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Failed Monsoon

clear bright cloudless sky fallow fields look up for rain farmer's tears quench soil hungry stomachs, and dashed hopes the rope's redemption beckons
~12 Jul 2016~ Note: My heart bleeds for the Indian farmers who commit suicide in desperation due to failed monsoons.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 7/12/2016 9:22:00 AM
oh, my so sad. But made for excellent tanka material
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Karam Misra
Date: 7/12/2016 9:30:00 AM
Written from the heart, Andrea. Thank you for the comment. ~karam~
Date: 7/12/2016 5:07:00 AM
oh such a sad note... nice poem though...
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Karam Misra
Date: 7/12/2016 5:49:00 AM
Sad that poems on such themes have to be written. ~karam~
Date: 7/12/2016 5:01:00 AM
Your objective images grabs and then stuns our attention for sometime ...
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Karam Misra
Date: 7/12/2016 5:48:00 AM
Nothing is more heart-wrenching than a son of the soil commit suicide because of the vagaries of nature. ~karam~

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