Haiku by Njeri Marasi (Kenya)

marasiNjeri Marasi is a digital marketer, a storyteller, and a blogger at www.workandrelationships.wordpress.com. Her work has been published in Story Moja. Of herself, Njeri says, “I love observing as life happens and making meaning out of everything.”

 

 


 

  1. The Water Waves

Dry feet by the seashore

The waves break, swash!

Ah! The cold, soft touch

 

  1. Fire

Dry firewood and the matchstick

Cracking and sizzling

Ashes and smoke

 

  1. Petrichor

An afternoon rain

Soaking the dry earth

With an earthly-heavenly scent

 

  1. Pressure and Pleasure

The heat, the pressure

Pleasure and relief

Guilt, shame

 

  1. Mosquito

Night buzz

Biting and sucking

Slap! Bloody death