It’s just a revision of a haiku sequence in my book “Ideas of Imorovisation” but I’ve never been prouder of anything I’ve written.
IDEIAS DI IMPROVASON NA KRIOLU
konxas na praia
undi sta nha kretxeu
kuxixus di mar
shells on the beach
where is my beloved
whispers of the sea
kritxa di barku
na kordas di violon
txeru di peska
squeak of the boat
on the strings of the guitar
smell of fish
konxa na orela
morna di kes ondas—
mesmu na Praia
Shell to ear
a morna for the waves—
even at the beach
lua na seu—
karanjeju fantasma
na praia pretu
moon in the sky—
a ghost crab on
a black beach
ondas di agua
crescenti sa ta toki
morna di Cizé—
the ocean waves
the moon touches—
morna of Cizé
meiu kantiga
rabu di passarinha
ta some some
half a song
the tail of a kingfisher
fades fades
