a drop embedded
in the half-opened bud—
winter morning

winter rain
bends the roses low—
lumber pain

cleaning the remains
of burnt out earthen lamps—
dusky temple yard

a night wolf
chomps the leftovers—
teeth in moon

after the discourse
beer and biryani in lunch—
happy drinksgiving

her leaning head
from night to deathless light—
chemotherapy

a touch of fire
in inner privacies:
the will to live

year’s first snowfall
prediction of early spring—
sakura buds

Ram Krishna Singh, an Indian English poet, has been writing  for about four decades. Professionally,  till recently,  Professor of English  at IIT-ISM in Dhanbad, he has published more than 160 research articles, 175 book reviews and 42 books, including Sense and Silence: Collected Poems (2010), New and Selected Poems Tanka and Haiku (2012),  You Can’t Scent Me and Other Selected Poems (2016), God Too Awaits Light (2017), and Growing Within (2017). His haiku and tanka have been  internationally read and appreciated. web: www.rksinghpoet.blogspot.in ; email: profrksingh@gmail.com