Blogs

  • Presence

    Presence, Britain’s leading independent print #haiku journal, issue #81 is out and I am grateful to Ian I. Storr, editor for featuring my #senryu:

    bedside drawer:
    a promise in a letter
    long-forgotten

    Ian has been a great Editor and motivator, who is now moving on and Presence will shortly announce a new Editor. My best wishes to Ian on his journey ahead.

    Congratulations to all featured #poets.

  • Poetry Pea Journal of Split Sequences

    The Poetry Pea journal of Split Sequences 2025 features our split sequence—Gökotta, penned by the super talented Vandana Parashar and me. It was a pleasure to collaborate with her.

    Grateful to Patricia McGuire, Editor @ThePoetryPea & her team for the acceptance. @pealogic. @ThePoetryPea

    The title is a Swedish word, meaning waking up early morning to hear birdsong.

  • Leaf Issue Six

    LEAF ~Journal of THE DAILY HAIKU issue Six, April 2025 is online. Thanks to dear Founder, Amanda White for the good news.

    Grateful to dear Ravi Kiran, Editor to have accepted and published my 2 haiku & 2 Haiga in the beautiful journal.

    Congratulations to all featured #poets.

    https://leafjournal.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Leaf-Issue-6-final_single-1.p

  • Poetry Pea Podcast

    Delighted to share my #scifiku featured on 25th March in the Poetry Pea Podcast, S8E13. The same alongwith one more sci-fi ku & my #haiku on the video prompt will be published in the Poetry Pea Journal 1:25.

    Grateful to Patricia McGuire, Editor Poetry Pea #pealogic

    Congratulations to all featured #poets.

  • Akitsu Quarterly

    Grateful to dear Robin White, Editor, for featuring my #haiku in the beautiful print journal Akitsu Quarterly, Spring/ Summer 2025 issue.

    Congratulation to all featured #poets.

  • Cold Moon Journal

    Cold Moon Journal features 3 of my #haiku and #senryu on 23rd March 2025.

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

  • Drifting Sands Haibun

    Honored to be in the beautiful Drifting Sands Haibun Journal Issue 31, March 2025, with my #haibun, “threads of wonder” among the gallery of poems by talented poets.

    Grateful to dear Sangita Kalarickal Krivošíková, Chief Editor and Reid Hepworth, Editor for the acceptance & publication. 🙏💐

    Congratulation to all featured #poets.
    https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/

  • THF Haiku Dialogue

    It’s Wednesday – The #HaikuFoundation’s Haiku Dialogue day and glad to see my #haiku featured in the long list. This week’s theme was Mountains & Rivers – mountains. It was an interesting prompt and could be interpreted in many ways.

    Grateful to Lakshmi Iyer, Guest Editor, kj Monroe, Managing Editor & Lori, Post Manager.

    Congratulations to all featured poet friends.

  • Daily Haiga

    Delighted to receive the good news from dear Marta Majorka Chociłowska.

    Grateful to Linda Pilarski, Editor for featuring my “winter dawn” haiga today in Daily Haiga, an online journal of contemporary & traditional haiga.

  • Creative Inspirations

    March brings more good tidings!

    The March/April 2025 issue of Creative Inspirations – a beautiful poetry magazine published in Michigan by Rev. Maurice Reynolds features my poem:
    The Divine Archer.

    Grateful to Rev.Maurice for his encouragement and congratulations to all featured poets.