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open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 11th May

hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak


spring arrives

for my blind sister too

white-eye's song


-- Meera Rehm


(Winner: BHS Awards, 2024

The David Cobb Haiku Award)

6 Comments


lakshmi iyer
lakshmi iyer
May 16, 2025

Beautiful!!

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sanjuktaa
May 15, 2025

Thanks everybody for your comments.

This beautiful and heartfelt poem probably doesn't need any backstory.

Meera Rehm says :

I wrote this poem in memory of my blind sister who passed away a few years ago.


Thanks Meera for letting us share your poem.

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Kala Ramesh
Kala Ramesh
May 14, 2025

Most beautiful.

Congratulations on picking this poem for this space.

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Srinivas Sambangi
Srinivas Sambangi
May 13, 2025

Congratulations Meera Rehm. Beautiful

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Alan Summers
Alan Summers
May 11, 2025

Big congrats first of all!


Lovely calls by them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mdQvLGRp0


Proves that specificity elevates a haiku.


warm regards,

Alan


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