Where's Childhood...

Written for One Single Impression

Prompt : Elusive

Ah, true friendship,

so very elusive now;

where's childhood...

***

 

RS:)

Am I Back?

April 30, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

AM I BACK

Sweat & zest

 flowed together;

our new home

Our new home;

it's a strange feeling,

am I back..

***

Last haiku

of  April challenge;

I made it..

 RS:)

0230 a.m. IST

A Different Road..

April 29, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

I and my family are in the process of relocating to the

other side of our beautiful city...with packing in progress

hence, haven't been able to visit

blogs of many friends..which I will do positively as and when I can..

But that shouldn't refrain you from

leaving your comments and feedback.. it emboldens...Thanx..God bless!!!

A Different Road..

Unfulfilled;

dreams gleam faintly in

vacant space;

New dreams shine

unabashedly;

heights to climb

A different raod;

I am on my way to meet

my better 'self', yes!

RS:)

She Sees a Haiku..

April 28, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

Prompt: Clarity

 

She sees a

haiku in my eyes;

clarity

clarity;

I ask the sky to

lend me some..

RS:)

Stars Fall, Sun Rises...

Written for Rebecca's Haiku My Heart

and shared with Haiku Heights..

Tempted stars

fall for lovely earth;

Sun rises..

***

Temptation

to pluck the flower;

she plucks it

 

withering

 flower loses smile;

she has it..

RS:)

She Refuses ...

April 27, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

Prompt: Temptation

Temptations;

she refuses to

dig his past

RS:)

haiku;

 don't hold temptation,

 comment.

Other Stays Quiet..

April 26, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

 

Prompt: Melody

Ah. I float;
God sings in my head,
gifts me world

I cry out  loud;

melody for mom, for the
 other stays quiet

***

Title of  one of my posts  inspired this haiku..
It's a stroy of my birth as a twin..
here's the poem of 93 lines...you won't stop till you complete..promise me..
here http://rameshsood.blogspot.in/2010/08/osi-and-haiku-heights.html


RS:)

Kismet - A Mystery..

April 25, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

Prompt: Kismet

Lost dreams;

I curse my

Kismet

Kismet;

Scapegoat of

the weak

***

Success;

my efforts,

what else?

 oh, kismet

friends with arrogance;

mystery

RS:)

What a Bliss...

April 24, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

 

Prompt: Bliss..

Lonely;

what a bliss,

your thought

***

Breathing;
what a bliss,
life is..

***

Thank God;
what a bliss,
to pray..

RS:)

Mesmerising truth.

April 23, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

Prompt: Mesmerise

Mesmerising truth

(3-5-3 and 5-7-5)

Ah, sunset

mesmerises me;

other side

other side;

mesmerised by

sunrise..

***

opposites exist

happily in one moment;

mesmerising truth

RS:)

I Walk On Concrete

Written for One single Impression

Prompt: Verdant

I Walk On Concrete

Ah, my eyes and feet

miss that verdant greenery;

I walk on concrete

A lush green lawn

at my lost home of childhood;

light-years away, that

***

 

she waters the plants;

I too talk about greenery

religiously

_______________

Verdant youth tries to

express itself through haiku;

happy times ahead

RS:)

Stills 2-3-2

April 22, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

Prompt : Still

My Second Post

Stills from

 my childhood;

 move me..

RS:)

I Write A Still Haiku

April 22, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

 

Prompt : Still

 

  

She sits

with  mind still;

clouds burst

***

I write
a still haiku;
feel it..

RS:)

He Finds Some New Dreams!!

April 21, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

Prompt: Serendipity

My prompted post, this!

serependitously, I

meet you, shining soul..

***

He Finds Some New Dreams

An accidental

eye lock as she draws curtains;

He finds some new dreams

RS:)

Lips find Perfect Curve..

Written for Rebecca's Haiku My Heart..

Smile, my beloved

and tears are my friends;

inseparable

***

I keep listening

to hope of empty promise;

a heavier heart

***

A heavier heart

quietly flows out of my eyes;

lips find perfect curve..

RS:)

I Peel Out Stale Memories..

April 20, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

Prompt: Renovation

 

I Peel Out Stale Memories.. 

 
 

I renovate my
out of date interiors;
a repainted  past

a repainted past;
   I peel out stale memories
deliberately


RS:)

Queen Honeybee Mates..

April 19, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

My #2 Post for the day!

Prompt: Honeybee


First something I want to say:

Thanks, Nanka!
lovely prompt this
where are you?

 Queen Honeybee Mates..

Magical humming

makes ecstatic drones die;

  queen honeybee mates..

****

Giver Honeybees

 

Giver honeybees;

 tries to take and gets body

painted with sweet stings

RS:)

 

Ah, Naive Honeybee

April 19, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

Prompt:  Honeybee

Ah, Naive Honeybee

Jumps from flower to

flower helping new ones bloom;

ah, naive honeybee

***

Stung by a

friendly honeybee ;

ah, no school..

RS:)

Winds Cannot Be Kept Away..

Written for 3WW

Dependence, Kept , Rumple..

Winds Cannot Be Kept Away..

Winds cannot be

kept away, so my hair

will get rumpled

and I have stopped being

dependent on my memory

for carrying a comb

whenever I go out..

I think it's alright

as long as my smile

doesn't get rumpled..

RS:)

Spotless White..

April 18, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

Prompt : White

Spotless White

Raiment of

my soul I weave now;

spotless white

Spotless white;

I fear attracting

tainted dots..

RS:)

Statue Looks Ahead..

April 17, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

 

My Second Post

 

Prompt: Wonder..

Rain of energy;

ah, something wonderful is

happening somewhere.. 

***

Oh, no liberty

to be among the seven;

Statue looks ahead..

RS:)

My other post on same prompt here:

http://rameshsood.blogspot.in/2012/04/shadow-less-she.html

She's Eighth

April 17, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

Prompt: Wonder

She's Eighth

Wonders?
truly shadow-less,

she's eighth


she's eighth;
imagination's
pure gift..


RS:)

I Want to Be Moon..

April 16, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge

 My Second Post for the prompt

Prompt: Being..

 I Want to Be Moon

Ah, angry Sunrays 

turn into polite moonbeams;

I want to be Moon..

( I feel good to be back with Moon

after a long time...)

RS:)

Being You...

April 16, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge..

 

Prompt: Being..

 

 

Upset?

I am just

   being you...

RS:)

Shells of Deceit..

Written for One Single Impression

Prompt: Shells

( Thanks to Sandy Carlson)

Shells of Deceit..

ah, explosions

in my inner being;

shells of deceit..

slowly I rise

unscarred from the debris;

spirit renews

revelations

only after the attack;

lesson for life..

relationships
without false pretensions;

lighter heart and soul..

my protection;

elimination of all

non-essentials..

RS:)

Do visit my Haiku Heights post here:
http://rameshsood.blogspot.in/2012/04/last-breath.html

Last Breath..

April 15, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge..

Prompt: Alive..

last breath;

ah, she was so

alive..

RS:)

Lonely Fairy Tale..

April 14, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge..

Prompt: Aura

Lonely Fairy Tale..

She clings to

her made-up aura ;

lone twosome

***

Just a hint

and her aura melts;

fairy tale..

RS:)

Warmth...for Haiku Heights..

April 13, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge..

Prompt: Warmth..

No warmth ;

her tears too become

 ice cubes

 

Just wanted to see the magic of a single haiku..

***

After rethinking, I thought of editing the haiku to 5-7-5 which came out as:

Ah, no warmth for me;
her tear too transforms into
a tiny ice cube..

***

Here's final haiku a 2-3-2 which
is born with suggestions from friends
as given in comments below..

No warmth;
tears become
frozen


RS:)

Incoherent Confession..

April 12, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge..

Prompt: Coherent

I

Incoherent Confession

Incoherent

last words of a confession;

his peaceful death

His peaceful death;

it's a blessing that she

doesn't understand..

Doesn't understand;

she now lives a quiet

coherent life..

Coherent life;

ah, her dreams are no more

incoherent

****

II

Branded Shirt

Coherent

design with cool colours;

branded shirt

Branded shirt

I buy on the spot;

sales discount

Sales discount;

a similar one lies with

label gone

Label gone;

doubt doesn’t find design

coherent..

RS:)

A Chain Unfolds Itself..

April 11, 2012

Written for Haiku Heights

April Challenge..

Prompt: Possible

A Chain Unfolds Itself..

Possible options;

write a nice haiku or sleep

before midnight

Before midnight

I choose writing a haiku;

Haiku Heights pull

Haiku Heights pull

flow of thoughts from my heart;

oblivious mind

Oblivious mind

looks forward to dreaming;

a goodnight’s sleep

A goodnight’s sleep;

I get up for my walk to

shake hands with sun

Shake hands with sun

or to sing songs of morning;

I wonder aloud

I wonder aloud

trees quietly listen to

promise of the day

Promise of the day

I look at the miracle of

a single haiku

A single haiku

but a chain unfolds itself;

possible options..

RS:)

She Swallows Sun

My Second Post for the

Prompt SUMMER .. at Haiku Heights
will also be shared with

Haiku My Heart..

on a more sombre note...

She Swallows Sun

It is summer;

on the burning city road

she walks bare feet

She walks bare feet

pursuing her day's bread;

air conditioned cars

Air conditioned cars

zoom past releasing more heat;

strength of spirit

Strength of spirit;

immune to all seasons

 poverty smiles

Poverty smiles;

sitting under a big tree,

she swallows Sun

She swallows sun

each day, every day;

it is summer..

RS:)

As an after thougth, I edited the line 'Child of Poverty' and
made it to 'Poverty Smiles'..after Jayanth perhaps Jayanth had commented....

Haiku My Heart