Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

graveside walk

the dog and I

pull each other

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

history book

a leaf's veins

on two pages

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

sunset colors

the missing green

on the earth

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

monsoon rain

one box ticked

in the farmer's wishlist

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

inchworm

my grandson

and I

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

after U-turn

the road to home

waning moon

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

war . . .

a barbed fence divides

the fog

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

surrogate mother

one more mosquito

keeps buzzing

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

war news

a cat on the wall

lifts its paw

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

rooftop garden

we learn to grow

together

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

harvest season

the tambura singer carries

a bag of rice

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

the hug

a little distance

keeps us together

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

death haiku—

after the fragment

a long pause

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

earthquake

the landlord's white shirt

full of soil

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

border value crossed

they call me

sweety

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

rescue boat

a boy's request

for one more trip

—Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

cherry blossoms

a sick man turns back

for one more look

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

dawn—

the street sweeper hauls

the night's fall

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

giving the poet

a longer life

late-blooming cherries

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

graveyard —

a part of the circle

not colored

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

granite boulder

removing all outside

the Buddha

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

starlit night

the dark blanket

full of holes

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

the moon

enough wealth

for a fortnight

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

mountain trekking

the stretch of the shadow

into twilight

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

 

inchworm

the drift and drag

of the universe

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Independence Day

an old woman

on our morning walk

parts the way

to her master's home

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi