not good enough #15

Was out one night in Osaka, and the rain was cold.
Submitted to an online site. Rejected.

photo by Rhendi Rukmana at Unsplash



untitled



city neon
splashing on my face

with the rain


submitted Feb. 2020
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2020

i light marina bay - Illumaphonium

This installation : Illumaphonium by Michael Davis of the United Kingdom.

photo by YunPing




rendezvous


She said, "you should
come up here more often,

it is quiet and chilly
and i get a bit lonely",

but i am not too sure
because the boy Icarus

dropped into the sea
the other day while

we were trying to
fly to Mars.


09/05/2018
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My daughter was at the recently concluded festival I Light Marina Bay, and took pictures of the light installations there. She asked me if i would like to add some words to the photos. These 5 were the results. Not much, I know from more than 20 installations.




© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2018

i light marina bay - With Love...

This installation : With Love... by Franck Pelletier of France

photo by YunPing



winters



twenty four years, another winter.
i touch her photograph again.



© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2018

i light marina bay - Dancing Grass

This installation : Dancing Grass by Yuree Hong & Siyoung Kim of South Korea

photo by YunPing



untitled



blood moon

even the tall grass
stays still.





© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2018

i light marina bay - Dreamscape

This installation : Dreamscape by Magdalena Radziszewska of Poland

photo by YunPing



if broken hearts may meet



we have nothing to talk.
on the trees wet petals.





© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2018

i light marina bay - Transistable Plastic

This installation : Transistable Plastic by Luzinterruptus of Spain

photo by YunPing


hope


waiting for the last bus

an empty plastic bag
tumbles past me.


© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2018

Haiku Horizons - swing

Stumbled upon this haiku prompt site, Haiku Horizons. Didn't do prompts for a long time. Thought i would give it a try. :)

image by dsnake1 done with pencilmadness




haiku horizons - swing


late night

in the empty playground
a swing shivers

slightly


© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2017

gtaV haiga - #9

The night may be dark but not lonely.

image by dsnake1 generated by PS3 using GTA5




gtaV haiga#9



the night longing to hear your voice




Sept 2015
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[ click on the image for a larger view ]



This is a screenshot from Grand Theft Auto V - a copyrighted video game developed and published by Rockstar Games.


© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

gtaV haiga - #1

I am playing the video game Grand Theft Auto 5. If you look beyond the violence and the bad language (the f*** word seems to be in every line), it really is a very good game, one of the best games I have played. Well, the story line and plot may not be much, but they tried to develop the three main characters, and there are tons of side missions to distract you. The main missions can be tough, but not so impossible that you want to give up.

The attention to details is amazing. You really have to play the game to have an idea on what I am saying. And if you are tired of all the robbing and shooting, just drive around the game world and explore all its nooks and corners, be it urban streets, the laid-back rural towns or desert terrains. And snap photos with its smartphone camera.

This is a series of haiga I did using screen captures from the game. You can say that this project is a labour of love. I love the game and I love haiku. :)

The night is alive with lights!

image by dsnake1 generated by PS3 using GTA5



gtaV haiga#1




a match flares at a cigarette tip.
the night lights snuff it out.


June 2015
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[ click on the image for a larger view ]



This is a screenshot from Grand Theft Auto V - a copyrighted video game developed and published by Rockstar Games.



© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

small stone 2016 - #26

Pay attention. Observe closely. Relax. And write a small stone a day.

image by dsnake1




small stone 2016 #26




night light
no more late night horror shows on tv




© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

small stone 2016 - #14

Pay attention. Observe closely. Relax. And write a small stone a day.

image by dsnake1, done with Sketchpad 3.7 & PSP



small stone 2016 #14




darkness the mirror reflecting only the voices of the night.




© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

shiki kukai - highway

The Free Format theme for the June shiki kukai at haikuworld was "Highway". I wrote the entry in a very short time and was very satisfied with it.

This is already late July, but there is still no news about the results, although the voting phase is over. I guess I will just go ahead and post this. :)

image by dsnake1, done with Sketchpad 3.7




june 2016 free format shiki kukai




dark
tumbleweeds roll across the empty highway into the
night


09/06/2016
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

SingpoWriMo 2016 Day #20

SingPoWriMo 2016 Day #20

It's getting harder to write when you are not getting enough sleep.

what have i got myself into?



4 a.m. sunday morning


sometimes nights are like that
awash with shadows
the rain calling your name

the night grumbles and growls
nine floors below
blue red strobe lights, doors slam

the rain is falling, scattering
like silver needles
in the glow of streetlights

voices, muffled by the wind
a woman's plead
shrill, and angry words

take the brawl somewhere nabeh!

or maybe the rain is already
washing the blood
off the cold asphalt.


20/04/2016




© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

shiki kukai - sleepless night

The theme for the February 2016 Free Format section of the monthly kukai at haikuworld was 'Sleepless Night'. Yah, it kept me up many a night thinking about the haiku.

I wrote a couple. The first one, I sent in as the entry.

I wasn't expecting it to do well anyway. Okay with the 2 votes that it managed. Wondered how the second one would have fared. :)

image by dsnake1, done with pencilmadness




february 2016 free format shiki kukai


i)

only my breathing
and the green glow of the clock
in the night


ii)

sleepless-

the weight of moonlight
on my bed


Feb 2016
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

shiki kukai - moving water

The theme for the January 2016 Free Format section of the monthly kukai at haikuworld was 'Moving Water'. I wanted to write about paper boats but decided on empty spaces.

The results were out and my effort scored a total of 5 votes. Not too bad, considering the amount of good haiku that was submitted. :)

image by dsnake1, done with pencilmadness





january 2016 free format shiki kukai






cold night
on the pond a          ripple





© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2016

instagram haiga #4

From my Instagram posts...a haiga!

photo/image by dsnake1




instagram haiga #4



black
the crushing weight of
night



© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2015

shiki kukai - quiet

The theme for the July 2015 Free Format section of the monthly kukai at haikuworld was 'Quiet'. It sounds easy enough, but I took some time settling on this one after discarding a few other efforts.

I thought this effort would do well, but it managed only 4 votes. But the standard of the haiku submitted in this edition was very high, I thought. And the comment by a reader on this haiku really lifted my spirits. : " a fresh way to express silence, it reminds me a bit on Guillaume Apollinaire..." :)

image by dsnake1 done with pencilmadness




july 2015 free format shiki kukai




midnight
\ \\\\ \\\
only the street lamps casting shadows





© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2015

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day #8 - echoes in the night

Day #8.

Urg! Maybe needs re-working later...

image by dsnake1



echoes in the night



the distant thud of thunder
that might have been
the last beat of your heart

in the blackness of the room

only the ticking of the clock
the slow twitch of its luminous hands
grasping the hour of the night

a shade of ghastly green

and then quite clearly from the ceiling
tock//tock//tock
the sound of marbles dropping

but above that is only the rooftop...


08/04/2014
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2014

NaPoWriMo 2014 Day #4 - untitled

Day #4.

The prompt at the NaPoWriMo site today is to write a lune. I am trying out a Collum lune.

image by dsnake1




untitled


1.

the open window.
the night creeps in and
shares my bed.


2.

no clocks needed.
on rooftop of opposite block
blackbirds are waking.


04/04/2014
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2014

A Haiku A Day - cricket

October is a Haiku Writing Month at A Haiku A Day.

cricket




chatter
under the moonlight -

crickets!


23/10/2013
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© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ), 2013