Ten Tanka, Haiku and Senryu Poems by Snigdha Agrawal

 

Ten Tanka, Haiku and Senryu Poems

Tanka

 

Werewolves barking loud 

warning poachers of danger

in violating

laws of the jungle laid down

risking themselves being gobbled

 

Tanka

 

Grief she hid beneath 

layers of epidermis 

shielded with concrete

strong, hardened, unbreakable

pity impervious

 

Tanka 

 

To take off the edge 

of endless anxiety 

he learned to balance

physical, emotional 

quotient with meditation

 

 

Haiku 

 

Weeping willows stopped 

weeping for the dead soldiers 

forever frozen

 

Haiku 

 

The lonely swallow 

kept knocking to draw 

the attention of inmates gone

 

 

Haiku 

 

Even the birds flew 

with them providing solace 

to the new orphans

 

 

Senryu 

 

Against the blue sky 

wings of warplanes take revenge 

display of fireworks

 

Senryu 

 

Age and I look like 

blueberry compote on toast 

enlarged vexed blue veins

 

Senryu 

 

Hands raised in prayer 

pleading for forgiveness 

Hyenas laugh amused

 

Senryu 

 

Trolled for being bold 

Shaved off tangled long tresses

Gender stays unplugged 

 

Snigdha Agrawal (nee Banerjee) has an MBA in Marketing and Corporate work experience of over two  decades.

She enjoys writing all genres of poetry, prose, and short stories.  Educated entirely in Loreto Institutions, and brought up in a cosmopolitan environment, she has learnt the best of the east and west. 

Second to writing is her passion for travelling.  A septuagenarian, she continues to travel across the globe, sharing her travel experiences in her travel blog randomramblings52.wordpress.com.  Her writings on the miraquill platform has many followers.

She is a published author of three books 1. "MINDS UNPLUGGED Lockdown stories and Rhymes for the six to sixteen" (Nov.2021) 2. "EVOCATIVE RENDERINGS" (June 2017) and 3." TALES OF THE TWINS unsung melodies"(2018), apart from contributions to several published anthologies.