DRUSKININAI POETIC FALL 2009: Haiku Moment on the Peaks

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Haiku Moment on the Peaks

"Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life."-Santoka Taneda

for Adelaide M., Terry Collett, Richard Lynn Livesay



DRUSKININAI POETIC FALL 2009



O vilnius birds

Don’t be weary-hearted

Poets are here cheering you



fog-drenched vilnius

I search technique

Of writing haiku



Bees collect dew

Flowers many-

DPF 2009



Silent whisperings

Mystic hours-

DPF 2009



After death

Resurrection possible

With immortal haiku



I speak in whisper

To amber

In vilnius



With raindrops

I anoint my body

Before writing



Quiet interaction:

haiku, amber,

vilnius labyrinth



what a beautiful sight-

brilliant poets

reading haiku in vilnius



baroque buildings

restored houses

there is amber wherever we look



Sudden shower in vilnius

A haiku poet

Touches rain water



on the road a poet-

competing with the rain

to attend vilnius haiku festival



birds from 21 countries

never stop singing in vilnius- druskininai

one haiku after another



poets reading haiku in vilnius

red rose blossoming

touches our nostrils



winged horse

pegasus crosses several nations

DPF festival 2009



haiku is life

love and future:

Europe’s culture capital



dreamy twilight in Vilnius:

rainbow of cultures

a lovelier haiku festival was never held



DPF Festival 2009

will live as long as haiku is read

I participated and found truth



poetic fire hanging over us

reveals rose and lotus

yes, that’s DPF- vth WHA Conference 2009



green grass better

if it is wet-

vilnius poets know that



-Santosh Kumar,

Vilnius, September 2009

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