Haiku

sub-tropical marsh
an alligator meditates
lilies peek out

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Anant Dhavale 

[Haikus for the Everglades]

If

If you’ve loved me unconditionally
And I have failed to reciprocate
You should know I am not the one

Love demands steadfast devotion
But I am a mere leaf in the wind
Do not mourn for me if I float away 

I abandon the tree that birthed me
When times change and colors fade

The wind carries my judgment and
When it beckons, I have to go away. 

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Anant Dhavale

Amber rises the moon

Beneath - thick green woods
A jubilant river makes its way through the gorge

Rims of gray hang around a few stray clouds

Silvery silhouettes float away
in tandem - a swift movement of tectonic plates

Amber moon melts away
in the distance - a smoke, a pallid hue spreads.

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Anant Dhavale

Recent poems

I've written much these days but have not published here since most publications insist on previously unpublished stuff. Prominent ones include "One Flat Microcosm," "Daughters of Israel," "Springtime Desolation," "Sisterhood of Dukhha," and "Civilization is a Zero Sum Game."

"One Flat Microcosm," and "Springtime Desolation," are published in "This Broken Shore," magazine.