Book of the Week: A White Distrust
Aging, eros, Covid 19, and the beauty of the night haunt our Book of the Week, Silence: A White Distrust: An experimental poem in linked form, by Ram Krishna Singh.
the busyness
and weariness of now
they toss about
regulating their sleep
by one another’s
cleaning the remains
of burnt out earthen lamps—
dusky temple yard
self-renewing
greenness of the tree
blessed seed
every passing day
my limbs fade and fail
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Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by THF Digital Librarian Garry Eaton, and are used with permissio
Thanks Garry and The Haiku Foundation for your support to my SILENCE:A WHITE DISTRUST, which awaits a good publisher.
It’s a fine collection of verses, Ram, and deserves a wider audience.
Garry