haiku and henna
high art low brow sweet madness
for you, just for you
haiku by One Who Waits
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In Praise Of Henna
A KOKILA called from a henna-spray:
Lira! liree! Lira! liree!
Hasten, maidens, hasten away
To gather the leaves of the henna-tree.
Send your pitchers afloat on the tide,
Gather the leaves ere the dawn be old,
Grind them in mortars of amber and gold,
The fresh green leaves of the henna-tree.
A kokila called from a henna-spray:
Lira! liree! Lira! liree!
Hasten maidens, hasten away
To gather the leaves of the henna-tree.
The tilka's red for the brow of a bride,
And betel-nut's red for lips that are sweet;
But, for lily-like fingers and feet,
The red, the red of the henna-tree.
poem by Sarojini Naidu
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Paint my eyes in flowers
paint my hands in dragons
paint my back in windings
paint my arms in lightening
paint my neck in anks
my forehead intricate lines
paint my shoulder butterflies
paint my heart in henna
in henna of red in henna of black
body paint my heart
poem by Miroslava Odalovic
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Haiku no fake who
Go to mountain shout Haiku
Echo back, more Haiku's
haiku by Ken e Hall
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Haiku, stay with me..
Haiku, I feel so lonely..
Haiku, you and me.
haiku by Spiritual Seeker
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a haiku said once,
where do you get your haiku?
from a haiku tree
haiku by Chris Bowen
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i want to haiku
i told haiku and he said
haiku, chris, haiku
haiku by Chris Bowen
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Non-haiku
it was you who one day wrote a haiku
and she counted
on the strictest 5/7/5
or the 5/7/5/77 count
you do not really know what haiku is
you just like to write
and say anything your heart wants to say
in your brokenness
nurturing day and night your broken heart
when she left you for another uglier man
this really hurts
you are smart
the next day, the title of your poem changed
non-haiku for you
how can i argue?
with a smart broken-hearted ass?
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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dear Poet Haiku
if me see another copycat haiku
me surely go cuckoo
haiku by Raj Arumugam
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haiku, dance for me
so haiku spins 'round the house
turning and spinning
haiku by Chris Bowen
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haiku and blues clues
haiku loves blue and steven
'write me in, 'he says
haiku by Chris Bowen
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myself and haiku
went downtown shoppin for rhymes
haiku said no way
haiku by Chris Bowen
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humbly haiku
i beg you to give me poems
haiku said, no way
haiku by Chris Bowen
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i write to haiku
although haiku is lil weird
and they can hear us
haiku by Chris Bowen
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haiku, where are you?
haiku's outside my window
jumping up and in
haiku by Chris Bowen
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well, damn! if my haiku
is not haiku
i’ll just call it rajku!
haiku by Raj Arumugam
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a haiku outside
he comes to my window, says
haiku's are happ'nin
haiku by Chris Bowen
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Under the Madness, Under the Flower
Under the Madness, Under the Flower
The One that tilts, the One with power
Shares such a sweet smell
And all the while, I sit
Breathtaken and Astonished
And for now I have it
The beauty which I have wished
Under the Madness, Under the Flower
The One that wilts, the One that cowers
Still smells so sweet
And if I'd leave, then it
Too would wilt
Its Petals blacken by it,
It too would tilt
When the Light dies
And the dark subsides
My little flower Cannot be
In a life without me
Yet it still smells so sweet
poem by Allen Cuevas
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On Nippon border
flies a Phoenix bird – Haiku,
now saved from the fire;
like a violin
my reborn soul is singing
tanka by Dumitru Roşu from Haiku: Magazine of Romanian – Japanese Relationships (2007), translated by Dumitru Roşu
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Sugar Coated Poison
It whispers in your ear
Leading you down the path
To madness
And you follow it
It sounds so sweet
Everything it promises
Sugar-coated poison
Slowly it will consume
You until you are nothing
But it's pawn
Until you're not you
Anymore and you
Become it
Suductive and alluring
It has you trapped
In it's sickly sweet clutches
Your mind loses hold
Relinquishing control
As madness quickly decends
And you fade into darkness
poem by Autumn Winds
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haiku is essence concept Japanese
haiku should be art dramatic written in
calligraphy stylish riches Japanese
haiku by Terence George Craddock
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