Stardust, 2018

fading light

a stray kitten sits

on my shadow

Stardust issue 23, November, 2018

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fireflies
through the mist
distant stars 

October 2018 Issue of Stardust

Femkumag, 2018

outdoor labour

 on her face 

countless scars 

femkumag, issue seven, December, 2018

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low self-esteem
the half-open camellia
ready to fall

femkumag issue six November 2018

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stained apron
all those feelings
she never shared

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Alzheimer’s –
my mother and I
in a new relationship

Femkumag, October 2018, Issue 5

Chrysanthemum, October 2018, Issue, 24

 

 German translation

tiefe Narben

an beiden Händen

diese Stille

ist nicht der einzige Beweis

meiner Nöte

The Zen Space, 2018

salvation

the waterfall turns

into the mist

.

pelican’s pouch

carries the light

of autumn dawn

.

self-denial

seeking the light

without shadows

.

grain sorghum

with autumn shades

harvest time

.

confession

the lotus blooms

in mud water

.

heatwave

widening the cracks

in parched land

The Zen Space, Autumn 2018 showcase

Microfiction

 

I will write to you

and when you decide to leave me, i will write to you some words with the nectar of flowers bloomed in autumn meadow. I will write to you with zephyr wind that blows through the darkest woods and echo the secrets of shadows lingering on my weak soul. I will write to you with the ink of stygian water that flows in parched land of my heart. I will write to you with undulated waves that crash against the giant rocks mourning for their true identity. I will write to you with golden dust that swirls around to form a galaxy of my longings. I will write to you with scented water that absorbs the pain of scattered petals before they drift away. I will write to you with every single breath that keeps me alive in toxic land of those who just exist. I will write to you with the light of morning star that awakes me daily and give hope to my worthless feelings.

I will write to you every single word drenched in the rain of nothingness and remember you are an integral part of it.

 

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i bid goodbye…!

i bid goodbye to thoughts seeped in deeply to destroy my roots, feelings barrened slowly the velvety furrows of my heart, words pierced greatly my soul and turn it into rags, shadows captured immensely my persona to shattered my identity.

i bid goodbye to all those thoughts, feelings, words, shadows or i step into another state of denial, a denial with a new mask, with another self image that takes me to another wanderland where longings fly high, wishes hatch illusions, seeds of life get mutated, time travels with speed of light till the big bang of realities devours every single particle of the self and I start drowning in sea of nothingness.

The first thought of new year whispers in my ears...carry on this journey till you become dust! 

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Failed Haiku, 2018

maize crop field 

completely ruined 

by those rats 

who I fed cheese 

last night

leftover soup 

finally settles down 

the restless fly 

rejection email 

another starred message 

into the trash

Failed haiku, issue 35

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property documents
the fingerprints
of three generations

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paper cut –
the big pain
of a small wound


Failed Haiku- A Journal of English Senryu Volume 3, Issue 34