Around The World ~ Nostalgia ~ A Senryu Set ~

Note ~ I worked in Air-India when I traveled around the world
randomly ~ These Haiku [Senryu] are based on my experiences then ~
Please read these loud with the essential pauses[silences] if possible!
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LONDON ~
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STREET MUSIC ~

Dylan concert at
London suburban station ~
I become sole audience ~

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NEW YORK ~
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SUMMER SIGHT ~

Manhattan noon ~
handsome Italian vends
orange juice in chaos ~

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AN ELOQUENT FOREHEAD ~

sun over New York
blazes on his forehead ~
old gentle black man ~

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ROMA ~
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GENETIC IDENTITY ~

scare crows look
similar in India
and in Roma ~

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VATICAN WINTER ~

roasting hazelnuts
old woman in roadside mist
at Vatican gate ~

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SOLEMN SILENCE ~

all behold solemn
none dare to speak ~ caged
in glass La Pieta ~

La Pieta ~ This great sculpture by Michelangelo of Christ and the
Virgin Mother is kept inside bullet- proof glass at Saint Peter's
Basilica Vatican ~

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UNIVERSAL TONGUE ~

old woman knows no
English ~ I hardly know Italian ~
sweet chat over cappuccinos ~

Note ~ Now I know some more Italian because I am learning Spanish!
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A GREAT DISCOVERY ~

perfect liqueur wine
in ancient Roman pub ~
Lachryma di Christi ~

Lachryma di Christi ~ Tears Of Christ ~ My favourite wine ~
[Dedicated to a friend]

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SWEET THIEF ~

decent woman steals all
the bread on the table into her bag
smiles at me gratefully ~

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TWILIGHT DELIGHT ~

Coliseum looms sky ~
splendid young lovers kiss
at the bus station ~

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ANNA ~

Anna seventeen conjures
perfect caf?-late smiles
a beatific angel ~

caf?-late ~ coffee with milk ~
[Dedicated to Anna]

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RESONANT HISTORY ~

history etches pain
on ageless stone walls ~
catacombs of Vatican ~

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THE MENDICANT SAINT ~

a hundred doves flock
around an old man outside
Sistine chapel ~

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CAIRO ~
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BUSINESS RITUALS ~

curios vague trivia ~
Indian girls bargain with
vendor at the pyramids ~

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SOUND LIGHT SHOW ~

Pharaohs reborn
in dream sound-light ~
we hold hands ~

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FRANKFURT ~
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A LETTER ~

Frankfurt ~ Japanese shows
me hieroglyphs pictures
for his grandson~

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THE EARTH IS ONE ~

an Indian eloquent
in Deutsch over coffee
with German friend ~

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A RANDOM ENCOUNTER ~

long chat with
a beautiful black woman ~
we agree to meet later ~

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HONG KONG ~
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A STRANGE SIGHT ~

restaurant walls are
giant aquariums ~ choose
the life to eat ~

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SAD FEELING OF A LUNI ~

baking animals ~
I feel sad to be an animal
eater by breath ~

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AMSTERDAM ~
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WORLDS MERGE ~

ages in Van Gogh gallery ~
winter night-walk blazes
mad sunflower worlds ~

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FROM THE PLANE ~
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ANCIENT CITY ~

clouds dance over
Alps in winter ~ from air
Zurich reborn ~

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DEPARTURE RITUALS ~

Japanese bow and bow
one after another ~ erect
the white man smiles ~

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