These haiku were originally posted on the AsianVoices Website (1997-2004). This page is part of an archival version of the site.
Part 1. New Haiku
These poems do not appear in other sections of the site.
Night-time
All is quiet save
my footsteps. A candle lights
my path. Moon, my heart.
~ Elena Atkinson
The Locker
Oh, the great slam shut
The fearful beasts devouring
my heaven and earth
~ Nora Chung
Modern Life
Black dust is dancing
Killing cars crash together
with nobody there
~ Kama Tsoi
On the Way Home
Sitting on the bus
I am waiting for no one
to sit beside me
~ Chor Yiu-ching
On the Way to Nan Shan Chun
Wine-dark berries dropped
Steps paint the crowded pavement
into greasy night soil
~ Chor Yiu-ching
ICQ
ICQ installed
Simply click on icons with
humanware plugins
~ Chor Yiu-ching
Night
As the air-con drips
sweat sleeping on my body
kisses me goodbye
~ Peggy On
Winter
Cold wind blowing
He put on a thick jacket
and chafed his hands
~ Clara Cheuk
Storm
The pouring raindrops
falling from the sky all around
are tears on my face
~ Polly Lam
Star
One dazzling star falls
Thousands of wishes rising
in the silent sky
~ Kevin Ling
Untitled
Under the quick knife
The living hen is bleeding
on the chopping block
~ Mak Ho-yin
Other Haiku
These haiku appear on various other pages in this site.
The Snail I
Heavily he creeps
Onto the Golden Mountain.
The snail tastes the breeze.
~ Lesley Chow
The Snail II
The cochleate backpack
sinks on his tiny body.
Bulky weighty steps.
~ Lesley Chow
The Snail III
Pale are the feelers.
Shivering is the body.
Yet strong is the will.
~ Lesley Chow
Untitled
The world dances, we
do or dream the difference
between light and dark
~ Pong Ka-ming
Kranji Fruit
Black balls in clusters,
hear His call in the jungle
tips of harvest due
~ Kucinta Setia
MTR
A firedrake brushes
past the subway of darkness
The lights of souls growl
~ Nora Chung
Mom’s Tummy
The bulging tummy
where I used to sleep is now
a dumpling of flab
~ Laura Lam
Stopped Clock
To punish my leg
for kicking my arm once an hour:
Running Forbidden
~ Laura Lam
Undressed
The falling leaves have
laid out a yellow blanket
The trees are undressed
~ Ng Hiu-lui
Sunny Afternoon
A rustle of leaves
The sunlight comes through branches
and shines on my book
~ Joan Tang
Hospital
Siren howls at night
rushing to the hospital
A new life is born
~ Vivian Chiang
Roasted Chestnuts
Fresh hot snacks are sold
the smell of roasted chestnuts
summons my lonely heart
~ Lee Sze-nga
Life and death (ver 1.02)
A chrysathemum
blooming, a small moth lies still
beside the flower
~ Kit Fai Chow
Feeling
Lips touching my lips
Is this a kiss or a beat?
The heart you can’t seek
~ Kevin Ling
Snow and Snowmen
Snowflakes drifting down
softly onto two snowmen
wearing the same smile
~ Jess Yim Ka-mei
Upon the River
Dragonflies skimming
over the flowing river
praise their slim shadows
~ Lam Kit-ming
End of a Century
Calendar gets thin
Red rose with a long green stem
weeps off her petals
~ Kitty Chong Ngar-wei
A Letter
A love letter drops
in the compressed, rotten box
Ugly words tremble
~ Lydia Lee Ying-i
Lonely Night
Open the windows
faint sound of wavering leaves
I’m sleeping alone
~ Carol Ngan Lai-ha
Golden
Two golden leaves fall
Concentric circles merging
in the still black pool
~ longzijun
AsianVoices Archives: These poems and stories were originally posted on the now-defunct AsianVoices website (1997-2004), which featured poetry and fiction by young Asian writers. Copyright belongs to the original authors. If you are the writer and would like to remove, add or edit this work, please contact me at zijun01@gmail.com and I will promptly carry out your request.
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