Haiku Journey By Kimberly Blaeser In Hindi/Urdu Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

1. bahaar

devdaar k pattoN k nok
telephone k khamboN ki keelaiN
gaaoN ko iktha rakhtee hain

mayee k maheenay main jungli sarson
pukee saDaak k donon aur ugee hue hai
dekho dono taraf ko

saDak k kinaray ek tiguna shigaaf hai
baitha is main ek gofer khaana kha raha hai
haath moonh ki aur, cheeks sangeet bhari hain

kal shaambahaar ki hawaa main
sinh-parni pe lagee khargosh pasand
sub safed fur ab bikhri hue hai.

-to be continued




HAIKU Journey
BY KIMBERLY BLAESER


i. Spring

the tips of each pine
the spikes of telephone poles
hold gathering crows

may's errant mustard
spreads wild across paved road
look both ways

roadside treble cleft
feeding gopher, paws to mouth
cheeks puffed with music

yesterday's spring wind
ruffling the grey tips of fur
rabbit dandelion


ii. Summer

turkey vulture feeds
mechanical as a red oil rig
head rocks down up down

stiff-legged dog rises
goes grumbling after squirrel
old ears still flap

snowy egret—curves,
lines, sculpted against pond blue;
white clouds against sky

banded headed bird
this ballerina killdeer
dance on point my heart


iii. Fall

leaf wind cold through coat
wails over hills, through barren trees
empty garbage cans dance

damp September night
lone farmer, lighted tractor
drive memory's worn path

sky black with migration
flocks settle on barren trees
leaf birds, travel songs

october moon cast
over corn, lighted fields
crinkled sheaves of white


iv. Winter

ground painted in frost
thirsty morning sun drinks white
leaves rust golds return

winter bare branches
hold tattered cups of summer
empty nests trail twigs

lace edges of ice
manna against darkened sky
words turn with weather

now one to seven
deer or haiku syllables
weave through winter trees

Northern follows jig
body flashes with strike, dive:
broken line floats up.