Cafe Haiku is doing a series on haiku, haibun, tanka or related styles on the subject of the Wuhan virus lockdown which is now daily life for most of the world as the virus spreads to alarming proportions. A big thank you to all those who contributed to this effort by sending us your beautiful words and images. Subscribe to this blog to read the rest of the series and be updated about future series like this one.

The sixteenth poet in this Lockdown Poetry series is Akila G.

Silver Lining

Ma exchanges bowls like notes. Dal dhokli for pacchadi, tomato rice for handwo, homemade papads for chivda. It happens with a quick ring of the bell or a knock at the door.

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Amidst a long day where all the prepositions take turns to sit between work and home, she savours these delicacies…