Suraja Roychowdhury

Invisible Threads

Fingerling potatoes in three different colors — golden, pale brown, and purple.  I lug my bags of groceries to the car parked in the furthest spot possible in a vain attempt to atone for the lack of exercise all winter.  It’s April, and I’m shivering slightly in my sleeveless top.   I’m hopeful, but who are we kidding; this is New England, and it’s still chilly.

In my warm kitchen, the lull before dinner . . .

steamed beets
shedding their skin smoothly
in my hands
my grandma's recipe card
written in her hand

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About the Author

Suraja Roychowdhury is originally from India, now living in Lexington, Massachusetts. She is a Chinese Medicine practitioner who loves writing haiku, tanka, haibun, haiga, and other Oriental poetic forms.