Contours of Silhouette
The red sun
radiates a gentle warmth, and songs of nest-ward birds mingle with the muse of
waves. Clouds float gently up in the sky, catching a glimpse of twilight.
On the shore, she collects small shells and pebbles to build her cozy home with care. As evening falls, she keeps her tiny doll inside, claps loudly, and promises to return tomorrow.
The mother fondly lifts her under the star-studded full moon sky. She smiles, godliness dwells in the dream-house of innocence.
a fallen flower
she tenderly
picks
as dusk nears
why does this
life shape
hastily so as a
sandcastle
Remembrance
Anthology, South Asian Poets 2025 ( Ed.
Suman Gujaral)
Judges: Beta Rish, Farhana Shaikh, and Durre Shahwar.
The tanka prose (a Japanese short form of poetry) unveils the innocence of a child. The poem has a Zen feeling and subtle anxieties the poet shows about the fragility of life. The concluding tanka juxtaposes the nuances of the prose section and the denotative title.
P K Padhy
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