Narayanan Haiku

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Various Haiku

by Narayanan Raghunathan

asleep on the lotus
a dragonfly dreams floral
armies of dragons


bristling butterfly
brewing vintage nectar
on an yellow flower ~


in the shadows
shrubs grow breeze wings
like butterflies


three butterflies
sway around the pram ~
the mother smiles ~


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


buzzing free
through spring breeze
a humble bumblebee ~


apple-blossom ~
a baby ant hides
from its mother


giant leaf breathes
sunlight ~ a beatle walks
on its green webs ~


spring lake ~
a lone swan cleaves
watery sunlight


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


monsoon respite ~
a gardenia sucks sunlight
into its being


a fog descends to
drape the mountain ~
sunlight in the valley


fallen leaves
weave a cool breeze
on the bamboo bridge ~


sunlight sways
on the stair case ~
Raaga Darbaari
by Daagars ~

Darbaari Kaanada ~ A very famous Hindusthaani Raaga. ~~~~ Daagars ~ A great traditional family of Dhrupad Music Exponents.



spring breeze ~
a grasshopper searches
rainbow labyrinths

Quoted from Happy Haiku.

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forest dissolves
in luminous rain ~
a snake crawls on


twilight clouds ~
temple bells echo
in bird songs


mountain breeze
so gentle not a leaf stirs ~
scent of jasmines ~


two swans peck
the granite hill in
the lotus waters ~


clouds shine in
the breeze ~ four cranes
ascend the sky


whiff of clouds
in my morning tea ~
Himalayan summer


Indian summer ~
lady bug examines
sun on a red car ~


Himalayan valley ~
another mountain grows
autumn clouds ~


autumn twilight ~
song of Ganges cleaves
the sunny stones ~


breeze flutters
the moonlight mountain ~
still clouds


still lake
in moonlight ~
a still
red canoe


wonder dreams ~
old woman watches
fairy butterflies ~


a butterfly examines
vast human architecture
for floral designs ~


butterflies
in a Gothic palace ~
a princess
with a lute


winter night ~
howling hurricanes
in astral dances ~

Quoted from Happy Haiku.

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koil sings ~
hibiscus splashes
sunlight reds


clouds assemble
over London autumn ~
Thames flows on ~


Mother Jhaanhavi
descends the Himaalayas
in sacred dance ~

#
Jhaanhavi is another name for river Ganges.


jungle path ends
in jungle sounds ~
a peacock rises


green labyrinths
cover the infinite sky ~
twittering birds ~


forsythia blossoms
glisten fresh day-dreams ~
a dragonfly explores


summer winds ~
twilight sky augurs
the last silences


yellow violas
raaga basant on flute
a pink butterfly


viola in sunlight ~
four butterflies flutter
but none alight ~


a white flower ~
a spot of sunlight
just on one petal


we eat pancakes
drink apple juice, under
the cherry tree


pond lily
in moon-light
a silent frog


Pathless Path ~
cherry blossoms breeze
in cuckoo songs


hydrangea bed ~
a dragonfly, a honeybee
in sunlight chats


amarilly's heart()
tender pistils render
music on ruby petals~


two solitary plum
blossoms hang in sunlight
whisper fragrant silences ~
[To Amanda]


sunlight soaked
roses in plastic bags~
confused butterfly


cloudscapes
shift on winter sky ~
a solitary vulture


pink petal tip ~
a raindrop holds still
a blue sky ~


hilltop view ~
watching a new sky
with a pink butterfly


Quoted from Happy Haiku.


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