Translated into Hindi
paper-thin roses
from your memorial . . .
I crush them
between palms that have
lost the will to pray
Best-of-Issue, Time Haiku, Number 60
two deep valleys
in a mountain's shadow
village children
pleading at day's end
for one more shaft of light
Certificate of Merit, 2016 Japan Tanka Poets' Society International Tanka Festival Competition
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