Trilingual Haiku

TRILINGUAL HAIKU

KALUNGKUTAN (Tagalog)

gabing walang bituin

hinihintay kita sinta

kahit sa panaginip

SOLEDAD (Spanish)

la noche sin estrellas

esperare por te amor

aun en mi sueños

LONELINESS (English)

starless night

l'll wait for you my love

even in my dreams

From my book,

Haiku and Tanka Harvest

Loneliness

starved for a woman's touch

he indulges in fantasy

and falls prey to a flirt

beneath the cloak of night

alone,he weeps

In my book,

Haiku and Tanka Harvest

Her absence

the silent sound

of her absence

fills our room

only the echoes

of yesterday remain

from my book, 

Haiku and Tanka Harvest

Loneliness

chilly night
under its darkness
hides my loneliness

Tagalog

gabing malamig
sa iyong dilim nagtatago
aking kalungkutan

from my book,
Haiku and Tanka Harvest

Longings

dream demons
harass me all night
in my half empty bed
still waiting for you
all these years

Suicide attempts

the widower explains
to his visiting son
why he chopped their shade tree
twice there, he drawls
I tried to hang myself

from my book,
Haiku and Tanka Harvest
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Full moon

full moon

and empty arms

oh it's so hard

to fill the void

you left behind

Aloneness

yearning for her touch
even in my dream
so long this dark night

Aloneness

alone once more
the cold night lingers
too long

from my book,
Haiku and Tanka Harvest

Absence

I chase
the remnants
of my broken dream
chilling the night
of your absence

From my book,
Haiku and Tanka Harvest

Coffee mug

the coffee mug
with our pictures on it
that you gave me
before your sudden death
still unopened in its box

Full moon

full moon and empty arms

so hard to fill the void

she left behind

(another full moon variation)

why cut your shade tree
because twice there I tried
to hang myself

dining alone -
her radio plays
our love song

TATLONG WIKA, ISANG KAHULUGAN
(Three tongues, One meaning)
 

KALUNGKUTAN (Tagalog) gabing walang bituin hinihintay kita sinta kahit sa panaginip

SOLEDAD (Español) la noche sin estrellas esperaré por te amor aun en mi sueño

LONELINESS (English) starless night I'll wait for you my love even in my dream

In my book, Haiku and Tanka Harvest

Loneliness

often
I feel alone
amidst a crowd
still hard to fill the void
you left behind

Sketchbook, Vol. 5, No. 4
July/August 2010

Widower

the widower explains
to his visiting son
why he chopped their shade tree
twice there, he drawls
I tried to hang myself

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 3, No. 3, Spring 2009

Birthday Alone

Published in my book, RUSTLE OF BAMBOO LEAVES

Winter moon

The tanka poem above was published without the picture in:

Modern English Tanka
Vol. 1, No. 1, Autumn 2006

Moon haiga