MISCELLANEOUS: A POEM

Birds desperately flying over 

the rubbles scattered everywhere

A mother searching

her son suffering from terminal illness 

The unborn babies deliberating 

silently in the impatient wombs 

inside the crowded hospitals 

An unlocked cellphone found by the rescue team

Lover’s last message flashing on screen

We can foresee death coming.

In the backyard of a house

a child busy playing with her toys

a flower blossoms in the garden

are they unaware of the war ?

Can autumn be stopped ?

Shall we not die some day –

maybe, one day !

(C). – MRITYUNJAY JHA

MOON AND ROSE - TWO HAIKU POEMS

 1.

In moonlight 

The river is sighing 

a torrid love affair. 

2.

Dew 

on rose petals 

Beauty is delicately fragile. 

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA 

RAIN AND MOON : TWO HAIKU POEMS

 

1.

In soft rain

A frog croaking its amorous call 

The air smells of love. 

2.

The full moon-

Lamentation of

Lover's longings. 

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA 

THREE HAIKU POEMS

 1.

Flowers-

fragile beauty 

Lover's delight. 

2.

Late November afternoon 

The sky wears

a sad look. 

3.

Last rain

in the summer 

Lover's goodbye kiss. 

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA 

BEAUTY IN A WAR

 

Tanks roll on without hesitation 

Shelling goes unabated 

Air becoming thick with human blood 

Flowers are groaning 

Birds dashing to the other side

of the border

Fruits are rotten in orchards

Bridges breaking suddenly

Communication is the casualty

Children taking joyride in their toys 

completely unaware of the sirens blaring out imminent destruction 

War is immortal. 

There are other ways to protest a war 

than mass rallies in Berlin. 

A band playing Mozart 

in a dilapidated church. 

An anonymous artist making murals in the rubbles of what was once a thriving city. 

How naive it is to create beauty out of destruction !

Each piece of ruins is a helpless testimony to our collective failures. 

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA 

TWO HAIKU POEMS

 1.

Tulips bloom in 

the cruellest month of April 

Memory of lost love. 

2.

Every bud wrenching 

to become flower soon

Lovers waiting for the Spring.

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA 

TWO HAIKU POEMS

 1.

Stormy weather 

Birds dashing to their nests 

A child adjusting his kite. 

2.

An artist drawing an image 

entangled lines and twisted shapes 

Spring brings symmetry. 

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA 

LIGHT AND DARK (MICROPOEM)

 Each day begins with morning 

and ends in night 

the air smells of weariness 

light and dark live 

in perpetual confusion. 

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA 

THREE HAIKU POEMS

 1.

White marble dome 

awash in cool moonlight 

Lovers in fire of passion. 

2.

Rain is over 

Paperboats sailing in village ponds

Eyes can't capture all beauties. 

3.

Cherry blossoms in countryside

Raindrops on the sidewalks 

Love tastes like autumn air. 

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA 

MOON, CLOUDS & BIRDS : - TWO HAIKU POEMS

 1.

The moon peeping 

through scattered dark clouds 

A child dreams of rainbow. 

2.

Harsh winter approaching 

Birds leaving for warmer climes

Human heart is still cold. 

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA 

LOVE, WAR AND PEACE : TWO HAIKU POEMS

 1.

Fierce wind 

Tumultuous sea 

A lover finds peace. 

2.

Soft wind 

whispering a melody to grass 

Air raid sirens blare in a city.

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA 

TWO HAIKUS

 1.

Hazy moon

Squirrels searching nuts 

Lovers squeezing memories. 

2.

Winter morning 

Flowers still asleep

Birds leaving their nests. 

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA 

MEMORY OF WATER (POEM)

 The night gathers momentum 

 The oil-lamp flickers in dark 

 After the supper a monk

 prepares to say the last prayer of the day

 that will dwell on forgiveness and peace.

 What matters in the end is -

 Whether we have forgiven ourselves and   made peace. 

(C). - MRITYUNJAY JHA