{"id":12748,"date":"2016-10-11T10:19:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T10:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=12748"},"modified":"2017-06-15T11:25:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T11:25:08","slug":"five-haikus-alok-das","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/five-haikus-alok-das\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Haikus by Alok Das"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11524 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Alok-Das.jpg\" alt=\"Alok-Das\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" \/>Five Haikus by Alok Das<\/h1>\n<p>(Writer\u2019s note: Haiku is a Japanese genre of writing poems)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">1. Train to Richmond<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The train goes home everyday<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">I also want to go home <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Not sure where home is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">2. Note to my destiny<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">You took me from my village<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">You failed to take my village<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Out of me<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">3. Sonai river<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Sonai river sings to me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">I can hear her songs<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Does she hear mine?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">4. The bank teller<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The bank teller knows<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Too many stories<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Anyone knows his?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">5. My hidden treasures<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Walking down memory lane<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">I visit childhood days<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Whenever I want to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Haikus by Alok Das (Writer\u2019s note: Haiku is a Japanese genre of writing poems) &nbsp; &nbsp; 1. Train to Richmond The train goes home everyday I also want to go home Not sure where home is. 2. 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