ceiling mirror
between screams I see
my child being born
Shiki Monthly Kukai, February, 2011
Published by
Kala Ramesh
Kala Ramesh co-edited the award winning Naad Anunaad: an Anthology of Contemporary World Haiku (Vishwakarma Publication 2016) and co-authored an e-book with Marlene Mountain one-line twos (Bones 2016). She is the author of two books: haiku (Katha Books 2010, reprint 2017) and beyond the horizon beyond (Vishwakarma Publication 2017) and a tanka e-chapbook unseen arc (Snapshot Press 2017). Kala?s initiatives culminated in founding IN haiku in 2013. She teaches haiku and allied genres at Symbiosis International University Pune. To bring haiku into everyday spaces, Kala initiated HaikuWALL, haikuTRAIL, haikuTALK, haikuWORKSHOP, haikuYOUTH, haikuUTSAV, haikuDHYANA and haikuSAATSANGATH, the last being a stage performance with dancers and actors. View all posts by Kala Ramesh
Wow. Some experiences need no embellishment. Perfect.
Thanks a ton, Helen
:)
Yeah, wow!
Stunning poem, Kala! Really enjoyed.
Good strong honest haiku, thank you.
Alan, With Words
good one, Kala
peace and love
Thanks a lot.
Really happy you were all able to relate to this
:)
hushed voices
metal on metal
my daughter's first cry
we buried our child
in a little wooden box
the ground wet with rain
kala words are always soothing specially in our part of the world
tiny toy knife amulet
stringed around his neck
gunfires on birth
Yeah, this is great. I love this…..