Readers' Haikus
Bombay 18th January 2011
18.01.2011
34 °C
Congratulations to the winners of the Washday Haikus competition. We judged all the entries to be winners. So, Dori, Gabriole, Harvey and Roy, pack up your smalls and send them to us, Poste Restante, at Varanasi Post Office. We bet you can't wait to see what they'll look like once they've been washed in the Ganges!
Beside the water
winter sun bleaches hard work.
Colours lay tranquil
Gabriole
prostrating over
lithe, green riverbank grasses
laundry prays to sun.
Dori
a brown river flows
laundry kisses green shrubs
covering steep slopes
Harvey
Long lines of laundry
Watching shadows they whisper
Where are you going?
Gabriole
strung out on fenceline
clean bright colours of laundry
salute passersby.
Dori
a scatter of clothes
saris and kurtas salwars
colour the back yard
Harvey
Mountain wind wonders
So much fabric to capture
gravel is waiting
Gabriole
Red and white and pink.
Fern adorned with women’s work.
Beauty, not grime, relief.
Roy
green leaves embracing
Patchworked in bits of linen
The wind is silent
Gabriole
hankies and dainties
airing on the side of caution
a laundry bouquet.
Dori
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