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an ancient coin; a quarter rupee
Lightning; fortune
with pockets for
a bird.
the horizon
an ancient coin; a quarter rupee
in honor of
departed ancestors;
a sparrow
snapping crashing
fretting and grieving
bounds
A small earth
with a broad
harp.
To create this poem, "An ancient coin; a quarter rupee," I blacked-out an 1899 Kannada-English dictionary. This poem appeared on Found Poetry Frontiers for our "trip" to Bengaluru, India. We were led by poet Shloka Shankar.
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