Monday, December 8, 2008

THEY...

They pour sand in my hair
and fill my shoes with stones
to make me heavy

like many I too grab
the grass and try to float
but my fingers slip

they refuse my pleas for
a rope or staff to help
me drift in current

they wish me to become
with facial epitaph
my own tomb


--R.K.SINGH

Friday, December 5, 2008

PETALS

Entwined
under the limbs'
petals

--R.K.SINGH

Saturday, November 29, 2008

SIEGE

A black dog moves
freely among reporters
lying on the ground
to shoot militants in Taj
resisting the commandos

--R.K.SINGH

Friday, November 28, 2008

ON THEFT OF LIFE-SIZE AUTUMN SCULPTURE

Mutilated
garden of five senses
autumn sculpture

--R.K.SINGH

Monday, November 24, 2008

AUTUMN

Parrots stop chirping
on the guava tree--
autumn dusk


Weaving webs
between branches and leaves
autumn spiders


Awaiting
the wind's blow at door
autumn leaves

--R.K.SINGH

Monday, October 20, 2008

FEVERISH WARMTH

Sun rising late
slow arrival of winter--
feverish warmth


--R.K.SINGH

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

LEMONS

Yellow lemons
still hanging after the storm
sunny backyard

--R.K.SINGH

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

MID AUTUMN

On the roof top
she waits for her man with
moon cake and lantern:
a flash of silver showers
on the mist-shrouded figure

--R.K.SINGH

Thursday, September 4, 2008

EROTICS OF BYGONES

I hate kneaded flour
it reminds of semen
in the dark of my palms

it puts me off to smell
sweat oozing from the armpits
the thighs moist with urine

in bed the body is
its own antidote if itched
for love the wasted sex

I hate to meditate
the erotics of bygones
growling with unzipped night


--R.K.SINGH

Monday, August 25, 2008

TWO MOONS

Two full moons
and the brightest mars:
summer end

--R.K.SINGH

Two moons
so far away
yet so near
like rain landing gently
on my open arms

--R.K.SINGH

Friday, July 18, 2008

BODY

She lends her canvas
with emotions on palate:
cries of orchestra


--R.K.SINGH

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

DOG DAYS

Sultry heat
midsummer lethargy:
dog star shines

--R K SINGH

Sunday, July 13, 2008

MORNING

Rising late
rushes through morning chores:
moldy strap

R.K.SINGH

Monday, July 7, 2008

REBELLION

In his ochre robe
the rebel sanyasin says
he'll drop his ego
like the skin's layers torn off
and starts peeling an orange


--R.K.SINGH

FLY

Mating or sitting
one fly over the other--
I don't know its sex


--R.K.SINGH

SNAKE

From the wall to bed
a snake slides in bright light
son and father chase


--R.K.SINGH

MOULDINGS

Watching black and gold
mouldings behind the frame--
his dead mother

--R.K.SINGH

MOULDY SMELL

Emitting
a mouldy smell
her blouse

--R.K.SINGH

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

MOON: A TANKA SEQUENCE


Watching the moon
in the western orizon
two haiku poets
scratch each other's back and mock
the rest as neophytes



Silence of birds
and moon so miserly
I feel homesick:
mists,fogs and
leaflessness
add to monotony





Couldn't sleep all night
darkness of thought spread over
the mind with closed eyes
I negotiate fear
of missing the moon and loss



Her letter smells
the lotus she wore each time
meeting in the moon:
I touch her fingers again
with all the hopes and tensions




The fragrance of rose
seeps through the windows
coupled with full moon
adds to my delight though I'm
alone in my bed tonight



Ghosts rise to mate
in moonlight tear the tombs
frighten with fingers
rhino horns rock the centre
granite sensation


--R.K.SINGH




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LOVEMAKING : A HAIKU SEQUENCE


Lovemaking
he melts into her
time stands still


Lovemaking
the sound of orgasm:
Lao Tzu*

["A great sound is inaudible, and a great image is formless," said Lao Tzu.]


Making love
she tastes the salt upon
his shoulder


Candling in vein
leaves marks of teeth on her neck
utters holiness


Unclothing
the white night:
lips meeting lips


Writes with strands of
watery hair on her bare back
a love haiku


After the tumble
buried between the sheets
leftover passion


She departs
leaving behind her clothes
over mine


--R.K.SINGH



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Thursday, June 12, 2008

DEPARTURE

she departs
leaving behind her clothes
over mine

--R.K.SINGH

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

JACKALS

From nowhere
just before morning
jackals turn up
bark jump over the fence
escape chasing dogs


--R.K.SINGH

SUMMER

Unblessed my altar
in bed no dance of love--
drought of summer

--R.K.SINGH

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

MAY

After little rain
lilies smile with hibiscus--
the sun in May


--R.K.SINGH

PRANAYAM

Seeing the dark
blankness of closed eyes:
pranayam


--R.K.SINGH

PURNIMA

Her wrinkled fingers
on the rudraksh rosary--
Buddha Purnima

--R.K.SINGH

SILENCE

Searching peace
in the dark blankness
of mind's silence


--R.K.SINGH

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

BULBUL

On rusted railing
of the bridge waits a bulbul
for river to wet


--R.K.SINGH

GREETING

Flowers turn
to the rising sun
in greeting

--R.K.SINGH

COMPASSION

Prayerful thoughts
she invites with smile:
mother's compassion

--R.K.SINGH

Thursday, April 24, 2008

WAITING

Waiting for him
she walks in the balcony--
twilit aura


--R.K.SINGH

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

SELF-DEFEAT

Crushed between the heart and head
I fail to get along with
my own creation

sinister and righteous
that challenges my being
for not meeting her hopes

I did what I could
but how to produce a mate
for her peace and bliss

she raises her eyebrows
and isolates herself as if
I authored all her griefs

now stripped and alone
with hands over my chest
I stand in the street

await the coffin
to reconcile the truths
I could not conceive


--R.K.SINGH

Friday, April 4, 2008

SUNLIGHT

She sings the morning
with hands between the legs:
sunlight drenches

--R.K.SINGH

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

LIZARDS

Their love game
bloodstained on the wall
two lizards

--R.K.SINGH

NAKED LUNCH

After love-making
stains of dried urine:
naked lunch


--R.K.SINGH

Monday, March 10, 2008

FOUL SMELL

Morning's foul smell
the birds too change their tunes:
seawage treatment

--R.K.SINGH

RAILWAY TRACK

They squat to ease
along the railway track:
transistors sing

--R.K.SINGH

FULL MOON

The full moon
behind a bare tree--
branches curve

--R.K.SINGH

NEOPHYTES

Watching the moon
in the western horizon
two haiku poets
scratch each others back and mock
the rest as neophytes

--R.K.SINGH

Saturday, March 1, 2008

BIRTHDAY

Early spring breeze
greets my daughter again
17 Feb

--R.K.SINGH

Sunday, February 24, 2008

SPRING ACHE

My old joints ache
and allergies recur--
spring's youthful smile


--R.K.SINGH

Sunday, February 10, 2008

MOTHER

Alone
with folded hands
mother in guest room


--R.K.SINGH

Monday, January 28, 2008

MIRACLE

Snowflakes stick
stars on the window panes
winter's miracle


--R.K.SINGH

Thursday, January 24, 2008

DARK LABYRINTH

The dark labyrinth
flooded with light and gold--
purple candle


--R.K.SINGH

DEPARTURE

She departs
leaving behind her clothes
hanging under mine


--R.K.SINGH

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

YOGA

The perfume
from her armpits--
yoga


--R.K.SINGH

SILENCE

Without the breeze
the pool's quietude--
gazing silence


--R.K.SINGH

WANTON LEAF

Hanging
by a spider's thread--
the wanton leaf


-R.K.SINGH

MORNING WALK

Going drowsily
milk can in hand--
morning walk


--R.K.SINGH

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

ILL NEWS

Traveling
on the wings of winter
ill news


--R.K.SINGH