Some jobs unfulfilled
The darkest days of the year
Days off are coming
Pleasant Days
Year’s End
December
St Nicolas today
A modest Christmas on its way
Reminiscence; finance closure
Looking to a new year with more allure
#99WSP #Dec3 Our Ramadan
It may be four thirty and we all rise
I had made soup yesterday and warm it slowly
Husband and then children, get food on the table
Fruit, bread, yoghurt are usually part of our breakfast
Always someone cracks a joke or has yesterday’s story
Breakfast must end punctually, even when there’s no adhan
Prayers, sleep a while, then daily routine is done
The season decides at what time we’ll have dinner
Whatever is served, there’s always some milk and dates
Tuesday Morning
Fine network of tree branches
Appears at a black sky
A smell of plastic — I wonder why
The lunar face will shrink by tranches
My Monday
First Quarter
It was late afternoon
Under, exactly split in half, the Moon
Children were playing,
My crops, still blossoming
November Weekend
November Morning
Atmospheric darkness
Gone is coldness
The cloud blanket as comforting mate
Happy Diwali if you celebrate
St Martin
A harmless holiday for kids
Yet, even his day is in lockdown
So, tonight no lanterns in town
& No opening of candy jar lids
A Spring Monday
A Crisp Sunday
Spring Days
Abundantly sunlit days
Enjoying my own crop
People mention the drop
Of ozon ~ as cause of stronger rays
September Light
It’s November,
But, when the Sun shines,
It really is early September
A favour no one declines
October Rainbow
Quiet, sunny skies of Fall
The loveliest of rainbows enfold
Alas, when the leaves fall,
We also see human terror unfold
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