Author: shirley cahayom

shirley cahayom brooklyn, new york shaman99 at msn.com i was born in the philippines, educated in the oldest existing catholic university in the country even older than harvard, had been a college instructor, worked as children governess in the middle east, currently working in an alternative cancer clinic in new york city trying in my own little way to ease the pain and suffering of the terminally ill. i had been writing traditional haiku on and off since my college days but got seriously involved with it again since march of 2002. since then, i never stop writing and trying to get them published. publications include still, asahi haikuist network, the illinois times etc.

another sunset:
still by the seashore
a girl and an empty chair

winter drizzle:
her pink umbrella
fighting with the wind

sudden rainshowers-
the street vendor changes the sign
RED ROSES ON SALE

shaft of moonlight.
the silence between us
atop the lifeguard’s chair

howling wind
the red kite
sprawled on the sandy shore

morning stroll:
a blade of grass
clings to his shoes

new year’s day
noticing the polka dots
on her red dress

underground tunnel
the brilliance
of the sidewall lights

flying a kite
the girl with a red bow
on her hair

summer moon—
strumming love songs
on an old guitar