all night awake
 
Leaving the signs
of mosquito menace
on white wall
 
Lies with her
in freezing cold -
mosquitoes trill
 
Can't flap a fly
or swat a mosquito -
hands so inept
 
A mosquito
drifting her attention from
haiku in bath
 
The long night passes
sleeplessly I deep-breathe -
mosquitoes in bed
 
Waiting for the train
alone on the platform
swatting mosquitoes
 
 
 
 
 
9
SHADOW OF AGE

Enveloping
all of the moon at night –
white chrysanthemums

 
the half moon
on her neck reminds of love
before departure
 
the sun not yet set
but the full moon rises
as if in a hurry
 
a star shines bright
beside the crescent moon
she fakes a smile
 
shadow of age
on the wall –
second full moon
 
whiteness of the moon
and rocks howl with the wind
December in the veins
 
after the party
empty chairs in the lawn –
new moon and I
 
the sky couldn't retain
all of the moon now entering
my house through the window
 
setting moon
leaves behind sparkle
on the waves
 
noisy birds
don't let me sleep:
midnight moon.
 
 
 
 
10
HIBISCUS
Red oleander and
hibiscus calling morning
to Kali
 
The lone hibiscus
waits for the sun to bloom:
morning's first offering
 
Without washing hands
he touches the hibiscus for worship:
her frowning glance
 
Love tickles
with erect pistil:
hibiscus
 
Narrowly escape
the midair web of spider
perched on hibiscus
 
A tiny spider
on the hibiscus sucking
its golden hue
 
Suspended
on the spider's web -
a hibiscus
 
After little rain
lilies smile with hibiscus -
the sun in May
 
Hibiscus
over the mossy roof
deeply rooted
 
Oleander and
hibiscus blaze with passion -
making love in sun
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
ALONE
 
Waiting for the train
alone on the platform
swatting mosquitoes
After the party
empty chairs in the lawn -
new moon and I
All guests gone:
after the late party
night and I
Nothing changes
the night's ugliness
in the lone bed
Alone
in a shrunken bed
aged love
In the well
studying her image
a woman
Knitting silence
my wife on the bench
after lunch
A moth
struggling for life
on wire
Between virgin curves
he deep-breathes evening mist
rests in the hollow
Shell-shocked or frozen
he stands in tears on hilltop
craving nirvana
The lone mushroom -
a pregnant woman
stares out of the window
Facing the sun
the lone flower
dying to bloom
A dead leaf hangs
 by a spider's thread
 invisible in sun
Under a tree
 in meditation sunken
 a lone stone
Alone
on the National Highway
Hanuman
 
 
 
12
AT WAR…
Night bombing
leaves the garden
white as death

Vultures waiting
for the leftovers
of the sacrifice

Whiteness of the moon
and rocks howl with the wind--
fear in the veins

In the ruins
searching her photo:
evening

Standing behind
the window bars observes
darkness in shapes

Awaits his son's
phone call from the border:
dogs and cats wail

A dead voice
calling up at dawn:
drowsy eyes
 

Alone
on her bed rings
the cell phone

Unmoved by the wind
he sits on a rock wearing
peace of the lake

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
FOG/MIST
Swollen fogs
ready to make way
for the sun
 
Morning fog:
her face invisible
even the sun
 
Two dreamy eyes
await the rising sun
through the fogged window
 
Standing behind
the window bars observes
shapes in fog
 
The evening fog -
invisible her hand
on my shoulder
 
A film of mist
between my eyes
and her image
 
Mist surrounds
the steel statue watches
few visitors
 
 
 
 
 
14
WINTER
   Winter chill -
   her face grows
   more wrinkles
 
   The lone hibiscus
   waits for the sun to bloom:
   morning's first offering
 
   Looking for a prey
   a snake slides through the fence:
   warmth of the sun
 
   The morning fog rests
   on a swathe of pond moss:
   the lone fish looks for sun
 
   Icy bed:
   moving the pillow
   closer to hers
 
   Chilly wind slaps
   the window panes closed to keep
   cross-legged couple warm
 
   Receding
   winter leaves behind
   allergies
 
   Winter's over:
   spring knocking with
   mango blossoms
 
 
 
 
15
SUNRISE
Sun rising late
slow arrival of winter
feverish warmth

Awaits the sunrise
in the chilly Ganges
a nude worshipper

Sunrise
behind the temple:
cloud's edge

Flowers turn
to the rising sun:
greeting

A dense fog
hides the sunrise--
waning winter

Her day begins
before dawn with the lantern
worshipping lingam

Aged with seasons
now seeks sojourn in the west--
no more sunrise

Welcoming sunrise
dew drops on dry leaves--
an epitaph

 
 --R.K. SINGH

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