Haiku--By Arvinder Kaur--India

farewell dance--

prairie grass sways

this way and that

ਪਛੋਂ ਦੀ ਵਾ --

ਅਲਵਿਦਾ ‘ਚ ਝੂਮ ਰਿਹਾ

ਪਰਾਰੇ ਘਾਹ

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fragrant breeze--

the way your presence

fills my life

ਮਹਿਕੀ ਪੁਰਵਾਈ—

ਤੇਰੀ ਹੋਂਦ ਨਾਲ ਸ਼ਰਸਾਰ

ਮੇਰੀ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ

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bedtime stories--

tracing the flowers

on mother's quilt

ਪਰੀਆਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਬਾਤਾਂ—

ਅੰਮੀਂ ਦੀ ਰਜ਼ਾਈ ਤੇ

ਵੰਨ ਸਵੰਨੇ ਫੁੱਲ

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These haiku are from Arvinder’s new bilingual book, dandelion seeds, a collection of poetry in both English and Punjabi.  The book is available on www.amazon.in

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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.