summer drought
a farmhand’s sweat
wets the sod

 

 

 

(Previously published on Cattails, May 2015)

Published by

Barnabas Adeleke

Barnabas Adeleke is a Nigerian who has great passion for haiku and other forms of oriental poetry. He hopes to raise awareness about this splendid genre of poetry in his country and Africa at large. He is a member and the Ambassador to Nigeria for the United Haiku and Tanka Society. Currently, he's studying for a degree at a University in his country.

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  1. Great drought depiction. I imagined the farmer's sweat not just from the heat but from hard work, all his labouring that cannot bring rain.

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