{"id":197,"date":"2020-07-21T10:21:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T07:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yusuferadam.com\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2020-08-02T09:43:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T06:43:40","slug":"haiku","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/yusuferadam.com\/?page_id=197","title":{"rendered":"Haiku Diary\/Haiku G\u00fcncesi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kadem kiraz ya-<br \/>\nBalland\u0131 dilimdeki<br \/>\nEski \u015fark\u0131lar<br \/>\n       3 Haziran 2010<\/p>\n<p>Kargaya ne ki<br \/>\nMimoza a\u00e7\u0131yormu\u015f-<br \/>\nDamda ekmek var.<br \/>\n       7 Haziran 2010<\/p>\n<p>K\u0131rk ikindili<br \/>\nG\u00fcl a\u011fac\u0131 de\u011filem-<br \/>\nGitara d\u00f6nmem.<br \/>\n      11 Haziran 2010<\/p>\n<p>Gitti bitti ya<br \/>\nSevgilinin kokusu-<br \/>\nIhlamur geldi<br \/>\n      14 Haziran 2010<\/p>\n<p>Selected Haikus from his book Plinth Dwellers of Cihangir (Musalla Ta\u015f\u0131 Sakinleri, K\u0131rm\u0131z\u0131 Korsan, 2007 kitab\u0131ndan se\u00e7meler)<\/p>\n<p>1.<br \/>\nOpen me carefully<br \/>\npink music is the bookmark<br \/>\nlove is to the seer.<\/p>\n<p>2.<br \/>\nWhy are they so happy?<br \/>\nspring light is good to souls<br \/>\nand they watch their dreams.<\/p>\n<p>3.<br \/>\nIf a falling leaf<br \/>\nsees me dying<br \/>\nit remembers you.<\/p>\n<p>4.<br \/>\nSchool bells stopped ringing<br \/>\nthe sun will melt their ice-cream<br \/>\nit\u2019s kids\u2019 holiday.<\/p>\n<p>5.<br \/>\nOne hand is plane tree<br \/>\nbut soft like rose buds of May<br \/>\nthe other, art on water.<\/p>\n<p>6.<br \/>\nHerald of life anew<br \/>\nis the cherry breeze<br \/>\nto the street cat.<\/p>\n<p>7.<br \/>\nI write my destiny,<br \/>\ndeath, be not proud in vain!<br \/>\nhaikus will remain.<\/p>\n<p>8.<br \/>\nOnce innocence is crossed<br \/>\nlove walked its way up the hill<br \/>\nto forget the shame<\/p>\n<p>9.<br \/>\nI saw you again<br \/>\nmy name echoed in plum blossoms<br \/>\nwhen you did arrive.<\/p>\n<p>10.<br \/>\nHaiku in May bed<br \/>\nis to miss the young lover<br \/>\nin some purple dream.<\/p>\n<p>11.<br \/>\nGather the fall leaves<br \/>\nscatter them on to the sky<br \/>\nlight will make them stars.<\/p>\n<p>12.<br \/>\nThe scar on my face<br \/>\nis to you mysterious beauty<br \/>\npurple blossoms to me.<\/p>\n<p>13.<br \/>\nHardworking ants run in spring<br \/>\nand ignore empty glasses<br \/>\nwinter is at hand.<\/p>\n<p>14.<br \/>\nHardworking ants run in spring<br \/>\nand ignore empty glasses<br \/>\nwinter is at hand.<\/p>\n<p>15.<br \/>\nMy eyes may be smiling<br \/>\nspring calls me I hear<br \/>\ncheers to you sorrow!<\/p>\n<p>16.<br \/>\nFull moon it was<br \/>\nto herald the fall<br \/>\nhas been its duty.<\/p>\n<p>17.<br \/>\nThe flag carrier knows not<br \/>\nsame light falls on the may leaves<br \/>\nand her hair in the open.<\/p>\n<p>18.<br \/>\nHands are like roses<br \/>\npoison for the receiver<br \/>\ncure for the giver.<\/p>\n<p>19.<br \/>\nPapalina fish<br \/>\nis under the fig tree now<br \/>\nit will give us life.<\/p>\n<p>20.<br \/>\nStorks migrate and<br \/>\nno drop can fall<br \/>\nwithout being perfected.<\/p>\n<p>21.<br \/>\nSycamore witnessed<br \/>\nthe firm foot on the ground<br \/>\nwill push the breaks hard.<\/p>\n<p>22.<br \/>\nApril smiles on his face<br \/>\nhe eats \u2018simit\u2019 as he\u2019s hungry<br \/>\nnobody knows it.<\/p>\n<p>23.<br \/>\nHomeless yearns not for home<br \/>\nbut for his lost childhood dreams<br \/>\npiling up in his head.<\/p>\n<p>24.<br \/>\nOh April showers!<br \/>\nafter how many leaves<br \/>\nwill you fall on me?<\/p>\n<p>25.<br \/>\nNaughty child is snow<br \/>\nrings the bells and runs away<br \/>\nhides from spring breeze.<\/p>\n<p>26.<br \/>\nShe is the naive one<br \/>\nthe rose-thorn nightingale<br \/>\nthey cut off her tongue.<\/p>\n<p>27.<br \/>\nIt is easily noticeable<br \/>\nautumn has fallen in the heart<br \/>\nonce the word ended.<\/p>\n<p>28.<br \/>\nCats board on kites<br \/>\nwhen march is over<br \/>\nand sail to neverland.<\/p>\n<p>29.<br \/>\nFire is the tinner\u2019s friend<br \/>\nshadow is the cell he hides<br \/>\nthe sun mercies not.<\/p>\n<p>30.<br \/>\nThe neighbor indeed<br \/>\ngives you the right hand in need<br \/>\nand always laughs with you.<\/p>\n<p>31.<br \/>\nMy pomegranates<br \/>\nmy good life\u2019s sorrow harvests<br \/>\nalways fire my heart.<\/p>\n<p>34.<br \/>\nBasho smiled<br \/>\nwhen cherries blossomed<br \/>\nspring is a friend\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<p>35.<br \/>\nToo early to believe<br \/>\nnot ripe yet, the pomegranate,<br \/>\nthe joy of figs bake.<\/p>\n<p>36.<br \/>\nThin silent handed<br \/>\nangel salutes you dearly<br \/>\nand gathers olives.<\/p>\n<p>37.<br \/>\nthe horny tomcat<br \/>\ndoesn\u2019t see the thorn, nor the wall<br \/>\nit\u2019s time to make love<\/p>\n<p>38.<br \/>\nThe basil smelling wind<br \/>\nwoke up to its lullaby<br \/>\nfire before autumn.<\/p>\n<p>39.<br \/>\nIt was full moon and<br \/>\ncouldn\u2019t say summer is over<br \/>\nand migrated to the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>40.<br \/>\nIf a falling leaf<br \/>\nsees you dying too early<br \/>\nit remembers me.<\/p>\n<p>41.<br \/>\nSnow covers all ugliness<br \/>\nbinman is getting a life<br \/>\npeople come and go.<\/p>\n<p>42.<br \/>\nThe full moon is loose<br \/>\nto Basho, the haiku master,<br \/>\nit brings but sorrow.<\/p>\n<p>43.<br \/>\nThe peanut pine tree<br \/>\nbore the full moon suddenly<br \/>\nThe cloud set it.<\/p>\n<p>44.<br \/>\nThe crab is shivering<br \/>\nin the fire hearted cloud<br \/>\nthat came with spring.<\/p>\n<p>45.<br \/>\nIn the April sun<br \/>\nwe are three rings intertwined<br \/>\nyou, me and the sea.<\/p>\n<p>46.<br \/>\nCurious are cats<br \/>\nlistening to the wind of children<br \/>\nin the cool sunset.<\/p>\n<p>47.<br \/>\nThe shadow is waiting<br \/>\nto entertain little kids<br \/>\nthe sunset cat knows.<\/p>\n<p>48.<br \/>\nSpring is on time<br \/>\nfor children on the playground<br \/>\nbreeze is their best friend.<\/p>\n<p>49.<br \/>\nThe road is entwined<br \/>\nivy hides the homeless face<br \/>\nidea of life stays.<\/p>\n<p>50.<br \/>\nThe last cool morning<br \/>\npigeons watch the cherries<br \/>\nthe Judas tree leaves.<\/p>\n<p>51.<br \/>\nThe rose is to bloom<br \/>\nyou are always on my mind<br \/>\nlike the snow to the sun.<\/p>\n<p>52.<br \/>\nWheat in autumn<br \/>\nis bread in spring for the hungry<br \/>\nlife waits on shelves.<\/p>\n<p>53.<br \/>\nYou are like a dream<br \/>\nI held you to burn my hands<br \/>\nspring branches bloomed.<\/p>\n<p>54.<br \/>\nLife is like artichokes<br \/>\nshort but it is the duty<br \/>\nof spring in liver.<\/p>\n<p>55.<br \/>\nArt waits for new life<br \/>\nto guard the sleepy dwellers<br \/>\nsummer is at hand.<\/p>\n<p>56.<br \/>\nWicked is this May<br \/>\nit devours all my power<br \/>\nto hide in flower.<\/p>\n<p>57.<br \/>\nIf the lover is gone<br \/>\nthe pain left after the fall rain<br \/>\nis nothing but love!<\/p>\n<p>58.<br \/>\nMy sakuras are melting<br \/>\nuntouchable iron from<br \/>\nvelvet volcanoes.<\/p>\n<p>59.<br \/>\nThe air smells basil<br \/>\nThe island wind never falls<br \/>\non penny royal.<\/p>\n<p>60.<br \/>\nSnowflakes are tigers<br \/>\nlike the dreams of an infant<br \/>\nBlake\u2019s window burns bright.<\/p>\n<p>61.<br \/>\nLight conceals homeless<br \/>\nsnowflakes are gods blind eyes<br \/>\nshe is invisible.<\/p>\n<p>63.<br \/>\nWater way dried up<br \/>\nis a road to fall people<br \/>\nbread is a must in hand.<\/p>\n<p>64.<br \/>\nSummertime sleeps<br \/>\nin elderly dreams of man-<br \/>\nframed is presentiment.<\/p>\n<p>65.<br \/>\nTea taste at sunset<br \/>\nis a sign of miracle-<br \/>\nlife is here and now.<\/p>\n<p>66.<br \/>\nWicked is the sun<br \/>\nthe stone knows and is quiet<br \/>\nman remains and leaves.<\/p>\n<p>67.<br \/>\nWhile plum trees blossom<br \/>\ndeath is but a coincidence<br \/>\nmy life but a haiku.<\/p>\n<p>68.<br \/>\nThe big juicy peach<br \/>\nyielded its taste to my smile<br \/>\nonce I gave it a bite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kadem kiraz ya- Balland\u0131 dilimdeki Eski \u015fark\u0131lar 3 Haziran 2010 Kargaya ne ki Mimoza a\u00e7\u0131yormu\u015f- Damda ekmek var. 7 Haziran 2010 K\u0131rk ikindili G\u00fcl a\u011fac\u0131 de\u011filem- Gitara d\u00f6nmem. 11 Haziran 2010 Gitti bitti ya Sevgilinin kokusu- Ihlamur geldi 14 Haziran 2010 Selected Haikus from his book Plinth Dwellers of Cihangir (Musalla Ta\u015f\u0131 Sakinleri, K\u0131rm\u0131z\u0131 Korsan, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/yusuferadam.com\/?page_id=197\">Devam\u0131n\u0131 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