We put out a call for haiku on the subject ‘New Beginnings’, and then life got on, same old, same old. Here’s our compilation at last, after a delay of many weeks:
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strong winds…
a wilted flower
breaks away
~ Mahrukh Balsara
verdigris
wrinkled hands scrub off
past Diwalis
yet another dump
grubbing
for a fresh stake
one last lick
before nodding off
latest litter
new menu
the fresh lime soda
exactly the same
new home
mismatched cups
and staff
~ Brijesh Raj
new walls…
how long till this one
feels like home
~ Paresh Tiwari
new skin
the cut that wasn’t
deep after all
~ Kasturi Jadhav
grief counselling
my old lover is
my new friend
~ Deepa
new year
the resolutions fade
faster than the snow
kittens again
the same
old cat
~ Rohini Gupta
new year’s dawn
still trying to recall
last night’s resolves
memories
rising from the mist
a full moon
~ Gautam Nadkarni
forgetting
and forgiving the past memories
springs of fresh tenderness
~ Purushotham Rao Ravela
from his village dwelling
to life in the city
1BHK
new beginnings –
the drunk buries
his whiskey bottle
melting snow –
from the garden bed
a rose bud peeps out
~ Sandra Martyres
new manuscript…
In the heat of the flames
of the old one
windowsill…
a new summer day
unspools
euthanasia
the dawn’s glow washed out
by the streetlights
~ Raamesh Gowri Raghavan
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