HAIKU: Ram Krishna Singh
on the river’s bank
his soul is lighted for peace–
lantern in the sky
shine in the grass
broken pieces of glass
in the backyard
shifting years’ load
away to the new building:
choking scholarship
lying in her nightie
she wipes the stray raindrops
settled on her cheeks
doesn’t exist
my mornings
without her sunsets
they come together
as themselves within themselves–
love’s silence
hitching up the skirt
she fills her pockets with
unripe mangoes
after cleaning
the maid leaves behind
an oily smell
squatting
in the middle of the field
a woman with child
smell of fish
in apple juice bottle–
costermonger
negotiating
the granddaughter’s cry for mom
out on shopping
looks for fish
a siberian crane
in a lotus pond
she smiles
sex in the eyes:
Eve Enseler
too heavy
these man-made machines
choking weight
hot on the trail with youth
she scales up the heights of dream
and leaves me stunned with chill
