Haiku for the twelve months of the year
from around the world.
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Poet: Dr. Angelee Deodhar Region: Chandigarh, Punjab, India |
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January |
winter afternoon the leafless tree shadows across my hospital window |
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February |
cold sunlight -- moving them again scent of geraniums |
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March |
so early today the two note warbler amongst pear blossom |
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April |
nasturtiums spilling over themselves brighter than the sun |
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May |
morning walk amongst the green mangoes a persistent koel Koel - also known in Sanskrit as Kokila. It is any of the various cuckoos of India, East Indies and Australia. It is smaller than a crow, totally black in colour, very shy, and more heard than seen. In Indian literature it is regarded as a bird of great significance because it comes with the beginning of summer and has a great symbolic reference to lovers. It has a very musical sound and it is fascinating to hear one koel call out to another. Occasionally it will even respond to human beings imitating it. |
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June |
their scent the same here as at home the rain-wet grasses |
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July |
water hyacinth -- in the village pond a herd of buffalo |
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August |
darkening skies through the dripping pines a warbler's song |
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September |
a heron in the wild rice field another monsoon |
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October |
the warmth of her spice scented pilaf - hazy paddy fields |
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November |
morning haze up from the lake the cries of migrant birds |
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December |
december grey brightened by the neon of poinsettias |
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