Haiku-Ii Poem by Ram Krishna Singh

1. Measures loneliness
sip by sip
at dining table

2. In the well
studying her image
a woman

3. A star shines bright
beside the crescent moon
she fakes a smile

4. The sky couldn't retain
all of the moon now entering
my house through windows

5. Shaking her hand-
couldn't part with the henna
on her palms

6. My son's voice
not relayed by wire:
tense borders

7. Awaiting their turn
to feast on a dead dog
crows in a circle

8. Seeking smell
in cactus flowers:
late monsoon

9. Wet bodies
of bathing women:
full moon night

10. Setting sun
leaves behind sparkle
on the waves

11. Two butteflies
racing with each other
perch on the wire

12. All night rain
the gaping roof
her shelter

13. Hibiscus
over the mossy roof
her shelter

14. Too heavy
these man-made machines
choing weight

15. Students murmurring
over the class-test results:
the teacher's curved lips

16. Alone
in her bed
the cell phone rings

17. Standing behind
the windows bars observe
darkness in shapes

18. Awaits a rickshaw
under the gulmohar tree
a girl with lilac

19. Suspended
on the spider's web
a white flower

20. In the flower pot
scattered petals of roses-
summer's first shower

21. A bubble flying
from over the shaving brush
bursts on the mirror

22. The village pond-
waiting for her arrival with
a baited hook

23. Meditating
in the morning sun-
his long shadow

24. In their web
spiders racing to spin
their meatless prey

25. A bubul
watching from the snapped twig-
empty street