Haiku--By Arvinder Kaur--India

sleepless night-
the star i named after you
also falls
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departing geese-
he teaches me goodbye
in his mother tongue
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sakura petals...
the eloquence
of silence
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tucked up saree*
a paddy farmer
wades through clouds
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* a garment worn by Indian women

Arvinder Kaur is an Associate professor in English and Media Studies. She writes haiku both in Punjabi as well as English. She has four books to her credit which include poetry, a work of translation and her first collection of punjabi haiku, Nimolian. Her work has been published in several haiku journals and anthologies. She lives in Chandigarh with her family.