haikuKATHA
#39, January 2025
first dawn
the pounding in my head
in my head
last call. . .
the barkeep wipes down
one more year
taking down the mistletoe widow’s moon
October 2025
just you and me washing dishes cricket
new moon shrimp boat lanterns bobbing offshore
Modern Haiku
56.1, winter-spring 2025
Fly Over Town
a gutter spout
packed with hazelnuts
red squirrel weather
too cold to snow
cutthroat pinochle
with the in-laws
assisted living
an untuned upright
in the day room
six rhubarb pies
at the Lutheran potluck
we bow for Grace
crabapple branch
bristly with hoarfrost
solstice moon
56.2, summer 2025
low tide
a sand dollar darkens
in my shadow
56.3, autumn 2025
twilight
a windmilling churning
cricket song
Frogpond
48.2, spring-summer 2025
popsicle red
a grandson's
spreading grin
Wave Upon Wave
—a tan renga series in the viraha geet tradition
by Kala Ramesh, Channai, Tamil Nadu, India, and
Billie Dee, San Miguel, New Mexico, USA
a whistling thrush
heightens my longing
what if
every wish was granted
Betelgeuse
morning chores
salt of your scent
still on my skin
monsoon wind carries
the raga on every wave
a horizon's
thirst for colour
after sunset
rinsing day from my body
so many leagues between us
freshly gathered
a bowl of oysters to share
—where have you gone
the waning gibbous moon
floating in a puddle
my love,
thinking of you in her arms
sleeplessness
all night this bitter gale
harbor bells clanging
yearning . . . the distance
between breakers
my ragged breath
after such a long span
becomes whole again
48.3, autumn 2025
Mirrored
Kala Ramesh, Channai, Tamil Nadu, India, and
Billie Dee, San Miguel, New Mexico, USA
changing room
the child in me
studies my autumn frame
aging dancer at the barre
her deep grand pliƩ
practicing for hours . . .
mannerisms of the guru
soon become her
mating damselflies
an arched bridge ripples
between lily pads
pale wandering moon
a pond's twilight silence
midnight balcony
twin sisters counting stars
sotto voce
Telling the Bees, Red Moon Anthology of English Language haiku, 2025
the sound of geese
rising through fog

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