UGANDA

TWO HAIKU


1.

Piercing her daughter's ears
to save from sacrifice
for prosperity



2.

Feeding spirits with
limbs of uncircumsised boys
a Ugandan witch



--R.K.SINGH

EMPTY SHELLS

Walking along the beach
they collect empty shells
that fascinate senses
in the salty air

feel the life now no more
but argue about the sex
of a conch ignoring
the fishermen's song

--R.K.SINGH

IN the OPEN
A Reflective poem
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NEW YEAR

It matters little whether
it's December 31st
or January 1st--
loneliness haunts every day
and I can't count on any

in the babel of tongues
I can't raise a wall and hope
to build a home and mourn
the fading blue that tinges
the little breathing space


--R.K.SINGH

SMOKE

SMOKE

I can't enter
the sky high mind
of a crow or eagle

but I know
how it feels
in cold-wet air

I have lived
breathless winter
in the open

and no star woke up
to clean the smoke
I slowly became


--R.K.SINGH

MISTAKE

Don't defile
my goddess. you smell
private parts

with sexy
hibiscus don't crack
the centre

take bath first
and then touch Kali
with clean mind

I can't let
your wandering hands
make mistake


--R.K.SINGH

With sudden twists and turns
popping up each new day
life still awaits intrigues
through meandering pathways
I search the golden light
the rising capricorn
held for a Sunday Child

the labyrinths are dark
and scary but I know
the way in is the way out
I can't trip along the way
like others in blind alleys
the guardian angel
leads me to Golden Reward


--R.K.SINGH