dust motes ...
around the coffin
the smell of the thurible
Modern Haiku, 48:2, Summer 2017
Madhuri Pillai
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
塵埃 ...
在棺材周圍
香爐的氣味
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
尘埃 ...
在棺材周围
香炉的气味
Bio Sketch
Madhuri Pillai lives in Melbourne. She enjoys writing haiku, tanka and cherita. Her work has been published in various journals. She is semi-retired and lives with her family and her fur baby.
Structured with an emotional undercurrent, this multi-sensory shasei haiku opens up a contemplative space for the reader's reflection on life and death through a religious lens
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