First light crickets calling the chorus to an end
End of service
freshly plucked peonies
still on the tombstone
sunrays
a new mandala
on the white wall
Ustat Kaur Sethi is a student of Cambridge International Examinations (Advanced Levels) at The National Academy For Learning, Bangalore. She is the recipient of the Young Writers Award at the National Katha Festival, 2018. Her haiku was conferred with the Tejas Award inApril 2019 in the Cattails — A journal of the United Haiku and Tanka Society.
