shiki kukai - friend

The theme for the April 2016 Free Format section of the monthly kukai at haikuworld was 'Friend'.

After reading through the entries in the voting phase, I knew my entry won't do well. There were a lot of stunningly lovely haiku. My entry feels too cliched by comparison. Not surprising that it scored only 1 vote. :)

image by dsnake1, done with pencilmadness




april 2016 free format shiki kukai




under the viaduct -
the sleeping dog snuggles to
his homeless friend.




© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

NaPoWriMo 2012 - Day #29 - for a friend

these past few days of my sick leave, i spent a lot of time sleeping. and thinking. a lot of things. mortality , for instance.

a friend had passed away (a few years earlier). he was very fit, doesn't smoke or drink, was a commando in the armed forces. liver cancer struck him down. it doesn't make sense to us, his friends.

one of the prompts at the NaPoWriMo site was to write an elegy. i guessed this is for him.



image by dsnake1
done with Sketch at pencilmadness.com



for a friend



it's very
unexpected

like a glass
slipped out
of your
hands
and

shattered.

mortality
is
like that.

the alarms
are there

like leaves
falling out
of trees

but still

the end
came too
fast

like this rain
that keeps
pouring

suddenly

out of the blue.

leaving us
with
just memories
of what

a great
individual

we have
lost.




drafted 09.12.07
revised 29.04.12







© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2012

NaPoWriMo 2012 - Day # 1 - choa chu kang, cemetery path 4

I am sorry i started the challenge with a theme like this, but yesterday, i visited a friend's grave (this is the qing ming period), and i guessed this sort of inspired this.




choa chu kang, cemetery path 4



after the offerings
the smell of smoke
on my shirt,
ashes in my hair,
and memories of a friend.

walking to the bus stop
in a light drizzle,
the soft boom
of heavy artillery
behind distant hills.


01/04/2012
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2012

The Height of Haiku Challenge - Conclusion

Today's Theme : conclusion



So I am two weeks late with this post, but hey, I had a hectic week in the office and I work staggered hours. Anyway, 30 haiku in 30 days, I thought, was a mountain too high. But it turned out to be a journey I had enjoyed. Because along the way, I met many wonderful and talented poets, enjoyed their works and received their encouragement and compliments, there is only one way, and that is to finish the challenge. Thanks, Leo, for this journey!

And one more thing. Do you guys like the little badge I generated for this challenge?







write


the pond
still in the middle of the night-

a ripple arcs to shore.


30/09/2011
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and here are my personal favourites that I have written for this exercise :

Day 2 - mirror

Day 5 - flourish

Day 6 - kiss

Day 9 - yearn

Day 12 - moon

Day 18 - home

Day 23 - water

Day 25 - cold

Day 28 - charm

Day 30 - geylang




© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2011

Friendship

This is for Haiku Heights' Week 55 submission. The theme is "friendship".

I have been missing for some time. :)







untitled


the colours faded
from the band of thread round my wrist -

friendship bracelet.


06/08/2011
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2011