Ken Sawitri
Born 1964 in Blora, Central Java, Indonesia, and completed her degree in psychology at the Universitas Indonesia.
She dedicated her haiku for her motherland in "Listen, The Spice Whispers" and recorded her journey in the haiku at http://thisissawitri.blogspot.com
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sudden shower
the sun flows
into countless paths
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autumn school
everyday he leaves behind him
the big sky
DailyHaiga Special Feature: Kampung Halaman, Haiku and Haiga from
Indonesia, Haiga by Ken Sawitri and Jimat Achmadi, February 4th, 2016
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abandoned village
her yellow raincoat jumps
in and out of silence
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the sound of a chainsaw
a few dried leaves
curled into the fire
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translucent wall
a deaf moon and I
speak in sign language
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summer rain —
socks on the clothesline
still try to escape on tiptoe
5th Place in European Quarterly Kukai 6th Edition (Summer, Water), June 2014
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driftwood
my thoughts ebbing away
tide by tide
3rd Place in The Shiki Monthly Kukai, March 2016 (Free Format, Driftwood)
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migrant's shelters
above them
the wandering moon
Selected Poem in The Book of The 5th Haiku Contest SHARPENING THE GREEN PENCIL 2016
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seaward
a river pulses — writes
and rewrites itself
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abandoned house
I strike the bell
with my shadow
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hazy moon
a first satellite dish installed
in the fisherman's village
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Fort Nassau
the scent of Banda
nutmeg red
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the farmers in the core of the sun are butterfly wings in rain
BONES, journal for contemporary haiku No. 3, December 15th, 2013
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year's end —
leaking pot patched
by its lime crust
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words
we have been said
fallen leaves
Honorable Mention in the Mongolian Haiku Association Second International Kukai (Drop leaves)
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trauma centre
flapping of the butterflies' wings
after a hard rain
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the moon disappears
before I scoop
my pineapple jam
Izbor Radova/The Choice of Poems DIOGEN Summer 2013 Haiku Contest
'Summer in The Town'
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traditional market
the scent of mountain breeze
in the vendor's tea cup
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fresh fish market
a young man carries the wet basket
full of stars
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spring breeze
the tiny finger tips holds up
her first white frangipani
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a jasmine bud falls
in the court's dance pavilion
her eyes inhale
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lone homecoming —
dad's cigar purse
still in the same place
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gathered in the mosque
for wedding vows —
a spider weaves its web
A Hundred Gourds 2.4, September 2013
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bachelor’s garden
a soka bough embraces
the old mango tree
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ocean of sand —
thousands of wind paths
within each grain