Posting a haibun published in Failed Haiku Issue 109 2025. Do share your thoughts and many thanks for visiting.
Prarabdha*
First day of college. A packed classroom of whispers and rustles. The door opens and two scrawny boys shuffle in.
Forty years later, one of them is a renowned surgeon while the other boy has long succumbed to a brain tumor.
white lotus
planting the seeds
of a new prayer
Mohua Maulik
*Note: Prarabdha is that part of the past karma which is responsible for the present body. It cannot be avoided or changed.Β Β
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I’m just getting into haibun; I loved this one; thanks π
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Thanks a lot John. Looking forward to reading yours.
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it’s up now but not many people seem to like it π¦
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I will read 8t. But haibun is tricky lots of rules with dos and don’t! I struggle a lot with it.
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thank you: I did my best; it’s a bit rickety but it’s up — and standing π
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Lovely haibun and sad reality.
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Thank you Rupali
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