World Haiku Series 2019 (105)

Haiku by Madhuri Pillai

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waiting room

wearing my own hair

at the oncologist’s

(A Hundred Gourds, Sept. 2015)

待合室

自分の髪のまま

腫瘍医の医院

*

starting again

from the scratch…

a spider

( Chrysanthemum April 2017)

再び始める

最初から…

クモ

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the recluse

wherever he goes

his silence

(Failed Haiku issue 18)

世捨て人

行くところはどこでも

沈黙

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empty park…

a lone ibis and I

measuring time

( Stardust Haiku April 2017)

空の公園…

孤独なトキと私

時間を測る

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park bench…

a man with no address

sings to his dog

 (The Haiku Foundation Blog, Haiku Dialogue, 2019)

公園のベンチ…

住所のない男

犬に歌う

*

alfresco cafe

in queue to be served

sparrows too

(Chrysanthemum Oct. 2019)

屋外カフェ

待つ行列に

すずめも

*

last dogwood 

silver strays

from her beanie 

( Stardust Haiku, Sept 2019)

最後のハナミズキ

銀色の迷い子

彼女のビーニーから

*

a currawong’s cry

the solitude 

of winter 

( Stardust, July 2019)

フエガラスの鳴き声

冬の孤独

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fireflies…

glow of his cigarette 

in…