onebreathpoetry

Author: neenarotary@gmail.com

  • Contemporary Haibun Online

    Contemporary Haibun Online 19.3 #cho is online and I am delighted to have a #tankaprose featured- The Miracle of Flight”. Two #Haiga in collaboration with dear Billie Dee are also included in the Haiga Gallery. The photos clicked by me are of Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh and enhancing them are the haiku are penned by Billie.

    Grateful to Tish Davis, Editor, Tanka Prose for the acceptance and guidance.
    Thanks to Ron Moss for the acceptance of our Haiga.

    Congratulations to all featured poets.

    https ://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho19-3-table-of-contents/neena-singh-the-miracle-of-flight/

    The Miracle of Flight

    It’s a hot summer morning and as I water the plants in the garden I see some movement behind a flowerpot. I move closer, two sharp eyes and a curved beak peer—a baby hawk! The bird appears injured as one wing is stretched out. The closer I move, the more it tries to hop behind the row of pots.

    I call my birding friends for advice and follow their instructions:
    “Just let it be…it will fly away”;
    “keep a piece of raw meat and some water near it,“
    “keep a boiled egg near it”.

    Bending low, I whisper—“fly baby, you are meant to soar in the sky”. It looks at me with its piercing eyes and flaps its wing, as if it understands.

    surprise guest
    behind a flowerpot . . .
    the grace and wisdom
    in its bright eyes
    hold me captive

  • Enchanted Garden

    Delighted to have a haiku and a Haiga on “Secret Santa” in Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 5, December 2023.

    Grateful to Steliana Voicu, Editor for the publication with its Romanian translation. Congratulations to all featured poets.

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    https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com/2023/12/enchanted-garden-issue-5-secret-santa.html?m=1

  • failed haiku

    Failed haiku- a journal of English senryu Volume 8, issue 96 is out today!

    Grateful to dear Bryan Rickert, it’s accomplished Editor, & Haiku Mike, the founder for including my two senryu.

  • Leaf haiku Journal

    LEAF ~ Journal of THE DAILY HAIKU issue 2 December 2023 is online.

    Grateful to Ravi Kiran, Editor to have 3 haiku and to dear Marion Clarke for a Haiga included in the beautiful journal.

  • haikuVishesh

    The first haikuVishesh of 28th November features Neena Singh.

    !haikuNetra Issue 1.3, haikuVishesh – 28th Nov, 2023.

    Grateful to Daipayan Nair, Editor for selecting my senryu.

  • Drifting Sands Haibun Journal

    Honored to be in the beautiful Drifting Sands Haibun Journal Issue 24, November 2023, with my #haibun, “Tathagata” among the gallery of poems by talented poets.

    Congratulations to all featured poets.

    Grateful to dear Richard Grahn, creator & founding collaborative artist of drifting sands & Kristen Lindquist, Guest Editor for acceptance & publication.

    Tathagata
    Neena Singh
    India, Chandigarh

    The Autumn Equinox brings a slight chill. By dusk, dark clouds in the sky forecast showers. Suddenly, cascading rain sways the branches of the trees, a strong gale makes leaves tremble. The music of the rain fills my body with an inexplicable longing.

    long past the mating season a peacock’s cry

    I look out of the glass window at the lashing rain. The red clay Buddha sits under the bonsai, dripping wet, serene smile in place.

    fractal lightning…
    a brief pause
    in melancholy

    Note: Tathagata: the “thusness” of the enlightened state; another name for Buddha

    Read the beautiful issue here:

    https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Issue-24.pdf#page23

  • Aabhaas

    Happy to share that the first edition of #Rhyvers #Hindi Quarterly Magazine “Aabhaas” was recently launched in the 11th edition of Chandigarh Literary festival.

    The beautiful magazine features my Hindi poem “अंतर्मन की पीड़ा”. Grateful to Seema Gupta, Editor & Affan S Affan Yesvi, Editor-In-chief for the publication.

  • Haiku Dialogue

    It’s Wednesday – The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue day and glad to see my #senryu featured. This week’s theme was Facial Expressions – contempt/disgust. A tough theme on which I’ve never written a poem before.

    Grateful to Arvinder Kaur & Hifsa Ashraf, Co-Guest Editors, kj Monroe, Managing Editor & Lori, Post Manager.

    Congratulations to all featured poet friends.

  • art of tanka journal

    Delighted to have a #tanka featured in “art of tanka”—the inaugural issue launched by Pamela A. Babusci, Editor.

    Grateful to dear Pamela for the honor!
    Congratulations to all featured poet friends.

  • The Daily Verse

    TheWiseOwl in its ‘Daily Verse’ features my poem “Autumn Glory” today.

    https://www.dailyversethewiseowl.art/

    Grateful to dear Rachna Singh, Editor for the publication.