Arvinder Kaur

gran’s journal 

daydreams of fifty years 

yellowing

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almost dusk 

a mynah tiptoes 

on gulmohar petals 

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snapping beans

my sister and I 

unburden 

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jungle walk 

he proposes to me 

with a wildflower

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house sale

a stranger walks over

our memories 

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skipping rope

the rhythm

of my shadow

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just one more wish to go deepening twilight

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Arvinder Kaur

walk as usual

but this time the magic

of leaf shadows

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woven into my insignificance gossamer threads

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the stubs that make a rainbow crayon sky

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no one cries

at the pauper's funeral

windswept leaf

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just enough strength

to blow a dandelion

hospice window

 
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Arvinder Kaur

dabbing

on my charcoal drawing

something of you

in each contour

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cold moon

one more silhouette

mingles into fog

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leaves drop

each one goes down

with a dance

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Arvinder Kaur

a peace lily

where the warrior lies

silent moon

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Arvinder Kaur

music class

my grandson catches

the cricket’s tune

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Arvinder Kaur

beyond the poems

beyond the battlefield

mother’s vacant gaze

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Arvinder Kaur

the discourse on crooked toes   ageism

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house sale

the wicket gate moans

one last time

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Arvinder Kaur

a lullaby

in the fragrant breeze

hometown

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Arvinder Kaur

winter sun

grandpa warms his shoes

in the porch

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Arvinder Kaur

getting(make) over

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Arvinder Kaur

autumn breeze

this lightness of being

in a leaf’s fall

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Arvinder Kaur

quarantine

a little palm reaches out

to first raindrops

 

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Arvinder Kaur

tonga ride

fireflies escort me

to the village home

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Arvinder Kaur

college desk

engraving names

over names

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Arvinder Kaur

a robin

poised on a star

birdbath

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