the darkness of my skin
 on my soul
 this stickiness

 

 

(Originally published in is/let, November 2017)

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.

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      1. Thank you, Marie!

        Your comment:
        "This affected me so much that it also affected my spelling ability!"

        ^_^

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  2. A very thoughtful and poignant composition.

    daylight
    the tunnel retains
    its darkness

    Pravat Kumar Padhy
    Publication Credit: South by Southeast, Issue 19:1, 2012

    candle lights–
    darkness dissolved
    in flame

    Pravat Kumar Padhy
    Publication Credit: Lynx: 2013

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    1. Lovely response ku, Pravat.
      I still vividly remember meeting you at Bhubaneshwar along with your wife.
      Thank you for liking my ku.

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  3. Wonderful ku, Kala, I can't stop thinking about it which, for me, is the ultimate test of a successful poem. I so love your work.

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    1. WOW! What a beautiful compliment, Helen.
      Thank you so much.
      It's mutual – I love your work too :))

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      1. And that is the greatest compliment I can imagine…..thanks so much, Kala, you've made my weekend! xx

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