indianKUKAI
Hosts: Kashinath Karmakar, Neena Singh
& Ravi Kiran
submit your poem
July 1 to July 14, 2024 -
12 Midnight (IST)
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autumn dusk...
a lone firefly
flickers farewell
2
on the wind's back
to a new home -
shriveled leaf
3
summer's end-
an old tree standing firm
on its shadow
4
summer ends . . .
emptying the mind
with a shepherd's flute
5
preceded by megh malhar
petrichor bids adieu
to sun baked earth
6
first cry
plaintive call
of the cicada
7
fading colours
of the prayer flag
a frayed sun
8
my guilt for mother
in palliative care remains
. . . summer ends
9
a jelly jar
full of sand
summer’s end
10
holding every spark
from my wishing sky
zinnia pots
11
fall splendour
at the tips of the leaves—
midlife review
12
trimester cravings
for mango continues ...
summer ends
13
end of summer -
the sea washes
our last steps together
14
a wag of the tail
the last warm days
of summer
15
receding sun
the length of pain
shortens
16
mirages
vacate the road...
summer's end
17
yellow bus
the swan song
of summer
18
waves of maiden grass ...
the strokes of wind on her
painting canvas
19
golden haystacks
exhaling the lingering scent
of twilight fields
20
summer's end ---
hundreds at a desert rave
massacred
21
climbing the steps
on the yellow bus
morning sun
22
my shadow
longing for more -
torn August page
23
autumn whispers
as far as the waves take
children's laughter
24
days for the
lemonade stand numbered …
soon hot cocoa
25
summer after summer ends the old pond
26
the final fold
of a monarch’s wing
end of summer
27
a change in the weather
a change in the melody
of the earth . . .
28
A path
In the Sky
Flight of the bird
29
fireweed blooms
reach the tip of their stems
topping off summer
30
monsoon rain
water buffaloes revisit
the dry pond
31
approaching autumn
through the green tea glass
enters crimson sun
32
harvesting . . .
all that's left of the wheat
is swirling stubble
33
change of seasons
the summer in my hair
gives way to winter
34
field of dandelions
there begins there ends
summer
35
all the faces
on the school bus
--end of summer
36
plastered pinkies
the scald of bottling
solo
37
end of summer -
the twilight colors hoarded
into a grape berry
38
parental absence –
to the passing summer
a clinging child
39
ripe seeds...
the internal clock
of the sunflower
40
orange sky
fluttering with the curtains
gran's fairy tales
41
summer ends
a paper boat sails across
the flooded street
42
sleeping
yet in queue for first rain
desiccated gourds
43
summer ends
her decision to lose
the other breast
44
back from holiday
oleander flowers
on the windshield
45
summer end
hand in hand on the beach
what we will have been
46
cooling shoreline
a shearwater wades
through twilight stars
47
petrichor–
warkaris' chants
drift in the rain
48
what the orange
does to the forest…
Labour’s Day again
49
fireflies dance
in the warm night
above summer's embers
50
end of harvest
in a village inn
a lot of rosy cheeks
51
gazing skywards …
this summer ends
drop by drop
52
goodbye sea…
of my hydrangea
dusty green
53
low tide
the sandcastles
we leave behind
54
end of season -
enlivening the beach
the seagulls' cry
55
long summer. . .
a teetotaler
asks for a cold beer
56
twilight zone ...
to write another page
as summer ends
57
straw hat
back in the closet…
Venus retrograde
58
cracked riverbed
on this humid evening
i carry an umbrella
59
dusk
the soft glow of a streetlight
over rain drenched leaves
60
the sun smaller
in the child’s picture journal…
summer ends
61
whinings taper
in my hotter climes
summer ends
62
whatever
m_tters
cicada husk
63
deadly heat
the campaign bursts into
fire and brimstone
64
without understanding -
an intense muttering
of the summer sea
65
trickling down
past the elbow...
mango memories
66
summer ends
no end for worries
eyes always wetty
67
summer ends
on the mother's sari
migratory birds
68
mango ice cream
I take my time
to enjoy it
69
Drop of the fresh rain
Umbrellas of varied colors
Sprout on the road
70
the leaves start
a new journey...
summer ends
71
end of summer
a loon's call stirs
the lake's mirror
72
summer's end...
packing a suitcase
for the asylum
73
the last campfire
stilul smelling of summer
girl's pendative
74
sun-dried spices ...
dusting off the colours
of receding summer
75
summer is over
the next generation of fireflies
bites the dust
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