An immigrant
Changes soil to soil
Attaining rebirth every single time
Whenever someone speaks their language
They become a dear one
And for a short moment
They’re nostalgic for something lost
Before moving on with their new life.
A short bio of me: I’m Manasa Reddy Chichili, a poet and short story writer from Hyderabad, Telangana. My haiku and tanka have been published in several journals such as Under the Basho, Mainichi Haiku, Awen, Atlantean Publishing among others. My longer poems have also been published on PoetryPotion and Neccheli. My haiku was nominated for the Touchstone Award (2025), and I have also dabbled in writing haikus directly in Japanese (in haikutown.jp).