Earth Melodies: Marjorie Pezzoli, Sarang Bhand & Christina Chin

nocturnal symphony by frogs on the floor
~ Sarang Bhand

clouds swirling to birdsong
~ Marjorie Pezzoli

insect chorus the forest hymns
~ Christina Chin



Woodwind Section

symphony of wind
woodpecker percussionist
trees take a bough Marjorie Pezzoli
loud song
of a hermit thrush Christina Chin
listening to
the minor notes
sung by streamlet Sarang Bhand

brooks babble
the crescendo of crows Marjorie Pezzoli

winding
the pendulum clock
half hour chime Christina Chin

a low bass hum
bee on a blossom Sarang Bhand



Title: Low Frequencies

song of death
leaves rustling
under soft paws Sarang Bhand
mourning doves
searching for seed Marjorie Pezzoli
lullaby
on mother's lap
a newborn babe Christina Chin

musical pulse
of a minute arm Sarang Bhand

whip-poor-will
chanting its name
pitter-patter of raindrops Marjorie Pezzoli

under the stars
moonsong Christina Chin






A murder of crows


Bio

Christina Chin is a painter and haiku poet from Malaysia. She is a four-time recipient of top 100 in the mDAC Summit Contests, exhibited at the Palo Alto Art Center, California. 1st prize winner of the 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival 2020 Haiku Contest. 1st prize winner in the 8th Setouchi Matsuyama 2019 Photohaiku Contest. She has been published in numerous journals, multilingual journals, and anthologies, including Japan's prestigious monthly Haikukai Magazine.

Marjorie Pezzoli is a silk painter over 30 years, a visual artist, storyteller, and haikuist. Her writings cover joy, hope, grief, and cosmic wonders. Nature is a huge inspiration. Since 2019 her poems have been published in numerous poetry anthologies and online journals. Her work deals with grief, hope, earth stewardship, and cosmic wonders. Photos taken while out walking Beau, the dog with Betty Davis eyes, inspires much of her work. Marjorie looks for words worth more than a thousand images. wwwPezzoliart.com

Sarang Bhand is an entrepreneur working in the clean-tech space. When he is not troubleshooting projects, he likes to spend time writing over the weekends. He is a keen student of the Japanese poetry forms and likes to write senryu exploring the subtleties of day to day observations and human tendencies. His writings can be found @ih_klektik on X (previously Twitter).

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