Blogs

  • Poetry Pea

    Delighted to be in Patricia’s Poetry Pea podcast S5E20 on 17.10.22 on original haiku and senryu with depth.

    Grateful to dear Patricia McGuire for the acceptance of two ku, this one for the podcast and both for the journal 3.22 scheduled for January 2023.

  • Contemporary haibun online

    The beautiful Contemporary Haibun Online issue 18.2 is online. Thrilled and honoured to have a haibun “Koan” and a collaborative haiga with Simar Onkar featured. The photograph is of Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh clicked by Simar.

    Grateful to Rich Youmans, Editor and Ron C. Moss, Editor for haiga for the acceptance & publication.

  • Triveni Spotlight

    What a beautiful surprise in the morning by dear Kala Ramesh when she shared that my tanka published in haikuKATHA was up in Triveni Spotlight on 11th October by host Teji Sethi.

    The commentary by Teji is a treat and shows her deep knowledge of poetry, music and aesthetics coupled with a love for Nature and its creations. 💕

    My gratitude to dear Teji & Kala. Triveni is a great source of learning for me.

  • Modern haiku

    Delighted to feature in Modern haiku, the oldest and largest haiku journal outside Japan, Issue 53.3,

    My grateful thanks to Paul Miller, Editor for acceptance & publication.

    rain-soaked grass
    legs of the lapwing
    a bright yellow

    Congratulations to all featured poets.

  • Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2022

    Thrilled to have won Honorable Mention in the prestigious Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2022 for my haiku:

    a migrant child…
    pockets filled
    with sakura

    Neena Singh
    Chandigarh, India

    Grateful to the honorable judges for selecting my haiku for HM.

    https://vcbf.ca/winning_haiku/2022-winning-haiku/?fbclid=IwAR1zYft_kweoXXbbqaLMlaWbkG0FnWp4GrGh1Hx1BX4makRtRNAH_DHDsOw

  • Brass bell

    Brass bell – a haiku journal, issue October 2022 is out with kitchen haiku as the theme this month.

    Grateful to dear Zee Zahava, Editor & Curator for the acceptance & publication of two of my poems.

    Read the wonderful selection here:
    http://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/10/kitchen-haiku.html?m=1

  • Failed haiku

    failed haiku, a journal of English senryu, volume 7, issue 82 is out. Grateful to Haiku Mike Michael Rehling, Bryan Rickert, Editors & Guest Editor Hemapriya Chellappan for the acceptance & publication of two of my senryu.

    long flight…
    a stranger
    becomes a friend

    looking…
    the looking glass
    looks at me

  • Poetry Pea Podcast

    Poetry Pea Podcast S5E18 is out. The theme is Original haiku and senryu using contrast.

    Grateful to Patricia McGuire, Editor for featuring my senryu on the podcast. This will also be featured in the Poetry Pea journal along with another accepted senryu.

    city drive—
    we carry our silence
    through the traffic

    Congratulations to all featured poets.

  • Cafe Haiku

    What a wonderful launch we had yesterday of Cafe Haiku’s 5th Anthology of haiku, haibun, tanka, renbun & gembun on relationships—Sharing my Solitude.

    Poets from all over the world write about the people in their lives – family, people they meet and people they lost. Sometimes with sadness and lonliness, sometimes reliving memories and often with humour.

    It was wonderful to hear Dr Brijesh Raj, Rohini Gupta, Geethanjali Rajan, Paresh Tiwari, Shalini Pattabiraman, Raamesh G R, K. Ramesh, Vidya Venkatramani, K Srilata, Deborah & Henryk read out their beautiful creations.

    Honored to have a haibun “Bloodline” in the Anthology. Congratulations to all featured haijin.

    The kindle edition is available on Amazon.

  • THF Haiku Dialogue

    Wednesday brings the popular weekly Haiku Dialogue of The Haiku Foundation.

    The theme this week was family portraits-Portrait 2: a photo of his daughter’s elopement wedding at a National Park during covid days.

    237 haiku from 149 poets representing 29 countries were received. Grateful to John S Green, Guest Editor for including my haiku in the Editor’s Selections.