Sunlight and breezy leaves
paint the cat,
with tiger stripes
Tag: haiku
Rustling
In the silence,
of a winter moon
we wrap up in whispers
unpack an old quilt
patchworked with a scent
of old people
Crescent
Whispers in an ancient language
Trees clocked under mist
A half moon lingers
The cat closes his eyes again
And turns his head
Pursuit
Frozen in amber
An ant’s pursuit
It’s doom
Cloud Type
Over a sunken canoe
pass cumulus clouds
Hastening winds
chase their shadows
up the hills
So many meanings
in and out of sunlight
A pair of swallows
tear up
the sky
Silent night
Cold moonlight,
Solemn grasshoppers,
A dog barks
At his own echo.
It continues
Ripples
Follow river tides
When hills collapse.
Storm
Bell chimes and a butterfly
The missing subject
A wildflower
Village on a flowing stream
A wretched fate.
An evening
Autumn breeze
And jasmine tea
Bird by bird
An evening leaves.
Tradition
Ancestral farm
Children sort stones,
Good from evil
Rijul Ballal 