Wednesday, October 25, 2017

I am honoured to share the following haiku and tanka, recently published in “They Gave Us Life” anthology, edited by Robert Epstein.

cherry blossom
my mother plants
my first smile

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floral appliques--
my mother brings for me
the twinkling stars

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mother’s touch
keeps the winter away
the tired dog
encircles the puppies
under its swollen breasts

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my gleaming mother
shares her  pleasure  
with twin buds
I sense ripples of sound
of the swimming clouds

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with snowflakes
I merrily rush ahead
with teary eyes
my mother  consoles me
kissing my empty hands

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https://www.amazon.com/They-Gave-Us-Life-Celebrating/dp/0998073296/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1508999031&sr=1-1&keywords=They+Gave+Us+Life%3A+Celebrating+Mothers%2C+Fathers+%26+Others+in+Haiku.

Sunday, October 15, 2017

solar eclipse
the diamond ring brightens
the shadow

The Mainichi News, 16.10.2017 (Ed. Dhugal J. Lindsay)

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170927/p2g/00m/0fe/096000c

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

dawn break--
I wash my night image
for an early arrival

Workplace haiku (Ed. Jim Kacian)


https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/10/04/haiku-in-the-workplace-dawn-in-the-office/

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Vedic civilisation
I try to soften my sorrow
in silence

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spilt-milk
he hardens  his plea
for a divorce

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urban haiku--
the zigzag road to
a remote village

Failed Haiku  Vol. 2 issue 22  October 2017 (Ed. Rehling Mike)

http://www.haikuhut.com/FailedHaikuIssue22.pdf