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\n A Haiku Bouquet of Marigolds\n <\/h1>\n\n \n
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\n \"Marigold\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Open afresh your rounds of starry folds, Ye ardent Marigolds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014John Keats <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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evening prayer fades
the dust of marigold
in my palms<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Dr. Anish Kumar Gupta, India<\/small>\n\n\n\n

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faded marigold \u2014
the bride’s father lingers
at the doorway <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, India<\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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marigolds . . .
a girl skipping
down the lane<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Keiko Izawa, Japan <\/small>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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moving day\u2014
on the dining table
wilted marigolds<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan <\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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marigolds \u2014
grandma knits
another jumper<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Martina Matijevi\u0107, Croatia <\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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descending winter
a yellow marigold stem
scoops the earth<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Vishal Prabhu, India <\/small>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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blooms of marigold
in the temple courtyard
reminding me
soft smile of Ma
tending her garden<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Shiva, India <\/small>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n About\n <\/div>\n
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\nAnish<\/strong> is an Indian doctor and poet writing about life and love as they unfold in ordinary moments. His work listens closely to what it means to be human.\n<\/p>\n\n

\nVaishnavi Ramaswamy<\/strong> is a lover of poetry, languages, nature, wildlife and crystals.\n<\/p>\n

\nKeiko<\/strong> lives on a hilltop in Yokohama, Japan with her husband and two cats. She enjoys watching foreign ships come in and out of port. \n<\/p>\n\n

\n Hifsa Ashraf<\/strong> is an award-winning multilingual poet, author, editor, and social activist from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She is the author of six individual and four collaborative micropoetry books. She received the Touchstone Award (2021) and Honourable Mentions in the Touchstone Distinguished Books Award (2020) and Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award (2021).\n<\/p>\n

\n Martina Matijevi\u0107 <\/strong> is a poet from Croatia whose short poetry has been published in Modern Haiku, Acorn, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, and other journals.\n<\/p>\n\n\n

\n Bombay-born, US-educated, Vishal Prabhu<\/strong> has since taken time off to stand and stare. He lives in the Himalayas. \n <\/p>\n\n

\nShiva<\/strong> is a doctor by profession, surgeon by passion and a mother at heart. She loves to wonder and ponder at small and big miracles of nature which transcend as life.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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