Chetnath Dhamala

Haiku

Sells demonstrations,
Terror's mist,
Lip service.

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Salty frost,
The agonized snow's dilemma,
eyes of a river.

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Butterfly flits off.
Cries the flower,
wails the bird. 

Translated from the Nepali by Yuyutsu Sharma

Chetnath Dhamala

Chetnath Dhamala was born at Betinee, Okhaldhunga of Eastern Nepal. He has published, Chhahara, a poetry collection and joint collection, Aaagoko Murchana, (Poems) and Ragatko Darbar, (Poems), with Kushu Chettri and Manoj Neopane. He edits Kaushikee, a Magazine of Contemporary Literature. 

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