this vagabond life-
symmetry in the wings of
a butterfly

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Kashinath Karmakar

Kashinath Karmakar (kash poet) lives in Durgapur, India. An electrical engineer by profession he came to know about haiku in 2011 through a poetry site called poetrysoup. His works have appeared in various online and print journals like Frogpond, Tinywords,The Heron's Nest, Prune Juice and Creatrix. In 2013 & 2015 he won third prizes in Kusamakura International Haiku contest and in 2013 an HM in the Mainichi International Haiku Contest. His first book of long poetry Within my Dream was published in 2017 from Authorspress Publishers, Delhi.

16 thoughts on “”

  1. __Just my humble echo to your fine haiku, Kashinath; the symmetry, that mirrored image of a butterfly's wings. _m

    a monarch
    its wings on the soft breeze
    this essence

  2. Life comes full circle, and one may in the course of things gain the freedom to become a vagabond, flitting here and there……very nice!

  3. Good one! though I must say I did not get this in one go…but on re-reading this I find this absolutely wonderful!

  4. .
    .
    this vagabond life-
    symmetry in the wings of
    a butterfly

    —KASHINATH KARMAKAR
    .
    Ah, but Kash, we also have symmetry in our wings, if we acknowledge. :-)
    .
    .
    Sirocco winds-
    the leaves spinning out
    of butterfly dreams

    Alan Summers
    Scope vol 60 no. 4 (May 2014)

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  5. I liked it so much, hard to express my gratitude to the poet. The lines resonates with me.

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