hospital walkway-

the signature-smell

leads to the ICU

*****

hospital walkway-

sunflowers in the garden

in a westward twist

Black & White, 14^th June 2026 (Ed. Lavana Kray)

https://ourbesthaiga.blogspot.com/2026/06/june-challenge-part-two.html

 

she recounts

mystic relationship

umbilical cord

bridging oneness

of clouds and rain

 

Quail Eggs, Inaugural Issue 1, 2025 (Ed. Alison Williams)

 

https://quaileggstanka.blogspot.com/p/issue-1-june-2025-tanka-7.html?m=1

 

 

 

Haiku for Soulmates Anthology 2026

 

midnight dream

we walk together

on the milky way

 

*****

nose-ring

I gently breathe

the warmth

 

*****

spring rain

the longer we script

our collaborative verse

 

*****

autumn moon

with me her fragrance

of jasmine comb

 

*****

black rose

promise she retains

to melt the snow

 

*****

Haiku for Soulmates Anthology Anthology 2026 ( Ed. Gabriel Marie Milton)

 Holi …

no one a stranger

at my doorstep

Note: Holi, the festival of colours, is celebrated throughout India marking the spring’s arrival. The day signifies the eternal love of the deities Radha and Krishn. The festive day is an occasion of love and forgetting and forgiving the differences with others.

Fresh Out  March 26, 2025 (Ed. Eric Lohman)

Compassion, Per Diem, January 2026 (Curated by Debroh A. Bennett)

 

 

spring garden …

from the cancer ward

she dreams  

the evening breeze

would gently fill her lungs

 

Quail Eggs. March issue 2026 (Ed. Alison Williams)

 

 Ensō

The river flows down the mountain, across the plain, and finally into the Bay of Bengal. The world looks so magical. Through the breeze of time, the tender village girl witnesses many turns and twists in the flow of the stream.

She gradually transcends into a woman, later a mother, and a grandmother. With her tributaries, meandering at turns, she leaves behind her wisdom and continues on her journey, finally merging with the vast ocean.

a lapwing’s

maiden voyage

over the sacred river

the old woman falls into silence

with the last spoon of holy water

 

Drifting Sands Haibun, Issue 35, March 2026 (Ed. Reid Hepworth)

https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Issue-35.pdf