open sky :: SAMVAAD/6th July
- Aparna Pathak
- Jul 6, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 15, 2025
hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
gibbous moon
she circles the baby's
due date
-Marilyn Appl Walker
(Honorable Mention, Harold G. Henderson Haiku Contest, The Haiku Society of America, 2020)
Lovely ku!
Marilyn says:
The idea for this haiku came in the later months of my daughter's pregnancy with much excitement about the date.
So it's about a grandmother's hope and wait for her grandchild rather than the mother's, though it can be read that way too.A lovely ku, thanks to Marilyn and thank you all for visits and comments!
Hope!!! She wants the remaining part of the moon to be complete soon. Maybe the due date is the full moon Poya day.
...awaiting the full moon...hopefully...