1
Maid’s arrival
morning irritation
noisy utensils
2
Inner fears
faith cross-leg prayers
climax love
3
Unforgettable
oneness of our body:
life time fire
4
Hangs time
about the neck
emptiness
5
Dead skin
sits on my face
ashy look
6
Learning to live
without a regular job
he looks at books unread
7
Inciting
her sexy silence-
cell phone rings
8
The cracked floor tiles
new for an ageing church:
son of man still dwells
9
Prayer book
covering the glass-
his last drink
10
Morning glory
fading in a few hours-
splendors of day-star
11
Sipping alone
in the portico
honey tea
12
Climbing stairs
the books unread for years
lumbar pain again
13
More refreshing
the day’s haiku with tea-
the Mainichi
14
Rubbing gulal
between her private parts-
Holi stroke
15
Drowsiness
after a short pilled sleep-
morning sex
16
Flames rise
their coloured faces-
full moon
17
Holi songs
unwilling listeners
in the park
18
Post dinner walk
barefoot on the grass
dew drops in moon
19
Flowing darkness
consumes the shadow of shadows-
midnight sensation
20
She plays her body
hide and seek in naked dress-
sizzling summer
21
Undressing explores
underwear and the erotic:
one more nude selfie
22
A short drizzle
stony scent of petrichor-
Vastu Vihar
23
In the bath
bare soul together-
afterglow
24
Shortening shadow
of the window in my room-
time to wind up work
25
Fresh air
more expensive-
fine dust thicken
26
Fully filled
the trashcan in kitchen-
stuck in lack
27
Flooded river
half-drowned in a boat
going to work
28
A dead tree
stands tall on N H 2-
senescence
29
The aged earth mocks
the concaving patch
of the sky
30
Undecided
to walk or not to walk-
evening black with dust
31
Air too heavy
with fine coal dust from chimneys–
the park too chokes
32
Under the bed
spiders’ network-
sabbatical
33
Westerly wind
strikes the window pane with rain–
flood in bedroom
34
Sweltering heat
frequent power failure–
neighbours shouting
35
Mosquito bite
in the middle of sex act
breaking climax
36
Dragon cloud
bursts into cool rain:
afternoon
37
Evening walk
stones prick in my shoe–
graveled paths
38
With fear of puke
driving through snaky road-
viva voce
39
Two of us
flying between the clouds–
dragons await
40
The maid
leaves behind a smell:
sneezing
41
Ready to burst
over the cracked window panes
darkening clouds
42
In the backyard
wife collects unripe mangoes
husband flying papers
43
Paper Shiva
from the calendar on the wall
watching stressed sex
44
Rushing back home
with half-bloomed hibiscus:
morning rain
45
In the portico
he sits beside Suzuki:
tea in rain
46
Watery sky:
I fear growing roots
in foreign land
47
Morning view:
the zigzag on my palms
muddy pathway
48
Without hum
a mosquito lands
on my back
49
Two bodies
sweating together–
sultry bed
50
Drops await
a draught of wind
on the railing
51
Waking up
gloves ready for the catch–
unclaimed light
52
Dim blue light
smiling breasts invites
fiery full moon
53
Touching her tattoos
in the darkness of mirror
moon from the window
54
Hypnotized
into a deep sleep–
nothingness
55
Leaking
in two days’ rain
my roof
56
Stands in sun
to dry her damp drawers
my neighbor
57
She chops off her tongue
and offers it to Kali-
dream fulfillment
58
My inner powers
she seeks money to liberate:
emerald full moon
59
My umbrella
seen many rains
now sagging
60
Fruity smell
from the bowl on the table:
late sunrise
61
With her back to us
she teaches us ‘in front of’-
her snaky hair moves
62
Stones flash
from her moving finger:
expert
63
He leaves the room
with a few fallen hairs
and memory
64
Matters no more
the full size mirror in bed-
inlook revealing
65
Flies over the bridge
with morning’s big catch
a small crane
66
Knee-deep in the pond
awaits fresh catch to buy milk
for the new-born
67
Bathing buffalo
in the pond
our milk man
68
Dark and bright
hue of honey inn-
Buddha’s smile
69
Blinding fog
and cloud of darkness-
Buddha’s light
70
Lost in fog
the full moon wanders:
silent sky
71
Buddha’s portrait
inside Bodyguard House
haiku silence
72
Await wind to move
clouds densing over the hill–
bottoms up
73
Hidden behind clouds
the peak of Kanchenzanga–
relax at Munsong
74
Houses hidden
among the tall pine trees–
narrow valley
75
My white moustache
irks her each day–
turned off in bed
76
The window opens
to the Kanchenjungha peak-
snow lines sparkle
77
Dust and gas
life stuck in one room–
Bangalore
78
Mind
morning meditation
coloured attachments
79
Before the window
asoka stands erect–
lean sun and shade
80
The sunrise
knocks with song of praise:
hold my tongue
81
A stray cock guards
the house in my absence:
neighbours’ free grub
82
Tattoos crack
the epilated chest-
mole on the back
83
Who sees
bare in bathroom
mirror
84
Solitude:
elopes to tie the knot
in full moon
85
A red globe
rises at dawn:
waving corn