Friday, January 23, 2009

haiku 3--by Louise Zhang





1.
a big tomato
shouts bloody murder through the blender
to a crimson silence

2.
to a roast chicken
oh, Lord, give to each his own death
diner picks up a fork

3.
she rests her cheek
on the page, where an old castle happens
to have crumbled down

4.
when the cat dies
a full bag of its secret wishes
will be completed

5.
winds are blowing
forcing leaves to face their mortality
in a falling rose petal

6.
she avoids cats now
in their inalienable rights to solitudes
she remains unforgiven

7.
an old spinster
is like a single stocking in a drawer
never being matched up

8.
her gluttonous delights
an indulgence in eating donuts, is offset
with a large black coffee

9.
he peed profusely
two ants survived to bear witness
to their world flood

10
time glides into space
old life has advanced into new death
a French challenge

11.
the cat closes its eyes
forcing the world to reckon with
her indifference

12.
black cat Madam Miao
is capable of changing an old woman
into a baby girl

13.
where am I
the boy goes behind the mirror
searching for himself

14.
how far is Heaven
the distance is between the prayers
and the church bell

15.
a romantic soul
the homeless poet recites Rilke in the rain
without an umbrella

16.
the black fat crow
a noisy minstrel, sings to upset
its casual audience

17.
in the last song
of the swan, a death is born
to a ballet story

18.
the curtain of the stage
falls over her eyes, shutting up
the world inside

19.
the world is only
as wide and big as the opening of
his dear little heart

20.
a stone cathedral
holding bishop's penetrating eyes
silently confessional

21.
the cat with green eyes
understands her rhythmic existence
hides out for three days

22.
pregnant with inward thoughts
teapot avails its sprout to the
heated leafy eloquence

23.
the frozen lake
seals all the sounds from the depth
hears an icy silence

24.
calendar on the wall
stares square back day after day
a stubborn insistence

25.
after training, the dog
finds its adopted existence between
having bones and boneless

26.
fleeting intensity
thunder rolls through tree tops, turning
the scared boy into a poet

27.
a full moon hangs low
a dog barks at her bright immediacy
from a balcony

28.
when grandma sees
a cat is taking a nap with a rat
she praises the Lord

29.
if one contemplates hard
yellow pages will turn to deep red
call this poetry making

30.
my black cat lies lazy
watching human dramas acted out daily
nodding, coy and arrogant


31.
freshness after snow storm
fills winter day with spring yawning
a pale green over white

32.
mirror stares back
not to seduce a lover, but to
induce a reflection

33.
old clock strikes one O'clock
the deep aged gaggle of the long dead
a rebuke every afternoon

34.
I open the Bible
angels, pearl gate, a tired ancient God
the Christian Heaven


35.
a bird's noisy singing
recorded by a poet's metered words
immortalizing

36.
an old rusty gate
such a philosophical charm
to stand on its either side

37.
the black cat stays away
too much love from the mistress
without its permission

38.
a pair of homeless eyes
wanders along the contour of houses
finds a door in a Lily

39.
a mop dripping
wet tiredness
against the sink

40.
a familiar face
passes by
stranger

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