open sky :: SAMVAAD/ 6th April
- sanjuktaa
- Apr 6
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hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
hair clippings
the ex-con sings them
into one pile
-- Mike White
(Martin Lucas Haiku Award 2020)
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hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
hair clippings
the ex-con sings them
into one pile
-- Mike White
(Martin Lucas Haiku Award 2020)
Such an unusual and captivating image ...and we wish we could tell the readers more about the making of this poem, but we understand when the poet says:
I’m afraid I don’t have much insight into what went into writing the poem, beyond a habit of closely observing of my surrounding and fortuitous phrasing (which is at least partly a matter of luck.
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it has a good rhythm when read aloud.