songkran <br />between shivers their <br />roaring laughters <br /> <br />songkran <br />their warm laughters break <br />through the chill <br /> <br />songkran <br />the water breaks the ice <br />between the city folk <br /> <br />songkran <br />her lotus lamp floats out <br />to sea <br /> <br />songkran <br />amid the sea the lotus lamp <br />flickers <br /> <br />foreign land <br />roaring joy as the lotus lamp <br />floats out to sea <br /> <br />as her songkran lamp <br />floats out to sea <br />her silence and tears <br /> <br />Songkran <br />water too cleans <br />away bad luck <br /> <br />Songkran - water <br />laughter, and jeers <br />make the day <br /> <br />the tourists say <br />splash us <br />splash us <br /> <br />Songkran <br />he laughs 'the bad year <br />is now washed away' <br /> <br />Thailand's traditional New Year's festival, Songkran, will be celebrated from April 12 to 15. Though Songkran involves making food offerings and participating in religious rituals, it entails one especially fun tradition—the water fight that occurs on Khao San Road in Bangkok. As it's considered good luck to splash water on others during this celebration (and it's also the hottest time of year in Thailand) , people bring water guns, buckets, and even trucks full of water to join in on the fun.<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/travel-haiku-thai-new-year-the-songkran/
