Leon Enriquez Poet Haiku

Common Melody

Balcony moods
Morning offering;
Song of bird duo


By the yard edge
Bird frolic twitter;
A cheery quartet


Song fills dawn
Sunlight slants;
Window view sparkles


Last night's rain
Wet grounds betray;
Uneven footsteps traced


Joy after sorrow
Traces of old grief;
Ushered out abruptly


Old sepia memories
Silver nitrate etchings;
Old time photography


Haunting faces preside
Mother and father;
Yesterday's courtesy


Today flings
Doors wide open;
Strangers in paradise


Prayers on altars
Everywhere we go;
Living burying the dead


Can you hear
Sounds of old strains;
Voices calling in echoes


This life we live
Takes sterner stuff;
Hope feeds effort


Do you notice
A common melody;
Swirling time after time


Mundane routines
Calls time for after shocks;
Trauma feeds norm


When I listen
Do I hear
Sounds in the silence


Trip to market
Buy and sell;
Barter for things


Hate is fear exposed
Let love attend trade;
Poverty lives painful hatred


Look up and see
Dawn in a flash;
Insight reveals truth


Leon Enriquez
15 July 2014
Singapore

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