Brown and Thirsty.

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Clad in her brown saree,

and crown of earthen crock,

she trails the path of rock,

now brown and parched.

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Propped on her bony hips,

the brown hair tot quivers,

when he sees sear river,

and her damp eyes.

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Back in her brown hut with,

bare shelf and tumble down walls,

her wee kids cries and brawls,

for speck of rice.

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Handful of rice for four void mouths,

mouths devoid of laughter,

bellies taut with water,

brown and murky.

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They slept on the brown bunk,

with warped quilt and bugs,

their eyes heavy with drugs,

of setting sun.

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 #Tanka Tuesday

Colleen M. Chesebro’s ‘Tanka Tuesday’ prompt: Click on the link to see the prompt.

I wrote this poem for the aforementioned prompt which was to write a syllabic poem using a particular color as the theme of our poem.

I have used the syllabic form called Abhanga from #Tanka Tuesday Cheat sheet.

I have used the color Brown which means Poverty and Earth in literature.

Hope you will find my poem meaningful.

Thank You!

~Mayuri Srivastava~