1-3-1 Haiku

Birth
Hunger, fear, sleep
Death

Death

No end, there's no beginning
My train is at halt on earth,
Next station?...? Enjoy!

Promise

To be kept or not?
Give them as many, forget your doubts,
Is promise not promising enough?

Morning

From the warmth of foetus,
Red yellow light & a fresh soul,
Leap into life daily

5-7-5 Or 3-5-3?

Why five, seven and five
if you just allow me to rule-break
Will tell how I feel

My love for Haiku...

Remember Shirish Pai from the old Balbharati books? Well, apart from being the daughter of legendary Pra. Kay. Atre, she is a  noted Haiku writer in Marathi. Basically a Japanese form of poetry, Haiku is now a world famous form of expressing one's daily experiences in minimum of words. One example of Haiku in Marathi which comes instantly to my mind is-

Ek Talav,

Ek Beduk,

Dubuk.

-this, we treated as a joke. But it is a very beautiful piece of Haiku.

What I like about Haiku is its simplicity. Three lines, 9- 10 words, a daily experience (or anything)- and a Haiku is ready. You need not be a great poet like Kusumagraj and write-

'ghevun pisara prakashacha,

Devdoot koni,

Khodit basala kalokhavar,

Tejachi Leni.'

Man, not for me! I can't be that great. It needs a genius in you. But yeah, I can write-

'Aalas angaat,

prakash anganaat,

Uthlo cholat dole'

Now you see. This is a poetry form of a common man. Genius not needed.  So simple, so easy.

Here, are some good links if you want to dig deep...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku

http://raysweb.net/haiku/

http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=3804

I am also planning to write some Haiku's on my own. Your contributions are welcome.

Haiku One

Sitting on a comp

out of window

noisy child

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aching back

tingling eyes

on the web,

mingling mind