# A Bouquet Of Haiku Poem by Mamta Agarwal

# A Bouquet Of Haiku

Rating: 2.9


Touch

His warm, sideways glance
Wrapped me like an angora shawl-
and took the chill away…



Voices of autumn…

Dry autumn leaves
Crackle under my feet—
Dead can feel and speak…



Welcome intruder


Woke from deep slumber-
An eerie touch at my elbow-
Morning stood tiptoe…


A Taste of life

Salt of tears on lips
Astringent on the spirit
Heart- bitter sweet…


Communion with self


Lost in a reverie
A smile on the parted lips
Exulting within…


Calm Surrender

The colourful boats
move as wind changes course;
Sails smoothly adjust…



Frost

A thin layer of frost
Glass warms up as Sun rises
Tears of joy slide down…


Intoxicated

Today am alive
Please take away the wine
Oh, am drunk on life…


Miracle of love

A song on the lips
A swing in the gait and hips
Flushed after first kiss...


The show must go on…


Dressed to seduce
In red dress and jewels,
And gulp Prozac pill…



Weeping Willows


Willows are weeping
On Mother Earth’s breast-
In humility…


Hope


Cheer, Obama wins
Winds of change are blowing—
Suspend disbelief…







Tampering with Nature

Rose, no fragrance
A prey to man’s arrogance-
Stripped of essence…


Hijacked

Mind, like a monkey
Goes jumping from tree to tree-
Hijacks sanity…


Fog

Enveloped in fog
Mind wipes and soul ignites-
With the inner light…



Breaking the silence


The glacier breaks
Eons of its icy silence
As it froths and falls…


Does speed matter…


Can speed be the key?
Slow, steady, in not any hurry-
With ease, tortoise wins…



Destiny


Abused and crumpled
Discarded like a tissue
Alone... woman moans.





Megalomania

Man beats the devil
At his diabolical game-
In His Maker’s name…


Arrogance


Self annihilation
By God’s highest creation
Abuse of intuition…


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full of flambouyance
Gorgeous Dhalia stands tall
beckons with silence...


Spring

White almond blossoms;
breeze carries the fragrance
heart soars as snow melts...


Memories Haunt

Bury not pain and grief
feel, grieve, deal, heal and let go-
else live in haunted home


Love not unconditional...

Use, abuse, neglect
Mother Earth too protests-
In fury lashes back...


One with Universe...

Stillness of the night
The world sleeps, its quiet-
Just my soul stirring...


Folklore


Mythical monkeys
See, hear and speak no evil-
thus tame the devil...


Interbeing


Where is family...
With the birth of me and I
Languished, just died.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Joseph Poewhit 22 January 2009

Those are some nice pieces of writing.

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Catrina Heart 22 January 2009

Impressive opus, like a bouquet of flowers give so much joy to my psyche...10++++

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Anjali Sinha 22 January 2009

a lovely bouquet a feast for my eyes A++++and 10++as always anjali

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Naseer Ahmed Nasir 22 January 2009

A beautiful bouquet of haikus. Very meaningful and thought giving. Haiku was very popular in Urdu in mid eighties and I wrote about 100 haikus at that times. These were translated into English by an Indian writer named Dr. Meem Qaaf Khan but never published in English. My Urdu haikus collection titled ' Zard Pattun Ki Shawl ' (The Shawl Of Yellow Leaves) was published in 1993. Your wonderful haikus have reminded me my old forgotten love for haiku. Thank you for sharing these golden petals and flowers of words. Regards Naseer

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Seema Aarella 22 January 2009

Kudos Mamta ji! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! An exoic bouquet it is, each haiku is a strikingly beautiful flower...richly coloured, attractive with strong fragrance of sense! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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Reshma Ramesh 05 February 2009

the monkey ones was my fav............mam...your wisdom shines thro these haikus.....superb write..and i want to read them again

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Sathyanarayana M V S 02 February 2009

Many of them I read. Some my favourite one. But read again Read again, again Renewed joy of reading Mamta's brand of haiku

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Bob Blackwell 01 February 2009

This is better than a gift of flowers, a wonderful list of inspiring haiku from a very wise and wonderful lady. My favourite, because I am a man the first one Touch.

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Sandra Fowler 01 February 2009

A beautiful garden of verses penned by a wise, tuneful soul. My favorites are, 'Voices Of Autumn', 'Touch' and, 'Frost'. Love, SandraX

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Raj Nandy 22 January 2009

I loved these Haikus and the eloquent thought contents! 10! -Raj Nandy

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