Small messages of spring ⋮ A little honey bee.

A little honey bee
with stripes of a Bengal tiger
climbs
on a tender apricot petal—

A little Bengal tiger of Ranthambore
feasts
on the tender flesh of a chital—

Apricot flowers in bloom. Vashisht, Himachal Pradesh, India. March 2022.

Date

26 March 2022

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Small messages of spring ⋮ A gust of wind. Not every gust of wind brings a shower of tender petals— so soft and white, resembling the moon’s light. Nearby trees of apricot and cherry

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Small messages of spring ⋮ Cherry stars. In my new lovely home made of the Himalayan mud and cow dung I turn on the butter-yellow porch lights: white flowers of the nearby cherry tree