A Statue of Dreams - Haiku

Haiku for Haiku Horizons
Prompt: Just




'Just a moment, wait',
and then the years rolled by;
a statue of dreams



RS:)

Sound of My Footsteps.. Haiku..

Written for
Rebecca's Haiku My Heart

Friday




Five pigeons walk with
spring in their feet just ahead;
sound of my footsteps



Sound of my footsteps;
Five pigeons fluttering wings
fly over my head..




RS:)

So Near Yet So Far..

Haiku Horizons

Prompt: Near




a full Moon shines and
sparkles in her lovely eyes;
so near yet so far

RS:)

Party of Strangers..Haiku

Haiku for Haiku Horizons

Prompt : Ruby..

Ruby in her neck;

enhanced value in a 

party of strangers

**

Party of strangers;

she looks for one not blinded

by resplendence

RS:)

Nonseasonal Rain.. Haiku

Haiku For Haiku My Heart..




Bunch of  dark clouds lose
its way wandering in the skies;
nonseasonal rain


**

Nonseasonal rain;
caught unawares, she takes
the rain on her face..



RS:)

Hope Of A New Sun.. 3WW

Lethargic, Blunt, Drunk..


Hope Of A New Sun..



She was absolutely furious
and shouted, "You returned drunk
yesterday night and now
you feel too lethargic to get up
and go to work.
Let me be blunt and tell you
enough is enough..
I will not tolerate it anymore,
do you understand?"

He turned his face
and went back to sleep..
She too got engaged in daily chores..
Another day had begun
just like any other day
Same Sun had arisen
from behind the same wall..
and she keeps hoping for 
a new one, someday, one day...


RS:)

Hot Cups of Coffee..

Haiku Horizons
Prompt: Hot..




Hot cups of coffee;
hours melt and evaporate 
just like sizzling steam 


RS:)

A Rotating Wheel..

For Haiku My Heart..




Happy mom & child;
slides, swings, seasaws and
a rotating wheel


**


A rotating wheel;
happy mom's little world goes
round and round and round..
.



RS:)

I Just Wonder

Written for 3WW




Compact, Jubilant, Neglected

I Just Wonder


She sits in a compact space
feeling a bit neglected
among so many others
as her wide open curious 
waiting eyes look at the door
Suddenly, there's a sparkle
she is jubilant and 
takes-off to land in the extended arms 
of her working Mom 
Back at home she will wait 
for her Dad to return..
a darling fairy to whom
her parents dream to present
golden wings when she would be
ready to take a flight..
Won't she be happier with 
normal stronger wings weaved 
by the loving hands 
of her Mom by staying at home
helping her have stronger feet
to stand confidently
before taking a flight..

I just wonder...



RS:)

Cup of Morning Tea.. Haiku

Written for Haiku Horizons 
Prompt: GIVE





A giving Earth;
she does her bit by 
watering plants.


**


she gives happily,
I receive joyously;
cup of morning tea


RS:)

A Bird Flies Away...

Haiku My Heart and Haiku Horizons.. where haiku get stored..

Rebecca's Haiku My Heart
November 28, 2014

she looks up;
a bird flies away and then 
another...


**


Her woolens 
hang on a string to dry;
warm winter



RS:)


Rebecca's Haiku My Heart
November 21, 2014



An incomplete
nest hangs in my balcony;
a delayed winter


**


a delayed winter;
fluttering wings of sparrows
punctuate my thoughts


For Haiku Horizons Prompt: Store



first she creates & 
then stores happy memories;
a heavenly heart..


**


RS:)

Moon Gives A Cold Look..

Written for Haiku Horizon
Prompt: Cold



Mid November and
she exchanges pleasantries;
Moon gives a cold look



**


Moon gives a cold look;
moonbeam melts on her warm face
without remorse


RS:)

full of smiles, her cup.. Haiku..& a write for 3WW

Haiku Horizons Prompt:  Full






a few spill in her
heart when my thoughts stir it;
full of smiles, her cup..


**

For 3WW 
words: Yearning, Crucial, Malignant


No, nothing appears crucial
don't find anything malignant
and well, have I experienced
a yearning of any kind? 
No, not really;
Life is... yes, it is..




RS:)

Pleasant November... Haiku

Rebecca's Haiku My Heart..
Fabulous Friday...




She looks at blue sky;
slope of her tilted head  makes
worries fall behind

**

Worries fall behind,
she stops to adore a rose;
pleasant November




RS:)

Beautiful Sunset.. Haiku

Written for Haiku Horizon



It dawned on her
that pain couldn't stop the time;
beautiful sunset


Beautiful sunset;
ah, it will be another day,
it dawned on her


RS:)

Pull of Poverty - Haiku..

Haiku Horizon
Prompt: Hope




Tiny hands of hope
hold her tippet from behind;
pull of poverty



RS:)

Crackers of Smiles Burst.... Haiku..

It's FRIDAY

HAIKU for Rebecca's Haiku My Heart

In India we celebrated Festival of Lights...


Moon hides quietly to
look at a glittering earth;
festival of lights

**

Festival of lights
with get-together of friends;
crackers of smiles burst


**

Crackers of smiles burst;
morning sees her walk through
piles of burnt paper


**

Piles of burnt paper
share stories of a happy night;
ah, springs in her feet


RS:)

A Nice Present.. Haiku

Haiku Horizons: Prompt - Release



Her heavy past
quietly let her go;
a nice present


**


A nice present;
she releases dark balloon
making it light


RS:)

Haiku My Heart Friday

October's morning
sun quietly walks in her room;
her open window


**


Her open window;
half awake she listens to
a city come to life



RS:)

Someone Is Happy.. Haiku

Haiku Horizons prompt “drum”

A distant sound of

drumbeats breaks night's silence;

someone is happy

**

Someone is happy;

drumbeats and sound of her

musical anklets

**

Musical anklets;

a bit of sky too is lit

as flames dance too

RS:)

Tree Starts Talking to Me.. Haiku

Haiku My Heart




Songs of birds
punctuated by her voice;
I sit in a trance

**

I sit in a trance
as tree starts talking to me;
October morning

**

October morning
and a lovely cool breeze;
songs of birds

**

Songs of birds
punctuated by her voice;
I sit in a trance

RS:)

Deep Red Sky... Haiku

Haiku Horizons

Prompt: Sky

Deep red sky;

she tears the sheet and 

walks in blue..

**

Home of myriad stars

and play ground for all the birds;

Sky without fences

RS:)

May the Cuckoo Fly Over Him..

Barren , Intense, Worry

May the Cuckoo Fly Over Him..


Dark seeds of worry
grow intensely fast in the
barren landscape of his mind
not his fault, not really
Clouds of love seldom rained
to let the flowers of
confidence bloom
Walking in the deserts of life
sometimes he tries to catch
his own dark shadow
that keeps on changing sides
as the scorching sun moves
from here to there..
Yet skies know that one day
his reality will change
as the clouds will burst open
letting love rain in full flow
Moon too shines offering
gleaming stars of dreams
He will have to look-up
just once, only once
may the cuckoo fly over him
singing that song of hope..


RS:)

Home of Love Fairies... Haiku

Haiku Horizons: 

Prompt - Home..

A shining crescent

and a night sky full of stars;

home of love fairies

**

Home of love fairies;

lost, he then stumbles over

his own reality 

 RS:)

A Beautiful Garden

Haiku Horizons

Prompt - space

Shared with Haiku My Heart

A Beautiful Garden

Cactus and rose live

with healthy space in between;

a happy couple

**

A happy couple;

she never intrudes in his

own personal space

 **

Own personal space;

a beautiful garden where

poems and haiku grow

RS:)

Unrelenting Earth - Haiku

Written for Haiku My Heart


Wilting Sunflowers


A dark piece of cloud 
comes in front of rising sun;
unrelenting earth

**

Unrelenting earth;
optimism gives hope to
wilting sunflowers 

**

Wilting sunflowers;
she stays calm  as she knows
the fate of dark cloud



RS:)

Trained Syllables : Haiku

Written for Haiku Horizons

Prompt : Train..

Trained Syllables

Happy train travel

she carries with her an

 unfinished tale;

**

 unfinished tale;

train of imagination halts

at haiku station

**

At haiku station

alight seasonal phrases;

trained syllables

**

Trained syllables

sit in haiku formation;

happy train travel

RS:)

Branch of an Old Tree.. Haiku

Written for Haiku Horizons...
Followed by Three Words Wednesday..

Branch of an Old Tree


Branch of a old tree
extends itself like God's hand;
blessed she walks on


**


Blessed she walks on
as birds peep out of their nests;
branch of an old tree


**

Branch of an old tree;
remains of a  kite dangle
in the summer winds..


___________________________________

Also for 3 WW.....  carcass, geek, slash

His Entry for 3WW


Acting like a Geek
lost in his speeding thoughts
he kills the mosquito
and slashes the carcass
with a sharp edged pencil
And then he sits and thinks
makes his fingers dance,
keying in the computer
his  entry for 3WW
and boy, doesn't he succeed...
Well, your guess
is as good as mine , may be better
only you can tell..



RS:)

Darker Skies -Haiku

Written for Haiku Horizon

Prompt: Clear

No blue sheet 

to write on with white;

darker skies

**

Darker Skies;

forceful sun tries to 

break the myth

RS:)

A RED PAPER BOAT - HAIKU

Haiku for Haiku My Heart..

A RED PAPER BOAT

A Good morning

from her balcony;

yellow flowers

**

Yellow flowers;

a puddle of water and a 

red paper boat

**

Red paper boat;

cover of clouds can't take

her smile away

RS:) 

A Pink Umbrella - A story in Haiku..

Written for Haiku Horizons

Prompt: Sense

shared with Haiku My Heart

A PINK  UMBRELLA..

A pink umbrella

in her hands makes sense;

thundering black clouds

**

thundering black clouds;

birds quietly hide in their nests

sensing a big storm

**

sensing a big storm,

he draws her under the roof;

a pink umbrella

**

a pink umbrella;

his sensible stroke of brush 

finishes painting..

RS:)

Heavy Rains.. haiku..

Written for Haiku My Heart

& last one for 

Haiku Shuukan #19, Sleepless

Heavy Rains

Heavy rains

catch her unawares;

helplessness

**

Helplessness;

a fallen tree lies in

the garden

**

The garden 

gives a deserted look;

heavy rains

**
Heavy rains
roar breaking silence;  
sleeplessness

____________________

Sleeplessness;
hope of meeting dreams  
tomorrow

RS:)

Gift of Grace... Haiku

Written for Haiku Horizons..
Prompt : Bones





high cheek-bones;
a gift of grace from her 
grand mother



RS:)

Ornamented Hills...

Written for Rebecca's 

Haiku My Heart

Morning sun 

splashes melted  gold;

ornamented hills..

RS:)

A Happy Haiku..

Written for Haiku Horizon
Prompt: Cut


A Happy Haiku...


Sharper rays of sun
cut the things mercilessly;
half moon in the sky

**

half moon in the sky;
to keep it five seven five
I cut many words

**

I cut many words
yet sun, moon and sky remain ;
a happy haiku  


RS:)

Irritated Birds... Haiku

Written for

Rebecca's Haiku My Heart..

Irritated Birds..

Ah, rain and sun and 

rain and sun and rain and sun;

irritated birds..

**

Irritated birds;

winds fail to pick up songs when 

passing through the trees

RS:)  

HE PAINTS A POEM.. 3WW

muddy, librated, vicious

He Paints a Poem..

Vicious thoughts of past

crawl dangerously 

on the muddy walls of his mind;

he doesn't react

he doesn't feel suffocated

he sits and quietly watch them

fading, becoming thinner

with every moment

and he keeps his composure

doesn't hold any of them

Slowly they turn into tiny dots

and he quietly rubs them off

with his own hands..nothing is left

Finally, he feels light,

and liberated..

Muddy walls of mind are cleaner

as he picks up brush of joy 

and paints a poem about

Muddy walls, Vicious thoughts

and liberation..

It has come out well, isn't it?

RS:)

Moon Cries for Justice.. Haiku..

Written for Haiku Horizons

Prompt: Justice

Earth looks beautiful

covered with sheet of clouds;

Moon cries for justice

**

Moon cries for justice

from her window she watches 

rain lashing a hut 

RS:)

Ah, loneliness.. Haiku

Rebecca's Haiku My Heart

Strong winds toss around

that little piece of white cloud;

ah, loneliness

**

Ah, loneliness;

she doesn't even know how

to write a haiku..

**

To write a haiku

and build a world on her palm;

he is in a trance

**

He is in a trance;

moments quietly pass by as

God says,"let him be".. 

**

God says, "let him be";

her thought stops on the edge 

of his tranquil mind..

RS:)

Wrinkles, a farce?

Glistening, farce, lucky

 glistening black 

on his head, a lucky oldie;

wrinkles, a farce?

RS:)

Scattered Wings.. Haiku Story..

Written for Haiku Horizons

Prompt: Clear

Scattered Wings - A Story

First A True Haiku

Hilltops throw 

streams of clear water;

heavy rains 

and the story flows...because the words just flowed..

Heavy rains

clear away all the dirt;

lush green grounds

**

Lush green grounds;

a clear view from her  

balcony

**

Balcony;

she eagerly waits  for a

clearer sky

**

Clearer sky;

he struggles to pick up 

scattered wings

RS:)

Broken Reverie - Haiku

Haiku for Rebecca's
Haiku My Heart...



Sunbeams politely
enter her open window;
a crack in clouds

**

A crack in clouds;
happy birds fly out of trees
gliding in the sky

**

Gliding in the sky
she suddenly folds her wings;
broken reverie 

RS:)

A gift from the Morning Sun.. 3WW

Liberal, Profane, Quarrelsome


A Gift from the Morning Sun..  


Pious ambiance all around
as the blades of green grass
talk politeness with 
one's bare feet; the orange circle 
of Sun lifts its head
from the distant horizons
and the mind blocks any
profane thoughts in the magnificence
of a delightful  morning..
And as the day passes on 
one often finds quarrelsome
crossing one's path
still one feels incapable of 
using profanity to counter
the undesirable;
Why would one want 
to sacrifice the 'bliss' 
gifted by the  Morning Sun...
Why would one?


RS:)

Happy Haiku - Haiku Horizons

Written for Haiku Horizons.
Prompt: Content


HAPPY HAIKU


Nature weaves
happiness with threads of rain;
contended earth

**

Contented earth;
puddles of water reflect
moon's innocence

**

Moon's innocence
enhances the content ;
happy haiku


RS:)

A Red Scarf.. Haiku

Rebecca's Haiku My Heart

A Red Scarf

A red scarf

tightly holds her hair;

stronger winds

**

Stronger winds;

arrays of dancing 

sunflowers..

**

Sunflowers
stand still in horror;
bodies rain

**

Bodies rain;
among the debris lie
a red scarf..

RS 

Let humanity learn to practice 'humanity'..

A tribute to those perished in the disaster leaving behind
those wonderful memories for their grieving families..
May God let  peace prevail...

Darkness of the Day - 3WW

Nocturnal, Honorable, Fraught


Darkness of the Day..


Doesn't matter
if nocturnal life style
is not taken as honorable,
Doesn't matter
if it is fraught with 
all kinds of risks..
Yet, he goes out 
to the lake in the starry night
And sits on the edge 
writing his poems 
looking at the distant Moon..
who comes closer
floating in the water..
And he finds light of the night 
better than the darkness of the day..


RS:)

I Drive You Nuts.. Haiku..

Written for 

Haiku Horizons

Prompt: Drive

I DRIVE YOU NUTS

Winds fail to

drive the clouds away;

light drizzle 

**

light drizzle

drives children crazy;

outdoor fun

**

Outdoor fun;

crazier she drives a

roofless car

**

Roofless car;

I drive you nuts with

my haiku

RS:)

Happy Home-coming

Written for Haiku My Heart

Happy Home-coming

Gathering of clouds,

smells of a conspiracy;

her scattered thoughts..

**

Her scattered thoughts;

birds of myriad colours fly

on her patch of sky

**

On her patch of sky

she sees his dark face appear;

a door shuts behind

**

A door shuts behind;

she opens her umbrella

with rains lashing out

**

With rains lashing out

oldie hears door bell ring young;

happy home-coming..

**

Happy home-coming;

rose smiles with a hope of
getting watered..

RS:)

Eerie Silence Shouts - Haiku for 3WW

Eerie, Guarded, Translucent

Eerie Silence Shouts

His guarded secret

shines in her translucent eyes;

Eerie silence shouts

**

Eerie silence shouts

as she breaks translucent glass;

nothing guarded now 

RS:)

A Party at Night: Haiku Story

Written for 

Haiku Horizon
Prompt: Party

A Helpless  Moon

A sad moon reflects

as the pool-side vibrates;
a party at night

**

Ah, empty glasses 

and likewise souls strewn around;

a party at night

**

She sleeps on the chair
and the door bell doesn't ring;
a party at night

**

Morning arrives;
mirror fails to remember
a party at night

**

he opens his eyes
no noise from her kitchen;
a party at night

**

A happier she;
fresh flowers bloomed after
a party that night.

RS:)

Baby's Naughty Grin..

Written for



Rebecca's Haiku My Heart..


Baby's Naughty Grin..


New springs in the feet
make the baby break away;
untiring young mom

**

Untiring young mom
too turns adventurous;
baby's naughty grin


RS:)

Sunless Deserts of Life - 3WW

Divulge, Godless, Insignificant

Sunless Deserts of Life


Godless people 
divulge nothing of their footprints;
insignificant..
as it appears to be
it's not; they don't want
to get followed by those
who act as or for God.

Yet, God quietly keeps walking
unseen with the Godless through the 

sunless deserts of life.

No footprints..

RS:)

A Withering Rose...Haiku

Haiku
Written for Haiku Horizons
Prompt: Decline

A Withering Rose..

Strands of her hair sway
as winds decline to hold back;
a withering rose

**

A withering rose
loses its layers quietly;
declining hair-line

**

Declining hair-line;
she tries in vain to hold rough
winds passing his way..

**

Winds passing his way
whisper true secrets of life;
love just lets it be..


RS:)

Her Glass Is Empty - Friday Haiku

Friday's Haiku 

for  Rebecca's Haiku My Heart

A faint splash of white

against the vastness of blue;

her glass is empty

**
Her glass is empty;

A thunder storm brews 

in far away lands 

**

In far away lands

clouds of dreams carry hope;

a half  broken Moon

**

A half broken Moon

and stars sing a lullaby ;

her glass is half full

**

Her glass is half full;

against the vastness of  blue

a splash of dark grey

RS:)

I Will Take A Walk Alone.. 3WW

What a cathartic experience

As I gather all the negative emotions

In a plastic bag

And tie them up tightly

I want to throw them far away

in the barren lands

But it could be risky

If the plastic gets damaged

And those dark emotions

Get wings once again

Won’t my efforts to walk

confidently with my face lit up

with happy thoughts

Land in jeopardy

Well, I think instead of putting

Them all in a plastic bag

I will let them fly with the winds

Perhaps the comfort of

Melding with clouds and trees

and listening to birds on the way

Will soothe them, I think, for now 

I will take a walk alone..

RS:)