spring wind
a wheelchair sways
to Zumba beats
Author: Sanjuktaa
Sanjuktaa Asopa lives in India in the southern state of Karnataka.
In recent years, her haiku and tanka have appeared in a number of online and print journals includingFrogpond, The Herons Nest, Acorn, A Hundred Gourds and Moonbathing. When not writing, she could probably be found on bird-watching treks or cheering for her favourite cricket team. Sanjuktaa blogs at wild berries.
backwater cove …
an old man fishes out
a bit of sunset
(Originally published in The Haiku Foundation website’s kukai, October 2022)
barely dawn
a spider weaves yesterday
into today
city park
the accordionist pleats
the breeze
spring afternoon
every passing car throbs
with hip-hop
forgotten frost
I add a name back
to my contacts
drowsy afternoon…
the bangle-seller’s call
the length of an alley
(Previously published at The Heron’s Nest, June
Siesta
Half-sunk in the undergrowth, an abandoned bamboo swing. Perched atop, a sparrow couple in disagreement about whether to set up their nest here or not. The