A Haiku for India

By David Belmont

crematoriums
have run out of firewood
as covid rages

they are chopping down
the trees that line delhi streets
kindling for their dead

4 thoughts on “A Haiku for India”

Warren Liebesman says:

May 9, 2021 at 11:54 am

Wonderful . . .

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1. davidbelmontwriter says:
  
  May 9, 2021 at 3:20 pm
  
  Thanks mate!
  
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Jim Horton says:

May 9, 2021 at 12:21 pm

Heart breaking.

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1. davidbelmontwriter says:
  
  May 9, 2021 at 3:21 pm
  
  Yeah I hear you, Jim. Sad and outrageous. So much of what’s happening these days is
  
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