Honored to be in the beautiful Drifting Sands Haibun Journal Issue 24, November 2023, with my #haibun, “Tathagata” among the gallery of poems by talented poets.
Congratulations to all featured poets.
Grateful to dear Richard Grahn, creator & founding collaborative artist of drifting sands & Kristen Lindquist, Guest Editor for acceptance & publication.
Tathagata
Neena Singh
India, Chandigarh
The Autumn Equinox brings a slight chill. By dusk, dark clouds in the sky forecast showers. Suddenly, cascading rain sways the branches of the trees, a strong gale makes leaves tremble. The music of the rain fills my body with an inexplicable longing.
long past the mating season a peacock’s cry
I look out of the glass window at the lashing rain. The red clay Buddha sits under the bonsai, dripping wet, serene smile in place.
fractal lightning…
a brief pause
in melancholy
Note: Tathagata: the “thusness” of the enlightened state; another name for Buddha
Read the beautiful issue here:
https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Issue-24.pdf#page23
