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From ULR
Issue 8 – Kindness
Excerpt: Crumbs of Moment by Ustat Kaur Sethi
Dawn chorus quiets as fresh peonies adorn a tombstone. Light etches a new mandala on a sun-washed wall, still, silent, and expectant.
1
First light crickets calling the chorus to an end
2
End of service
freshly plucked peonies
still on the tombstone
3
sunrays
a new mandala
on the white wall
Ustat Kaur Sethi
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.