Haiku--By Angelee Deodhar--India

Mudslide--
the shepherd’s hut
washed away
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persimmon afternoon-
within the wisteria canopy
Shiki remembered
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mowing the lawn-
cold golden beer slides down
my parched throat
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well water
poured into my thirsty hands-
I, Chiyo-ni
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while doing laundry
at the river's edge
the flow of gossip
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Previously published in the Asahi Shimbun Haikuist Network, Japan
 
Angelee Deodhar, an eye surgeon by profession is a haiku poet, translator, and artist. She lives and works in Chandigarh, India. Her haiku/haibun/haiga have been published internationally in various books and journals, and her work can be viewed on many websites. To promote haiku in India, she has translated six books of haiku from English to Hindi, which she distributed for free. These bilingual books include: If Someone Asks: Masaoka Shiki's Life and Haiku (2005),Classic Haiku: A Master's Selection, edited by Miura Yuzuru (2006), Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: 100 Poems by 100 Poets (2007), Children’s Haiku from Around the World–A Haiku Primer (2007), Indian Haiku (2008), and The Distant Mountain: The Life and Haiku of Kobayashi Issa (2009).