open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 11th January
- sanjuktaa
- Jan 11
- 1 min read
hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
the fate lines
we are born with
potter's wheel
-Arvinder Kaur
(Wales Haiku Journal, winter issue, 2024)
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Arvinder says: The image of a potter's wheel is particularly fascinating and perhaps like everybody else I tend to equate it with how our destiny gets shaped. Hence the fate lines. I have spent my childhood in rural areas and an image of the potter at work has remained etched in my mind. Other than this rumination of the mind I dont have any particular story behind it.
Lovely ku!
Fabulous poem. Contemplative in essence, it speaks of the age-old dichotomy between free will & pre-destination. At least to me.
The first line really draws me in. And then I am circling on the potter's wheel. Haunting!
Such a thoughtful ku.