Crumbs of Moment

by Ustat Kaur Sethi

 

Name of the Book: Crumbs of Moment
Publisher: Hawakal Publishers Private Limited
Pages: 53
Cost: Rs 170

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 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.

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