Haiku by Monica Kakkar
clouds play peekaboo
sunshine outside window perch—
she does not let her
Shenandoah beckons
skyline drive to sky meadows—
blackberry cobblers
insomnia too
exhumed in the dead of night—
moonless miasma
Monica Kakkar
India and USA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicakakkar
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