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MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU:TRANSLATION

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MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: POEM TRANSLATION

 

MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 48

 

lines, rhyme, sound, messages

行、韵、音、訊息

play with, or face the music

同谱、或自食其果

fate: marketing trend

命︰潮流趋势

MALAYSIAN HAIKU/SENRYU: ECHOES 49

 

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Kan wrote this in my blog:

 

Six zero, nation code

六零，国民码

Cryptic, silent insouciance

隐秘，沉默無忧虑

Poesy rang through

詩歌式摇鈴

 

 

This is my response:

 

code and decode: skill

编、解码︰ 技能

art levels wrap in layers

艺术水平在裹层

easy mass appeal

易群众诉求

 

 

HAIKU/SENRYU: NATIONAL DREAM

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HAIKU/SENRYU: NATIONAL DREAM

 

long queue for a dream

national aspiration

in hard times: throw hope

 

Above picture was copied from Shin Min Daily: long queue to buy Hong Bao Million Dollar Toto lottery.

Singaporeans q a lot, from food, transport, schools, to this: DREAM CHASER.

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NEW YEAR HAIKU〔新年俳句〕: POEM TRANSLATION

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NEW YEAR HAIKU〔新年俳句〕: POEM TRANSLATION

New Year is over

新年已結束

festive mood hides in wardrobe

節日歡心藏衣柜

old clothes face tussel

老衣面對斗

 

The picture above shows college students reading their notes before an examination at a back lane in Beijing.

EXTRA N FOR NUTS: HAIKU AND GODSIB AND GOSSIP 11

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EXTRA N FOR NUTS: HAIKU

 

Peace and compassion

Cannon hide in the Canon

Blood path in Paris

 

NB

The first poem in my second book is “Canon and Cannon”, for it is the most widely read poem in my blog, for reasons not known to me. Yet no reader has queried the silence of “cannon” in that short poem.  The above haiku will break that silence.

 

GODSIB AND GOSSIP 11

I asked the young lass “Tell me in few words, from your heart, what Buddhism is? Please don’t quote from the books or master”. She replied “Learning.” I request her to elaborate. She remarked “learning to be a better human being.” “You mean educating one to be a better human being; or to bring out the best qualities of a being, meaning consciousness.” Indeed, if one could not be a decent being, how to label oneself as a disciple of this or that religion (re afresh, ligare to link, bond).The label is not the essence; the living religion is.

A Chinese monk, Master Taixu (1890-1947) once wrote that when personhood was fully cultivated and developed, enlightenment could then be attained. In other words, learn to be decent human being, before one plays the role of God.

 

PHANTASMAGORIA and REAL FICTION: Two Haiku

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I often doze off travelling the long bus journey. Really enjoy the daydreams, and the satori. On awakening, it’s time for Halloween.

PHANTASMAGORIA

Pray and door open

Diamond drops flash on lone twig

Cyber-sex heaven

 

REAL FICTION

 

Generous Arab

Ali Baba treasure hunt

Malaysian fiction