temple procession
in between drumbeats
elephant chains

Published by

Malintha Perera

Malintha Perera is an established poet whose work is featured in numerous journals. She writes haiku, tanka, micropoetry as well as longer poems that are mainly centered on Zen Buddhism. Her first published haiku book, An Unswept Path (2015) is a collection of monastery haiku. She resides in Sri Lanka with her family.

6 thoughts on “”

  1. I can hear the cadence of the drums . . . the chains. The ceremony of it all. And the incarceration.

Respond here