Desert look
in the morning sun--
spring's last leg

Facing the sun
the lone flower
dying to bloom

Painting
spring with willow
as brush

HOLI

Gulal*
cloud the temple precincts:
worm moon

*colored powder used in Holi, the festival of colors in India,to celebrate Spring.

--R.K.SINGH.

Softness of her lips
and dancing of her tongue--
warm wetness

--R.K.SINGH

Breathing afresh
up from the abyss--
meditation

--R.K.SINGH

AWAITING

At the kitchen door
await a handful of wheat
two pigeons

--R. K. SINGH

TEA DROPS

Fallen tea drops
reminding me of the guests
last evening

--R.K.SINGH

FALLING LEAVES

Around falling leaves
a lone dreaming flower--
mid-February

--R.K.SINGH

DUSTY LEAVES

Dusty leaves
break days of silence:
spring's first rain

--R.K.SINGH