ประตูมรสุมสั่น – 23rd October 2025

~ shaun tenzenmen
flame tree at my school

First thunders mutter beyond the hills
The flame-of-the-forests ignited
The schoolyard screaming suddenly stills
This season’s mango gold soon sighted

Shadows vanish as the bold noon stands
Heat haze braids shimmer like woven silk
Morning mortars thud with chilli-stained hands
Iced coffee, blooming curls of condensed milk

Silver water cups ring with laughter
Powder and perfume for New Year’s turn
Sudden winds gather ever faster
Flash floods for which the parched fields yearn

Shared with dVerse Poetics – microseasons. The Thai title translates as Monsoon Doors Rattle. While the events described may span a month or so, there have been times when all this will happen within the same week.

26 thoughts on “ประตูมรสุมสั่น – 23rd October 2025”

  1. My favourite micro season title so far, Shaun! I love the way the Thai script looks, too. Excellent use of sound in ‘first thunders mutter beyond the hills’, the screaming in the schoolyard, ‘morning mortars thud’ and ‘silver water cups ring with laughter’.

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  4. Shaun, I absolutely love your imagery! (My two step-daughters are half-Thai). This first stanza:

    First thunders mutter beyond the hillsThe flame-of-the-forests ignitedThe schoolyard screaming suddenly stillsThis season’s mango gold soon sighted

    Stunning writing!!

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    1. Cheers Melissa 🙏

      I don’t go for the traditional Thai coffee with condensed milk these days as I’m spoiled for choice with great coffee from around the local mountains.

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  9. This micro-season swirls with a symphony of sight, sound and taste, the imagery wonderfully alive and immediate. So well done, Shaun!

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  11. A fabulous write Shaun, you pack in so much into a small space and convey the atmosphere around the coming of monsoon in Thailand – I particularly like”The schoolyard screaming suddenly stills”

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    1. Cheers Andrew 🙏

      That line more specifically refers to the schools closing for the New Year’s holiday in April but I left it a little ambiguous.

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Time is short, we know. All comments sincerely appreciated.