SkyFlower

vikasita tarupankti
vasantakAle ambArupushpa
kuntalet dhAryAmi
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budding trees
spring flower in the sky
wear it on my hair

Tender and Wilder

SrIpadyAh saurabheNa

rAtrijaladharA

mAyUravarNabhAvuka

With Jasmine's fragrance

Bearing the dew

Turns violet

This photo was beautifully clicked by my friend Sriram. You can see more of his photos at koolpix.blogspot.com

Notice the first aksharAs of each phrase in my haiku...

Silver Lining

AkASastha jaladhara

bhAnuNA spardhita

rajatAbhAya

Clouds in the sky

Competing together with light

For the silver lining

It feels easier to write on natural things that I see around myself. Even though natural beauty does not top my list, I guess its easier to write about. I should deviate from nature now :)

mAnassarovar

SItala himAdri
tasya vyatta jaTA sprushati
saritAH pravahanti

Cold Ice capped mountain
His open matted hair brushes
Streams flow

Its beautiful to imagine how everything links to Siva and Sakti!

Do You Haiku?

This is my first Haiku in samskRtam. I have a few insignificant ones in English.

pUrNachandrika
swapna manDalam
chittaja rAgamAlika

The fullmoon light
In the fantasy world
A heart-born ode

I like this one very much for its inherent musical touch. purNachandrika is a karNAtik rAga. The famous tyAgaraja kIrtana "telisi rAma chintana" is in this rAga. rAgamAlika is usually a composition with each stanza in a different rAga.

SiSira Rtu
chAtakAyAh nirIkshaNa
kArtIka dIpam

Cold dark season
The bird's longing
For winter lamps

The next one is just a fluke. I was trying to maintain the 5-7-5 syllable rule. Dont think too hard about it. I failed to include a good hidden meaning into it. Very seasonal in nature. Please ask if you cannot decipher the language.
Hope to post more haikus in samskRtam soon.