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Vandana Parashar
Vandana Parashar is a postgraduate in Microbiology, an educator and a Haiku poet. She started getting acquainted with and writing haiku in 2015 and soon found solace in it. Her haiku, senryu and tanka have been published in many national and international journals of repute and won her many prizes and accolades. Her haiku was also shortlisted for the prestigious Touchstone Award in 2021. Her debut e-chapbook ‘I Am’ was published by Title IX Press in 2019. She currently resides in Panchkula with her husband, two daughters and her one-year-old puppy.
mirror maze...Â
I stand aloneÂ
in the crowd of me
one-way streetÂ
the fragrance of jasmineÂ
everywhere
war zone...Â
no one left to decideÂ
who is right
Alzheimer'sÂ
she is my motherÂ
on and off
gutting fishÂ
my daughter says she doesn'tÂ
want to be like me
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