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  • Shadow Pond Journal

    Delighted to be featured in issue V of Shadow Pond, a Journal of haiku & senryu today. The theme was “Love”.

    early thaw
    my wedding ring
    slips a little

    Grateful to Katherine E Winnick, Editor
    for the honor. Congratulations to all featured #poets.

    shadowpondjournal.blogspot.com

  • Cold Moon Journal

    Cold Moon Journal featured my #senryu on 3rd June 2025.

    Grateful to dear Timothy Daley & Oana Cercel, Editors, for the honor. Do visit the blog site & Insta for reading a range of poetic forms.

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  • THF Haiku Dialogue

    Wednesday brings The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue the theme given by Guest Editor Allyson Whipple being Allusion – Engaging with Other Forms. It was a fun learning experience to explore music and write. I chose to allude to Vivaldi’s violin concerto “Four Seasons” which synchronizes with haiku aesthetics.

    Congratulations to all featured poets.

  • Quail Eggs

    Quail Eggs, a #tanka journal, Issue 1, June 2025 is live.

    Grateful to Alison Williams, Editor for featuring my tanka & tanka prose and congratulations on the beautiful first issue.

    Congratulations to all featured #poets .

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

  • The Heron’s Nest

    Honoured to be in this most prestigious journal —The Heron’s Nest, Volume XXVII, Number 2: June 2025 with a #haiku.

    Grateful to Fay Aoyagi, & the team of Editors for kind acceptance & @John Stevenson, Managing Editor for the publication.

    Delighted to see so many Triveni friends in it this issue! Congratulations to all featured #poets.

  • Poetry Pea Journal

    Poetry Pea Journal 2:25 is out. 
    Grateful to Patricia McGuire & editorial team for including two haiku/ senryu of mine, one of which was featured earlier in the podcast. @pealogic

  • haikuKATHA May 2025

    haikuKATHA the monthly journal of Triveni Haikai India, issue 43, May 2025 is live. Honoured to have a #haibun in the beautiful issue, featuring the best in contemporary haikai literature.

    Grateful to dear Kala @kalaramesh8, Founder & Managing Editor and her talented team of Shalini & Firdaus for the kind acceptance of my haibun.

    Congratulations to all featured poets especially dear Nalini Shetty for the Tejasvat award! ⭐️

  • THF – Haiku Dialogue Commentary

    Grateful & thrilled to be in the Editor’s Commentary in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue on Wednesday. The theme was literary devices-allusion to a contemporary #haiku by M. R Definaugh:

    after the party
    he guides her towards
    another planet

    M. R Definaugh

    Grateful to dear Guest Editor Allyson Whipple, for the selection & the insightful & beautiful commentary.

    Congratulations to all featured poets.
    Read the commentary here:
    https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-allusion-communing-with-the-contemporary-commentary/

  • Shaharnama

    Grateful dear Renu Sud @ The Tribune for showcasing my love for City Beautiful through my haiku/ tanka poetry in today’s Tribune newspaper under Shaharnama.

    https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/finding-poetry-in-chandigarhs-verdant-beauty/amp/

  • Jewels of Serendipity

    Dr. Kanwar Dinesh Singh from Shimla has published his haiku anthology “Jewels of Serendipity“ this month. The Anthology has formal haiku of 5-7-5 syllabic pattern contributed by international poets.

    Grateful to Dr KD Singh and dear @Pravat Kumar Padhy for sending these 5 haiku to me. Congratulations to all featured haijin. The Anthology is available on Amazon.