Haiku diary

From before 2025

As night creeps in
a gecko's sound
sticks in the air.

First Apartment

A new apartment
new mornings in a wide room
but then nostalgia

Pitch dark on the bridge
then headlights here toward me
I gaze to the ground

Sidewalk wet with rain
a student overtakes
I smell fried rice

Well-lit corridor
a fire extinguisher hangs
waits for whenever

Yellow slipper
Behind yellow slipper
Yellow light

Some green leaves dancing
after being touched by sun
as clouds hold their rain

Many days of rain
Under this thick canopy
Moss on edges of the pathway

Soft green moss

Many days of rain
Thick soft moss on the pathway
I walk more slowly

Sun and rain blessed them
Bushy vines on wires hanging
Stretched until when?

Cold begins to descend
Towering trees
Child looks out the window

Tayaketek la
ason nimani'd keltang
batik ed sirom

Moth flew on the middle of the road
Hides behind a leaf
I fear

In Caimito
no signs of caimito—
only friends walking.

Lone dog
Walking here again
November night

Dahong anahaw
sa bakod nakadungaw
gabing maginaw

This November night
holding a leash in my mind—
with you there in front

Dim orange lights
In between concrete
Of the theatre facade

Rain has stopped
But I pass under the large acacia tree
Droplets