2/01/2006

Monsoon by Narayanan

Narayanan Raghunathan



The Brahman Way of Haiku, WHW

The Photo Haiku Gallery
Links to Narayanan's Photos and Haiku about India are at the bottom of that page.

Poems by Rudra (pen name of Narayanan)


Butterflies Butterflies Eternally In Nirvana

Ritu ~ Six Seasons in India

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Science Or Science Fiction Type Haiku ~

A Haiku Set


There are more of his haiku about silence at the end.

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Read the entry for Monsoon as a kigo for more haiku by Narayanan.

forest dissolves
in luminous rain ~
a snake crawls on


summer rains ~
the pigeons purposely
drench themselves ~


twilight clouds ~
temple bells echo
in bird songs


the cat and i
watch TV ~ the first
summer rains ~


thunderstorm~
planes at rest dazzle
in watery mazes


lightning showers~
lonely beggar plays
the bamboo flute


rains splash light~
rainbow umbrellas
traverse the winds


drenched in rain
ancient lovers dance
midnight ecstasy


monsoon clouds array
on the car front glass ~
a peacock's loud cry


monsoon respite ~
a gardenia sucks sunlight
into its being


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... ... ... ... ... ... Silence

Read about silence as a non-seasonal topic here: Silence (maun)

breeze shadows green
leaves calligraph silences on
the luminous wall ~


timeless clock
measures the magic silences
of the great moment ~


great splendour of
ageless dream dialects in
silent thunder ~ Haiku ~


in midnight silences
flames, shadows, objects
dream Buddha Light ~


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Butterflies Butterflies Eternally In Nirvana

a paradise on
every flower in
a butterfly’s eye ~

[ 1987 ]



magic autumn-space
organic fire-dance rhythms ~
howling butterflies ~


( Feb. 15, 2002)



labyrinth leaves melt
into sky ~ golden butterflies
crowd in from utopia ~

( Feb. 15, 2002)


a butterfly flutters
in purple dreams gentle on
cyclamen petal-song ~

( Feb. 25, 2002)


cyclamen sprouts purple
silences ~ butterflies fly
awake from pupal-slumber ~

( Feb. 25, 2002)


cherry blossoms bloom sky ~
call your butterflies Padma ~
perfect coffee Shweta ~

Shweta Padma ~ White Lotus ~ A Name Of Uma ~

( Mar. 16, 2002)



sky wobbles on lotus pond ~
lone lotus blooms light-scents
ah! a pink butterfly Padma ~

Padma ~ Lotus ~ [Sanskrit] -


( Mar. 25, 2002)



blossom-arch awaits
the Last Emperor ~ naughty
butterflies dream love ~ -


( Mar. 30, 2002)



magic-coloured autumn
dreams halo you my Ambika ~
even butterflies shy away ~

Ambika ~ The Lotus Bloom On The Primal Waters

( Mar. 30, 2002)



fierce violets bloom
violet-songs ~ swarms of
butterflies invade space ~

( Mar. 30, 2002)



desolate-surreal-space
beingless emptiness ~ hymns
of butterfly-silences ~

( Mar. 31, 2002)


colour-papers dazzle
breeze ~ butterflies swarm
in for exotic nectar ~

( Apr. 07, 2002)



three butterflies enter
the garden formally through
the human gate ~

( Jul. 25, 2003)



thinking of lost home
the woman in autumn light
watches butterflies ~

( Jul. 26, 2003)



cherry blossoms
sparkle in breeze to a
sky-blue butterfly ~

( Jul. 27, 2003)



a butterfly mizmazes
through pastel worlds
in nectar dreams ~

( Jul. 28, 2003)



the rain ceases ~
the first butterfly arrives
in sunlight music ~


( Jul. 28, 2003)



bursting dewdop
worlds on pink petal beds
the butterfly delights ~

( Jul. 30, 2003)



the caterpillar dreams
perfect pupal repose
pure butterfly dances ~


( Aug. 05, 2003)



pink butterfly scans
red rose petals ~
wings fold unfold ~

( Aug. 07, 2003)



first to arrive
for the tea ceremony
a white butterfly ~

( Oct. 11, 2003)



discovering the floral
cosmoses in cool breeze
a swarm of butterflies ~

( Nov. 14, 2003)



sunflower core
the mystery cosmos
for butterflies ~ -

( Nov. 20, 20003 )



butterflies flutter
on the kimono with the
dancer in flamelight -

( Dec. 01, 2003 )



cyclamen petal
worlds bloom for
bees butterflies ~

( Dec. 14, 2003)



a butterfly scans
yellow spring spaces ~
breeze on floral wings ~


( Jan. 13, 2004)



butterflies feel
pebbles and petals in
fragrant spring light ~

( Jan. 28, 2004)



collecting sunlight
in petal bowls for
butterflies ~ hydrangeas ~

( May. 06, 2004)



a butterfly
flutters free over
the funeral roses ~

( May. 06, 2004)



red petal-cups cull
pollen in sunlight for
distant butterflies ~

( May. 15, 2004)



arstroemeria in sun ~
a butterfly's astral
dreams flutter fire

( Jun. 10, 2004)



sunlit poppy petals ~
pink butterfly traverses
meta-golden dreams ~

( Jun. 24, 2004)



abandoned house ~
squirrels butterflies birds
make it a new home

( Jul. 18, 2004)



sunflower spaces
await the butterflies ~
breeze chimes scents

( Jul. 18, 2004)



a fly scans
white petal mazes ~
a butterfly joins ~

( Jul. 18, 2004)



banksia soaks in
sunlight ~ spring breeze
brings butterflies ~

( Jul. 25, 2004)



ritual of light in
pink ~ arstroemeria blooms
rainbow butterflies ~

( Jul. 25, 2004)



waterfall streams
sunlight ~ a butterfly
flies over a rainbow ~

( Jul. 30, 2004)



sunlight butterfly
in floral symmetry tastes
pink light nectar ~
[Dedicated to Amanda~]

( Jul. 30, 2004)



fading sky ~
birds in wild chorus
butterflies swarm ~

( Jul. 30, 2004)



an orange butterfly
disappears in a sandersonia
petal-cave to reappear ~

( Jul. 30, 2004)



maple leaves sway
the sky ~ three butterflies
chase the clouds~


( Aug. 03, 2004)



entering the sunny
tunnels of the daylily
two ants, a butterfly~

( Aug. 04, 2004)



sun-splashes on
cherry-blossoms ~
golden breeze brings
butterflies ~

( Aug. 04, 2004)



sunny petals spread
on leaf-green ~ butterflies
swarm the vast terrain ~

( Aug. 04, 2004)



yellow black red
spring abstraction in
a butterfly's dream ~

( Aug. 07, 2004)



in green spaces
white azaleas in breeze ~
an orange butterfly ~

( Aug. 07, 2004)



fragrant floral worlds
of sunlight-pink petals bloom
bees and butterflies ~

( Aug. 11, 2004)



old mossy barn ~
tryst for lovers with
birds and butterflies ~

( Aug. 12, 2004)



mother and daughter ~
butterflies flutter
the fragrant air ~

( Aug. 13, 2004)



magenta pistils glow
in pink floral webs~
delighted butterfly ~

( Aug. 13, 2004)



bales of wool hang
in rainbow colours ~
a curious butterfly ~

( Aug. 18, 2004)



a butterfly watches
a dragonfly dragged by
many deadly ants ~

( Aug. 18, 2004)



war memorial cannon
on wheels ~ a butterfly
on a white blossom ~

( Aug. 22, 2004)



lavender dream ~
red butterfly on
morning bloom ~

( Sep. 01, 2004)



metal-blue paint-world ~
white butterfly alights ~

( Sep. 01, 2004)



deer nibble grass
gaze at butterflies
laze on white iris ~

( Sep. 01, 2004)



above the bird-house
the snow mountain glows ~
the first butterfly ~

( Sep. 02, 2004)



crimson ixora ~
a giant ruby butterfly
flutters in bird songs ~

( Sep. 02, 2004)



leaves dance ~
red butterfly wades
sunlight visions ~

( Sep. 07, 2004)



peony blooms in snow ~
the butterfly reaches
a safe destination ~

( Sep. 07, 2004)



pink cloud petals
sprout golden pistils ~
blue butterfly arrives ~

( Sep. 11, 2004)



persimmon garden ~
we practise Othello with
yellow butterflies ~


( Sep. 11, 2004)



catalpa blossoms ~
butterflies invade air
as lovers embrace ~


( Sep. 11, 2004)



sunday open market ~
butterflies flutter among
headless mannequins ~

( Sep. 12, 2004)



winter twilight ~
pigeons flutter around
a butterfly building ~

( Sep. 12, 2004)



spring fullmoon ~
pink-luni butterfly on
a violet water lily ~


( Sep. 12, 2004)



plumeria blooms
butterflies sparrows etch
my vast solitude ~

( Sep. 12, 2004)



japanese iris ~
a vermillion butterfly
with a honey bee ~

( Sep. 14, 2004)



summer afternoon ~
a solitary butterfly on
a plane on the sky ~

( Sep. 14, 2004)



mid-winter ~
the garden still
in spring with
butterflies ~

( Sep. 14, 2004)



empty garden ~
butterflies around
the solitary man ~

( Sep. 14, 2004)



empty street ~
a sparrow a butterfly
fly the sunny way ~

( Sep. 29, 2004)



we float through
myriad fairy tales on
a musical butterfly ~

( Oct. 05, 2004)



butterfly searches
sunny lily insides
blue wings still ~

( Oct. 05, 2004)



flower capital ~
fragrant worlds sprawl
spectral butterflies ~

( Oct. 05, 2004)



half-open window ~
child offers a biscuit to
an orange butterfly ~

( Oct. 26, 2004)



a white lily
yellow pink centre ~
a ruby butterfly ~

( Nov. 08, 2004)



a butterfly in
sunny machine-worlds seeks
geometric nectar~

( Nov. 08, 2004)



a squirrel and
birds share the grains ~
a butterfly observes ~

( Nov. 09, 2004)



spring on china ~
star-fruits shine suns ~
sky-blue butterfly ~

( Nov. 21, 2004)



empty chair
fallen leaves rustle ~
a lost butterfly ~

( Nov. 28, 2004)



Zuisenji Zen Garden ~
a Haijin waits alone for
unseen butterflies ~

( Nov. 28, 2004)


ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


oopar aakash
pathar me ek thithli
baazaar se aawaaz ~ [Hindi]

the sky above
a butterfly on the stone
from the market, sounds ~

( Nov. 29, 2004)



Himalayan trail ~
mist dissolves landscapes ~
new butterflies sprout ~

( Nov. 29, 2004)



butterflies flutter
among cherry-blossoms ~
mandolin notes in air ~

( Nov. 29, 2004)



balloon stall ~
a child and mother pose ~
a butterfly joins ~

( Nov. 29, 2004)



twinkling neon stars ~
a butterfly on the moon
sound of festivity ~

( Nov. 30, 2004)



Rikugien in autumn ~
sunlight flutters strange
butterflies in song ~

( Dec. 07, 2004)



eyes tested
new world in glasses ~
wow! a butterfly ~

( Dec. 30, 2004)



sunny path ~
a walk along with
two butterflies
two squirrels

( Jan. 04, 2005)



multi-coloured
wet fallen leaves maze ~
a butterfly wanders

( Feb. 12, 2005)



sunlight soaked
roses in plastic bags~
confused butterfly

( Feb. 12, 2005)



Hanami ~
children butterflies
scatter new silences

( Apr. 20, 2005)



viola in sunlight ~
four butterflies flutter
but none alight ~

( Jun. 01, 2005)



yellow violas
raaga basant on flute
a pink butterfly

( Jun. 01, 2005)



hilltop view ~
watching a new sky
with a pink butterfly

( Jul. 17, 2005)



spray carnations
sway the summer sky ~
an yellow butterfly

( Jul. 17, 2005)



butterflies
in a Gothic palace ~
a princess
with a lute

( Jul. 22, 2005)



a butterfly examines
vast human architecture
for floral designs ~

( Jul. 22, 2005 )



spring dreams ~
old woman watches
fairy butterflies ~

( Jul. 22, 2005)



rainbow flowers
in breeze ~ a butterfly
vanishes into mist ~

( Jul. 29, 2005)



nameless flowers
sway in the cool breeze ~
a butterfly names them ~

( Aug. 01, 2005)



in the shadows
shrubs grow breeze wings
like butterflies

( Aug. 08, 2005)


three butterflies
sway around the pram ~
the mother smiles ~

( Sep. 08, 2005)



bristling butterfly
brewing vintage nectar
on an yellow flower ~

( Sep. 08, 2005)



thorns protecting
the roses ~ a butterfly
balances on a thorn

( Oct. 11, 2005)




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