Coffee and Haiku: Recent Episodes
Sankara Jayanth
A podcast where I read out some of the haiku that I have written. I will also read my favorite haiku from poets like Matsuo Basho, Kobayashi Issa and others.
Hope you enjoy the podcast.
On some days, your mind is sharp enough to see parallels between one thing and another, and create metaphors out of them. But on some days, even the most obvious metaphors do not light a fire in our heads.
*today, I cannot write
a metaphor about calm minds
and clear skies*
© Sankara Jayanth, Coffee and Haiku
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Even the sparrows need to repair theirs homes after a storm.
*sparrow eyes a dried stalk
among swaying green grass — house repairs after storm*
© Sankara Jayanth, Coffee and Haiku
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I guess this happens to many people who aren't experts in cooking. I just can't get the quantity right. It will either be too little or too much. Same with soup. I buy readymade soup powders and I'm the only one who drinks soup in my house. So the sachet says "4 servings". Okayyyyy. So how much water do I need to put and how much powder and I end up cooking too much soup.
*to fight cold
in haste
i cook too much soup*
© Sankara Jayanth, Coffee and Haiku
You can read more of my haiku on twitter @coffeeandhaiku. Thanks for listening!
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There are a few sparrow nests near our home and we have gotten used to their noise in the mornings. Rainy season has started and the birdseed on the parapet is wet and has to be replaced so the sparrows can have fresh grain.
*sparrow flies away
as I approach
to clear damp birdseed*
© Sankara Jayanth, Coffee and Haiku
You can read more of my haiku on twitter @coffeeandhaiku. Thanks for listening!
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One day, working at home, I was busy enough to not realize that the sun has set and that night had fallen. What struck me most is that I was sitting opposite a window all day and the fading light did not pull my attention away from the laptop screen. I seldom have such concentration.
*lost in office work
outside, the moon has claimed
sky from the sun*
© Sankara Jayanth, Coffee and Haiku
You can read more of my haiku on twitter @coffeeandhaiku. Thanks for listening!
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I am learning to create vivid images with #haiku. The sensory experience of reading haiku by Basho and Issa have had a great impact on my motivation to write haiku and on what type of haiku I want to write. In this episode, I read a haiku about a dragonfly, seemingly still on a leaf for sometime on a cold morning, taking off.
*dragonfly takes off
its wing slaps a dew drop
on the leaf*
© Sankara Jayanth, Coffee and Haiku
You can read more of my haiku on twitter @coffeeandhaiku. Thanks for listening!
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When we see dark clouds gathering, we get a foreboding feeling and the first sign of it taking shape in reality, we anticipate, is to rain. But do dark clouds always mean rain?
*dark and white clouds
roll over each other —
to rain, or not to rain.*
© Sankara Jayanth, Coffee and Haiku
You can read more of my haiku on twitter @coffeeandhaiku. Thanks for listening!±
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