cognize spring’s entrance
banqueting on new born buds...
warbling waves suffused
Bird Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
Date: 16-03-2022
Syllable count : How Many Syllables
Placed: 2nd
Categories:
koel, bird,
Form: Haiku
brown-black male koel
hides in branch of mango tree ~
he sings lilting tune
Date: 08/18/2021
For Songbird Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Tania Kitchen
Bird Chosen: The Asian Koel
Categories:
koel, bird, nature,
Form: Haiku
The sky pales
against the curtains of my window,
dull screech of traffic
from the street,
and a hoarse voice
of an untamed crow
from the sky.
and then,
among those who are familiar
to the ear,
a low whistle,
loud, clear and beautiful.
Lifting its head
after nearly a year.
Filling the cities
filling the valleys,
it traverses
the entire island,
the whole of the tropics.
The first koel,
the first of the season.
* Koel always cries at the end of March-beginning of May. In local culture we celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Year during April, and the Koel is thus seen as a symbol of the festival among locals. Of course, hearing the first koel always sparks excitement, especially when i was a kid. I heard one today for the first time in an year.
Categories:
koel, beautiful, bird, nature, new
Form: Free verse
The song wafts down with the wind
Pulling at the heart’s strings
Its sweetness lifting my fallen spirits
Gifting them with invisible wings
To soar high in the sky
Releasing the constriction
That comes with being tethered
To worldly inhibitions
My eyes search in vain
For a glimpse of the one who
Owns such melodious strains
And yet wishes to remain unseen
I withdraw my steps
Allowing the space
So fiercely guarded
Somewhere among the green
Am happy that I have
The sweet voice to listen
When the maddening world
Crawls up to my inner being
Our dens are amidst the din
Yet one remains untouched
While the other’s soul
Lies tormented and scorched…
Categories:
koel, nature
Form: Free verse