A bat flies towards the berry tree. If it has a fruit on its mouth, it’s too dark to see. The dinner’s curry cooks with cumin, turmeric, kashmiri, with some cinnamon bark and cardamom, too. Afternoon’s rain anointed the soil just before the stars woke up. The spiced-breeze eats up the last tinge of petrichor.
He opens the door to invite me in. Perhaps the rice is getting cold. I look up one more time to catch a glimpse. There, he rises, the meteor’s golden guard.
baby hawk cuddles
inside its lightly wet nest—
last bloom of May wilts
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A Reading Writer 
How lovely. Thanks for sharing this gem. I wish you miracles.
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Thank you, Ms. Selma. Blessings to you.
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A haibun that appeals to the senses. The spices are so evocative – I love the thought of the spiced-breeze eating up the last tinge of petrichor.
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aah. thank you for catching the waft of these spices, Kim. ❤
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That dinner sounds like a dream, especially when you describe how ‘The spiced-breeze eats up the last tinge of petrichor.’ Delicious!
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aaaah. grateful that line stood out. Thank you, Ingrid!
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The stars waking up was a lovely image! Well done.
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ahh. thank you, Ms. Susan!
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😊
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This is pure magic!
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so kind of you, Jane. Thank you!
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xx
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What an enchanting haibun, the scents, the colour the welcomi ng. Really nice
Thanks for droppibg by my blog to read mine
Much💚love
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ahhh. thank you for noticing those details, Gillena. Really loved your piece on this, too!
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A lovely write – the smell of cooking spices ‘eating up the petrichor’ is a wonderful description.
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ah. i think this line is becoming a crowd favorite. thank you for dropping by!
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BTW, could you share your website link so i can visit yours as well? Thank you!
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Magnificient! I love that image of “the meteor’s golden guard.”
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aah. thanks for spotting that line, Frank! enjoyed this prompt of yours.
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I love all the details you weave in your haibun… I wish you had left me the recipe for that curry.
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Thank you, Bjorn! I can definitely share: https://notoutofthebox.in/2018/08/murgir-jhol-bengali-chicken-curry/
This is the recipe I follow with some tweaks including a marinate (yogurt + the powders cumin, coriander, kashmiri mirch, turmeric, and then garlic and ginger paste) 😉
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I think I have most of the spices except the Kashmiri mirch… maybe I can use some other chili powder? I have Hungarian and Korean chili at home.
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that’s awesome, Bjorn! yes. another chilli powder would suffice but make it 2/3 less than the kashmiri content (depending on how spicy you chili powder is). bec kashmiri mirch is more fragrant chilli than spicy. 😉
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