HAIKU REFLECTIONS ON EVIDENT TRUTHS

COLORED FOREVER
I observed flowers
with everlasting colors
but made of plastic

AFGUNST VERWOEST
Afgunst binnen groep:
Tumor die in lichaam woedt
en alles verwoest

GOZAR NADANDO
Es necesario
poder nadar si quiere
gozar en el mar

WENS VERVULD
Verdriet door een wens
niet vervuld is gevaar als
dat leidt tot afgunst

THE DESTINATION
A travelling mind
should choose a destination
to know it arrived

FORCED ENTERTAINMENT
Forced entertainment
Attending parties to dodge
trouble if absent

COMPRESSED MEMORY
Compression of me,
softly wearing my skin and
searching memory

FORMA PUEBLO
Pa forma pueblo
mester siña mira kos
ku ta uni nos

(DPI 2010)

FOOD FOR REFLECTION

20 HAIKU REFLECTIONS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED

 by Dwight Isebia

C1.DEEP THINKING

Explore depths of thought
Reach bottoms of its oceans
Take care not to drown

C2.UNDERSTANDING BEAUTY
Reflect on beauty
Enjoy what you admire
Don't try to know Why

C3.GOSA OTRO
Nos lo ta felis
mas lihé y mas fasil
si gosa otro

C4.NATURALISATIE
Als Nederlandse
geboren en vervolgens
door pech ontboren

C5.AVOIDING HATE
If you start to hate
hold your breath and remember
why you loved before

C6.UNDERSTOOD
Though understanding
is subserviant to the fact
It's usefull to grasp

C7.LIFE AS A POEM
The content and form
leading to thought and pleasure
is life as poem

C8.RECITING LIFE

The poem called Life
is recited constantly
when no one listens

C9.VERSCHIL
Lievelingshobby
voor de één, een opgave
voor de andere

C10.INDIVIDU
Hoe hetzelfde echt
wordt ervaren verschilt van
persoon tot persoon

C11.PERSPECTIEF
Ergens naar uit te
kijken of er juist tegen
op te zien, maakt uit

C12.THINKING
It might be over
rated but still major tool
to communicate

C13.OVERSCHATTING

Voor zover ik er
over na kan denken, wordt
denken overschat

C14.MOOI TOTAAL
Mooi is niet een vorm
beschouwd als ideaal maar
aangenaam totaal

C15.THE LOST ONE
Though you wanted more
but know you lost instead, be
glad and play again

C16.KRACHTIGE PRACHT
Aanschouw de pracht van
de zon en hoed je voor zijn
niets ontziende kracht

C17.ZELFBEINVLOEDING
De overtuiging
dat een taak zwaar zal zijn leidt
vaak tot verzwakking

C18.ALS EEN BEEST
Het wezen dat zich
voort beweegt als beest heeft geen
hoop, slechts verlangen

C19.INSPIREERKRACHT
De inspirator
is zeer actief geladen
met zware kernziel

C20.SPORTSCHOOL
Een man op zoek
wachtend op bewondering
smachtend naar liefde

E PROMÉ 30 HAIKUNAN NA PAPIAMENTU DI DWIGHT ISEBIA PONÉ HUNTU

PAN OF KAVIAR ?
Ta mihor tin pan
den makutu ku kaviar
den boka di rei

KONSTITUSHON

Nos konstitushón
tin ku halsa nivél di
nos kompashón

SIN ALMA
Liderazgo sin
alma por hiba na yen
siguidó sin fe

KOMPASHON
Ta kompashon
di pueblo ta midi su
sivilisashón

HAMBER Y HAIKU
Si'n tin kuminda
ta difisil pa skirbi
haiku bunita

WAK KU WOWO
Mas chikitu kos
ta, mas difisil pa wak
e kos ku wowo

BIDA
Vruminga por ta
igual na bayena pa
loke ta bida

OPSERVASHON
B'a logra bira
Mas bieuw y mas bunita
stimando bida

SOLO DIVINO
Poder di solo
pa kima y tra bida
Kasi Dios pa nos

BIEUW
Mas bieuw mas felís
te awe, kada día
mi experensha

KERE BERDAT
Tin biaha berdat
ta e kos mas difisil
pa logra kere

TAMAÑO
Mira kon grandi
of chikí, tamaño di
bida parse ta

SENSHA
Ta ku ilushon
y fantasía sensha
ta bai dilanti

POKO POKO
Maske tortuga
no por kore e si
ta yega punda

BUNITESA
Búskeda di es
yamá bunita a bin
ku sufrimentu

HABRI BOKA
Ora tribón hap
no kere k’e ta hari;
ta hamber e tin!

TRIBÓN
Tribón tambe tin
nan balor den nos mundu
mes kos ku pruga


KURASHI
Kurashi ta djis
forsa pa logra hasi
loke no ta por

SUNCHI FALSU
sunchi ta sushi
si e boka ke topa
pa chupa forsa

PERSEVERANSHA
neglisha dolor,
keda kana ketu bai
te kaminda por

KONFIA PA AKTUA
Pa tribi aktua,
konfiansa ta esensial
pa no tin miedu

HABRI BOKA
Ora tribón hap,
no kere k’e ta hari:
Ta hamber e tin ¡!

TRIBÓN
Tribón tambe tin
nan balor den nos mundo,
mes kos ku pruga

PUNTO DI BISTA
Punto di bista
di bo y bo bisiña
ta forma berdat

VULKANO
Eyfjalaloküll
ta nomber di vulkano,
strobando buelo

KURASHI
Kurashi ta djis
forsa pa logra hasi
loke bo mes por

SUNCHI FALSU
Sunchi ta sushi,
si e boka ke topa
pa chupa forsa

PERSEVERANSHA
Neglisha dolor,
keda kana ketu bai
te kaminda por

KREASHON
Kreashon a bin
kibra monotonía.
Dios tabata so!

ELOGIO
Nan ta bati man
pa esnan ku sin nan sa
ta batiendo nan

(DPI 2010)

THE RULES WE CREATE TO PLAY THE GAME

SIX HAIKU REFLECTIONS ON THE RULES WE CREATE TO PLAY by Dwight Isebia

NONSENSE AS CREATION

What most resembles

creation is what we see

as utter non sense

TRUE FOR SOME

Truth for some is what

they want to feel, for others

what they think they know

THINKING

Thought for most is what

rules the brain, for some that which

sets rules for a game

TOOLS CALLED RULES

Rules are meant as tools

enabling those who play to

know who wins the game

KNOWLEDGE AND FACT

Knowledge is the stock

of facts available, while

wisdom values fact

WISDOM

The wise is detached

and refuses to accept

gravity as fact

SIX HAIKU REFLECTIONS ON THE RULES WE CREATE TO PLAY by Dwight Isebia

NONSENSE AS CREATION

What most resembles

creation is what we see

as utter non sense

TRUE FOR SOME

Truth for some is what

they want to feel, for others

what they think they know

THINKING

Thought for most is what

rules the brain, for some that which

sets rules for a game

TOOLS CALLED RULES

Rules are meant as tools

enabling those who play to

know who wins the game

KNOWLEDGE AND FACT

Knowledge is the stock

of facts available, while

wisdom values fact

WISDOM

The wise is detached

and refuses to accept

gravity as fact

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Kind regards,

Dwight P. Isebia

HAIKU REFLECTIONS ON THE WHEATHER

FIVE HAIKU REFLECTIONS ON THE WEATHER by Dwight Isebia


HUMBLING FORCE
Big trees
forced to bend
by strong
hurricane, forcing
us to bend
our heads

MUD AFTER SNOW
Walking in
the mud;
dirty shoes
as price after
playing in
the snow

ENJOYING NATURE
Joy may be
felt both
in white
winter weather as
on beach
burnt by sun


LIQUID LIFE
The sun
creates life,
convincing
water to stay
more liquid
than ice

MUHEDAT
(Papiamento)
Loke ta muha,
ta base di bida
ku
poder pa suta

AWESOME FLOOD
Man observes
in awe
when nature
sheds tears, because
he’s breaking
her laws

(DPI 2010)

HAIKU REFLECTIONS ON DANCE AND BATTLE

HAIKU REFLECTIONS ON THE DANCE AND THE BATTLE
By Dwight Isebia

SINGING BODY
When the body sings
loudly with a rhythmic grace,
art of dance begins

SPEED AND WEIGHT
speed in a battle
creates force exceeding that
produced by mere weight

SKINNY AND HEAVY
the skinny fighter
avoids contact too close to
heavy opponents

CAUTION IN FIGHT
being to cautious
is disadvantage in fight
with one not caring

LIMIT OF WORDS
when words don’t suffice
man is provoked to employ
physical methods

STRIKING MOTION
dance differs
from fight
as fighter moves with intent
to grasp or to strike

TO DANCE OR TO FIGHT?
Where the seduction
by dance was not permitted
men fought to win wife
(DPI 2011)