Dear Grandpa

The sparrows are quiet now and there is this emptiness in the air. A Lion has gone, a true warrior, a man of dignity, a legend, my grandfather...rest in peace dear grandpa  🙏

the petals of
bougainvillea
scattered here and there
it all seems dark now
even on a full moon

 

Tanka : Published in October 2021

 

running out
of ideas
I walk slowly . . .
watch a leaf going
down the drain

- Bhawana

Thank you dear editor- Susan Constable

Link- http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattails212.pdf

Senryu : Published in October 2021

 

first rain
grandpas cheer their
paper boats

-Bhawana

Thank you dear editor- Sonam Chhoki

#haiku #poetry #senryu 

Link to the issue- http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattails212.pdf

Still...

in the stillness of

 autumn morning 

the ripples 

of my questions

 in the lake

 

 

 

 

© Bhawana
#poetry
letwordsfly.blogspot.com

 

A Pine

a leafless pine-
some poems
are like that too
just before
they turn green

 

 

© Bhawana
#poetry
letwordsfly.blogspot.com

Published in FemKu Mag (April 2021 issue 29)

 

moonlit lake
the comfort of
being myself

 

ripples...
how predictable
the world has become

 

as if they know
all my thoughts...
cicadas

 

Thank you editor- Lori A. Minor

Link- Femku Mag PDF

Published in BONES Journal (Bones 22)

So glad to be published in Bones 22 

Thank you editor- sir Johannes S. H. Bjerg @jshb32 

- Bhawana 

Link to the PDF of Bones 22 issue-

 http://www.bonesjournal.com/no22/bones22.pdf

Painting the dream

 

Before I lose the glimpse
of distant horizon
and all the thoughts
tumble down
let me touch the sky
with my eyes
and paint the dreams
all over it

© Bhawana
#poetry
letwordsfly.blogspot.com

 

Published in The Blo͞o Outlier Journal 2020

The inaugural issue of the Blo͞o Outlier Journal (Winter Issue 2020) by sir Alan Summers 😊 😊

busy street
I bow my head
to the rain

#haiku
http://bloooutlierjournal.blogspot.com

 

 

First Published Tanka: Under The Basho (2020)

enough for today
I close the diary
chanting Om . . .
into the unknown
the sun disappears

 

 Thank you dear editor- Jenny Ward Angyal

 Link- Under the Basho

Published in Cattails, Oct 2020 (Haiku)

rainbow. . .
the shadows of me
scatter as one

#haiku

Thank you ma'am- editor Geethanjali Rajan
Link-http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattailsOCTOBER2020.pdf

Published in the Cattails, Oct 2020 (Senryu)

empty cups
we pour more
of our emptiness

dust storm
a monk packs his home
in the blanket

#senryu

Thank you sir - editor Gautam Nadkarni
Link- http://cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattail

in search

on a rough path
like this
bare-feet
I'm walking
in search
of something
something
that has no name
no form
and I wonder
if it even exists

©Bhawana

Dusky Sky

 

beholding
the dusky sky
how it falls
into the lap of night
slowly
steadily
with those
slumberous eyes

© Bhawana

Like a butterfly . . .

 As if a butterfly has landed 

softly on water

 causing ripples and

a subtle shift of thoughts 

the way your world 

merged into mine 

through the time 

connecting the dots 

 

© Bhawana