Kala Ramesh

Rebuttal

the wheel of time
rotates in its rhythm
through the year
the moon
on an ever-ending journey

                    ever-ending?
                    excuse me, shouldn’t it be “never-ending”?
                    the moon is forever ending its journey but has
                    never been able to, for where is the end in a circle

i row my boat
to reach the other side
only to find
the other side
is where i started

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About the Author

Kala Ramesh is a renowned pioneer in the field of haikai literature in India. Her 2017 book Beyond the Horizon Beyond was awarded a Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize Certificate.