HAIKU

Bathing in thousand
they float lamps on her breast--
the river sparkles


Alone
the cellphone on her bed
rings


A film of mist
between my eyes
and her image


Travelling back
from the waves of bliss
a foam-leap


Making holes
in the wooden cross
white ants


Standing
between flowers
Jesus on the cross


They walk on red coal
matching steps with drum beats:
carnival of ecstasy


Reflects the rainbow
in the mirror of water--
Yamuna Bridge


Awaits sunrise
in the chilly Ganges
a nude worshipper


Safe from sun
under nascent leaf
a small fish


Out of wood and stone
he carves his vision of peace:
night's secret visage


Unruffled
by passions and clamours:
Buddha's calm


Alone
on the National Highway
Hanuman


In a moment
trapping eternity:
the camera


Two peacocks
on a dancing spree:
see water


Painting mom's smile
with broken crayons--
smiling Winny


Suffer animals
with a peculiar smell:
men in white khadi


Without washing hands
he touches the hibiscus for worship:
her frowning glance


Krishna offering
parijata to Radha:
Narada looks on


The temple dome
in the flooded Ganga:
empty kalash


Sleeps the night with
desires wrapped in blanket--
spring in the eyes


No bottom reader
but the shape and lines do tell
she can stir the soul


Wet bodies
of bathing women:
full moon night


Measuring life with
ejaculatory rhythm--
envies sparrow sports


Shaking hands
couldn't part with the henna
on her palms


In the well
studying her image
a woman


Drunken with force
spreading the century's sore:
nine eleven


Post-lunch solitude
filled with thoughts that couldn't become
even a haiku