Sky

Clouds drift, making shapes of longing
Somewhere are mountains, calling them
Away from stable

Earth

Holds me, in firm embrace
Thought envelops the bamboo grove
And slopes down to still

Water

Fluid, yet not
Impermanence takes form
A dragonfly pauses, poised for the

Sky

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Lina Krishnan is a poet, artist and writer. Lina has a chapbook of nature verse, and her poems, essays, and art have featured in magazines such as Shot Glass Journal and Himal Southasian. Her work has also been included in twelve anthologies, including in two editions of the Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English. Lina lives in Auroville, India.