Buddh Poornima - A haiku Sequence by me and Angelee Deodhar

Buddh Poornima

—A Haiku Sequence by Angelee Deodhar and Ajaya Mahala

[The odd #s by Angelee and the even #s by Ajaya]

moon watch -

an owl's hoot ripples into

our meditation                               

how mean I am 
without you -  so vast                              
the moonlight

                     

moonlit torment-

only shadows ,no footfall 

endless wait

               

remembering you 
a distant smudge darkens 
the moonlight

                   

my nose ring 

catches moonrays          

as you leave   

                 

drinking straw 
a moonbeam reaches 
the edge of  her cot 

         

footsteps-                                

mother in law's keys

as we embrace 

            

youthful  haijin 
a calf testing its teeth 
on rice straw

            

not so young now                 

still, through her specs

-a new moon