onebreathpoetry

Author: neenarotary@gmail.com

  • The Wise Owl Repertoire 2022

    Thanks dear Rachna Singh, Principal Editor, Thewiseowl Emag for the beautifully curated “The Repertoire” a Poetry Yearbook 2022.

    A collectors’ item, the anthology has the best selections from poems featured in the magazine during the year. Poetic musings about the ephemeral nature of beauty and life, stultifying relationships, deja vu moments, wonder and charm of day-to-day moments, all find place in this fabulous repertoire.

    Congratulations dear Rachna on completing the first year of the magazine and congratulations to all 65 featured poets. Honored to be one of them.

  • The Bamboo Hut

    The Bamboo Hut Issue one, 2023 is online. The beautiful issue features three of my haiku along with those of many talented poets.

    Grateful to dear Steve Wilkinson, Editor for the publication.

    http://thebamboohut.weebly.com/number-1-2023.html

  • The Wise Owl Haiku Renditions

    The Wise Owl Haiku Renditions was hosted by me on 20th January 2023.

    The Wise Owl, is a literary & art e-magazine. where I am the Guest Editor.

    It had an impressive line-up of Haiku poets from across the globe. Alan Summers, Roberta Beary, Reid Hepworth, Kala Ramesh, Julie B Kelsey, Vandana Parashar, Ravi Kiran, Teji Sethi and Lorraine Padden were a part of the event. Each of us read our 5 haiku/ senryu and we enjoyed the range and diversity of the verses. Sharing the love of haiku without any barriers and borders.

    Watch the session on The Wise Owl YouTube channel:

  • haikuKATHA

    The beautiful haikuKatha issue 15, January 2023 is live on Triveni haikai website.

    Congratulations to dear Kala Ramesh & the brilliant Editorial Team for another fantastic issue.

    Grateful for the inclusion of my tanka among the gallery of talented haijin.

    Congratulations to all featured poets.
    Read the beautiful issue here:

    https://www.trivenihaikai.in/post/haikukatha-issue-15

  • Haiku Blossoms

    Haiku Blossoms – My sixth piece on rhyvers.com covers “Seasons in haiku”.

    Thanks dear S Affan Yesvi, Editor-in-Chief for the encouragement & publication.

    Hope many haiku lovers will benefit from the article. Grateful to Geethanjali Rajan, who shared her well researched article published in Usawa Literary Review. Thanks to Dr Pravat Kumar Padhy & Kala Ramesh for their inputs.

    Haiku Blossoms: Seasons in Haiku (6)

  • Frameless Sky

    Honored to have my tanka art featured in the beautiful Frameless Sky, Issue 17. Always an honor to be among this lovely collection of poets.

    This photo was clicked on our cruise at Ha Long Bay in Vietnam. 💕

  • Haiku Blossoms

    Haiku Blossoms – My fifth piece on Rhyvers.com published thanks to S Affan Yesvi, Editor-in-Chief.

    It covers excerpts from my haiku journey as recounted to Julie Kelsey, Secretary, The Haiku Foundation for their feature “New to Haiku”.

    Embarking on a new path at 60, I was fortunate to have mentors & friends in the haiku community. Am grateful to each one of them. 🙏💐💕

    Haiku Blossoms (5)

  • THF Haiku Dialogue

    The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue this week had the theme of success in fulfilling resolutions made during the year. Over 200 poets from 36 countries sent in over 300 poems.

    Grateful to Guest Editor John S Green for including my ku in the selections this week. 😊

  • Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog

    Always an honor to feature in Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog.

    Today my Buddha haiku is featured, grateful to Hidenori Hiruta san who first published it in World Haiku Series 2021 and to dear Charlotte for republishing.

    Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō—Devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus Sūtra 🙏

  • THF Haiku Dialogue

    Happy to feature in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue on 4th January, 2023.

    Thanks to Guest Editors Sherry Grant
    & Zoe Grant for selecting my ku written on this week’s prompt:
    Childhood Memories—school days.
    You took me down memory lane…

    Sharing a photo of my beloved pup Ruby—my childhood friend 6 decades back!

    https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-childhood-memories-school-days-family-and-friends-introduction-to-resolutions/