Issue 2 - September 2025 - Tanka prose 3

An Autumn Afternoon


i sit and gaze
at the calligraphy
on an autumnal window
the glass
gently weeping rain

Despite a slight wetness in some places where the ink has bled, I continue to read my friend’s letter, trying to decipher a few words which were once so familiar.

remembering
all the strokes and curves
of those long forgotten letters
i refill ink
in my old fountain pen 


Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, India 


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