Haiku--By Madhuri Pillai--Australia

chanteuse 

the housefly's hum

flows and ebbs

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black clouds

from tree to tree

cocaktoo's shriek

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hotel window

a raptor circles

the emptiness 

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spring warmth

the trailing geranium's

silent repose 

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entwined 

in sunlight

her grey hair 

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Madhuri Pillai has been writing haiku and tanka on and off…  Her work has been published in various on line magazines. She has worked as a journalist, and is an animal activist. Semi-retired, she lives in Melbourne in Australia.