APRIL HAIKU

The beauty of Haiku is in the ability to capture a moment of awareness, featuring fifteen remarkable poets.

"SKIES and CLOUDS"

The scurrying clouds

Rocky immovable sky

Never ever meet

Selfish cold blue skies

Generous inky black clouds

Sprinkling down white rain

Sky haughty and blue

Naughty clouds falling in love

With the thirsty grass

© SHWETA SAHAI

India

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"FAITH"

A test of truth faith

Subdues the inner evils

Purifies the soul.

A realm of options

All the defiant travails

Fill the heart with joy.

© GUS PEREZ AMIO

Philippines

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Calla lily bends -

Spring rain slides along the curve

Summer waits in buds

© CONCETTA PIPIA

U.S.

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"EASTER MORNING"

Woman, why weep thou

Stone is open, here I am

Oh, Hallelujah!

Deep marks on these hands

Wounded by crucifixion

Why the Messiah?

I come to conquer

Sins remitted, glorified

By my Father's will

Atonement's my gift

Suffered, bled from every pore

Then the world goes still

© MARIA EVELYN QUILLA SOLETA

Philippines

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"THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING"

Whispers in the wind

Bring memories to the fore -

Leaves drift like lost thoughts

The moonless blue night

Shivers in the cold weather;

Dreams freeze in the snow.

Let the fresh dawn come,

Melt the silence of the night,

Heal the frigid earth.

© KALUCHARAN SAHU

India

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Faith with a passion

Mystified love and promise

Credence will prevail.

© VINCE VALDEZ

Toronto, Ontario

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"GOOD FRIDAY"

Silent day of grief,

Hope in shadows, love revealed

Faith's promise endures

© LIBERTY BASSEY

Nigeria

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"A NEW LIFE"

Shadows fill my days

Sorrow's heavy, endless sea

Pain my only friend

© PRAISE MK NKHOMA

Malawi

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"LATE SPRING"

Where is the bright sun

Winter undone and yet still

Rain sodden clouds come

Clouds fit for bursting

Pregnant and ready to split

Birthing our sorrows

Why does the bird sing

Such hope in his tiny heart

Why does the bird sing

The cock robin struts

Impatient for spring hoping

From foot to small foot

Petals are falling

Confetti on swirling breeze

Yet more blooms are born

© RHIANNON OWENS

UK

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"VIVID TRUTH"

Vivid truth, life's short

Dazzling in its brightest

With our noble thoughts

Sure, dust I am in

No doubt, dust, I will return,

Nothing will return.

Honorable seat

Reserve other's precious heart

Value, the fullest.

This life is nothing

But to reserve something good

Yes, losing nothing.

Germinate pure art

Other's heart arted subtly

With flowery thought.

© PRASANNA BHATTA

India

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Love conquers the heart

Poem for poetry day

New inspiration

© SNEŽANA ŠOLKOTOVIC

Serbia

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Pressed rose in journal

Reminisces glory days

Old aged brown crumbling

Heartburn whiff hits hard

Feels acrid smoky choking

Yet romance slips in

Caressing zephyr

Cooling calm serenity

Marks monsoon onset

Spring tiptoes softly

Harsh winter drags feet heavy

Scenic greens sing spring

Overcast gray day

Sunshine of cheer pierces chink

Sprinkles gold on earth

© RUPA RAO

U.S.

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The lilac blossomed

Behind the old father's house

It smells like childhood

© SILVANA DIMITRIEVSKA

Skopje, Macedonia

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"LOVE OF MY LIFE"

The love of my life

A beautiful rose divine

Makes me always smile

© RITA CHUGH

India

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"WINTER SERENITY"

Snowflakes gently fall

Blanketing the winter scene

Serenity reigns!

© SHAMPA SAHA

India