Trotwaer. Jaargang 7

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Otome Hutheesing^*)
Haikû

‘Heit’ Lieuwe

Vader, soms Koning -
maar ook beminde Mao-maat
van melk en honing

*) Otome Hutheesing hat de nasionaliteit fan India, mar is heal Japansk. Hja is professor yn de sosiology yn New York; mei koarten sil hja bineamd wurde oan de universiteit fan Penang, Maleisië, yn de Forlykjende Sosiology. Hja is troud mei in neef van Indira Gandhi en omkesizzer fan pandit Nehrû.

Mama

Monster-mother-mine
hiding in neighbor's. husband's
eagle, evil eye

Otome is tolve jier lyn ta doctor promovearre to Leiden.

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Grandmother

Wisdom of Mount Fuji
words that rang lullabies bells
Now T.V. is she

Shady loves

Loves on my palette,
purplish passion, green envy
ending in the red

Starvation

In Chad thousands died -
World conference double talks
while vultures abide

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Hospital

Why white the beds,
the faces, X-ray machines?
White-wash on death?

Amazon highway

Forests, fauna bieed -
Xingu's soil and soul is slashed
for mining and speed

North-American indians

They sang to the corn,
stamped damp feet on tearful trails,
their culture forlorn

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India

Cracked earth, yellow skies -
human oceans in between
shrill the vendor's cries

Autumn maple tree

Crown of blood and fire
sheds red carpet for king Fall.
Blue jays fly higher.

Morning glory

One day whims in blue
chalices of heavenly hues -
my eyes drink of you