Poetrypea, April 2020 with audio recording. 

Hi there and salaam. I hope everyone is feeling well and self-isolating. 

This is my first recording of haiku poetry and I must thank Patricia for the encouragement. So, I have written three monoku about my deep feelings of self-isolation as I feel being a part of this world I am also emotionally and mentally affected by this pandemic. So the first monoku is about the lockdown where I feel I am in self-imprisonment, though this haiku is inspired by the lockdown in Kashmir where people are suffering due to hunger and mental health issues. Let me first read it. 

evening wind the fence wire collapsing the stars

I always observe the various aspects of nature very closely that influence me deeply. Evening wind is therapeutic when I feel I am down or tired of my daily work routine and it soothes me when…