POEM: HAIKU #100
haiku #100
what we know limits
us, wisdom loves everything
not yet understood
—kalamu ya salaam
New Orleans writer, filmmaker and educator, Kalamu ya Salaam is co-director of Students at the Center, a writing program in the New Orleans public schools. Kalamu is the moderator of neo•griot, an information blog for black writers and supporters of our literature worldwide http://kalamu.posterous.com/
Kalamu is the moderator of Breath of Life, a Black music website http://kalamu.com/bol/
Kalamu shares his creative writings on WordUp blog http://wordup.posterous.com
Kalamu also shares images of interest on SEEN • What We See blog http://seen-images.posterous.com
Kalamu can be reached at kalamu@aol.com
haiku #100
what we know limits
us, wisdom loves everything
not yet understood
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #123
love gone is bird flown
sad sunset song tartly sung
without harmony
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #103
fists can never hold
water nor love, but cupped hands
firmly opened can
—kalamu ya salaam
photo by Alex Lear
haiku #93 may the life i lead help others live, may my work help beauty be born —kalamu ya salaam
haiku #58
black people believe
in god, & i believe in
black people, amen
—kalamu ya salaam
HAIKU SUN SONG #1
Midnight. My ear your
Breast. Breathe. Hear heartbeats. Softly.
We’re alive. At peace.
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #48
night moans grip my waist
the arms of hurt snake round me,
i feel like a frog
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #85
night flower deprived
of moon glow & morning dew
oh, how i miss you
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #60
plants, photographs, cut
flowers, paintings, a bed, two
desks, books, records, clothes
—kalamu ya salaam
haiku #46
you pause on the edge
of me, testing my water
with your toe, please swim
—kalamu ya salaam
