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Flower moon - Haiku and Tanka

 buddha moon this quiet heartbreak of losing a father to his ageing heart muscles flower moon this May breeze has no sense of romance secondhand moon hoping the flowers last one more pooja yellowing the puja flowers thrown away at moonset ripe yellow among the jack-leaves morning moon night three the moon and the flowers both wilted Published at Cafe Haiku on 14/05/2023 as part of a group writing effort for the 'Flower Moon'.
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Haiku translated into... Sanskrit

 Four sets of Haiku translated into Sanskrit (not perfect!): https://cafehaiku.wordpress.com/2021/05/14/abhyagata-palika/ https://cafehaiku.wordpress.com/2021/05/16/hasteh-chayayam-in-the-elephants-shadow/ https://cafehaiku.wordpress.com/2021/05/18/vasanta-gandham-spring-fragrance/ https://cafehaiku.wordpress.com/2021/05/20/garjana-dhwani-the-thunder/

Ku on the theme of "Water"

 drinking up a mountain of ice tea — summer heat Holi advent… all the colours of the water guns neighbour’s plants — Amma’s acrobatics to water them potted plants — we redirect or neighbour’s A/C drip after last rites resealing the pot of gangajal summer forenoon sparrows turn our dog’s bowl into a bath (Published in Cafe Haiku on 04/04/2021 for the theme of "Water")

Ku on the theme of dreams

 cliffhanger I hope for yesterday’s dream again in the window what do you dream of mynah eyes evening breeze stooping to pick up yellowed dreams winter solstice do androids dream of electric sheep last post — those dreams that never became memories avoiding traffic the back alleys of a self I’ve never explored divorce court all that that never was glass facade all the blue skies trapped within (Published in Cafe Haiku on 14/04/2022 as part of the theme "Dreams") Author