Grateful to dear Charlotte Digregorio for featuring 4 haiku from my recent haiku book “A Peacock’s Cry” on her beautiful Writer’s blog today in Daily Haiku Special. Earlier on 27th June she had announced the release of the book for which Charlotte had written a lovely blurb. 🙏💐
The Wise Owl, November edition carries a beautiful book review of my book “ A Peacock’s Cry – seasons of haiku” by Anju Kishore. Grateful for the appreciation and support. Thanks dear Rachna for giving it space in the journal. 🙏💕
https://www.thewiseowl.art/a-peacocks-cry
The Wise Owl Litha edition, July 2025, is out. Grateful to dear Rachna Singh, Editor who writes,
“Our Talking Books segment spotlights Neena Singh and her poetry collection A Peacock’s Cry—a lyrical journey through emotion, memory, and transformation.”
For a read visit:
https://www.thewiseowl.art/talking-books-neena-singh?
Thanks dear Shayda & Anshul from #DainikBhaskar, a leading newspaper for featuring my new #haiku #poetry book in #CityLife.
Photo shows Vandana Parashar, friend and haiku poet moderating the session at my book launch organised by The Wise Owl, an art and literary magazine.
Grateful to dear Charlotte Digregorio for featuring my new haiku book on her beautiful blog and also for writing a lovely blurb. 🙏💐Sharing:
Grateful to dear Rachna & Harmeet Singh for organising The Wise Owl Literary Soirée on 22nd June for the launch of my new book of haiku poetry – “A Peacock’s Cry – seasons of haiku”.
The programme was well attended and a great success with an incredibly appreciative audience. S. Man Mohan Kohli, CEO Aroma Group, gave our generous introductions and placed the aesthetic backdrop of beautiful white gladioli on the stage. Grateful to him.
I enjoyed an interesting conversation with the talented haiku poet Vandana Parashar about haiku and my creative journey. Creating an awareness about haiku always uplifts my spirits. Thanks to my loving family and friends who made the effort to attend and support my book launch. I am beholden to them. 🙏
Deeply touched at receiving dear Lakshmi’s review about my book. Sharing:
Neena Singh’s ‘A Peacock’s Cry’ is the voice of haiku wrapped in seasons of eagerness, progress, loneliness and abundance. Each of them contribute their own taste and energy. Each of them have their own attributes… consistent, diligent and sufficient. I loved the way Neena di quietly summed up the whole book with equal importance to aesthetics and kigo.
The Foreword by Alan Summers is very technical and bridges the gap so well. He has a very unique way of explaining and projecting in the most simple way. He connects the techniques and guides through the poems.
Dr. Pravat Kumar Padhy’s article on kigo is worth reading. His master’s stroke is the essence of the book penned with intelligent and measured words portraying the significance of kigo.
Teji Sethi’s contribution to the cover page is a delight! It attracts the reader more and more into the mystery of haiku with its beautiful flow of wavy 3D lines…
Though it’s depicting a peacock’s feather, for me it’s much more than that;
a calm soothing touch that is the need of the hour with most of us, the serendipity of an invocation prayer, the awakening at Brahma Muhurat that fills a person with ecstasy and bliss.
Priti Aisola’s Gond art relates with the seasonal aspects as though conveying that “we are all connected—humans, animals, birds!”Whether it may be the deer, owl, peacock, egret, butterfly; each of them have their own little story to tell.
No words to describe your poems and your contribution to the Haikai world around us. I always love reading your poems and they have brightened up the sky all the more with the stars!!
– Lakshmi Iyer
Dr. Pravat Kumar Padhy, geologist, a celebrated haiku poet and my mentor wrote the essay on Kigo (season words) for my book. On receiving the book, he sent me this heartening message—
Thank you, Neena, for presenting your precious gift – A Peacock’s Cry. I am delighted to read the ‘Foreword’ by Alan. Indeed, it is elegant. The Vedic sage, Yaska, said ” A word does not convey meaning of its own, it gains meaning through its connections.”
Your haiku accomplish the beauty of poetic essence through connection with nature. You discover haiku which are the ‘little drops poetic essence’ (George Sansom’s quote) in your compositions. The poems in the collection are endowed with eloquence, splendour and honesty. The spark of the moment enlightens the reader’s delight. This poetic energy adds special linguistic luminescence to literature. We do not write haiku. We compose it, as it has poetic resonance.
Neena’s creation is a testament of modern literature with traditional values. It is a book with natural beauty!
Grateful dear Pravat! 🙏💐
Grateful dear friend Ranjit for your insightful and beautifully penned review on Amazon! 🤗💕
Sensitive and uplifting Haiku poetry
“A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Neena’s pen carries many songs of subtle joy, quiet pain and the celebrations of seasons. Her Haiku, the art of Japanese short poetry, tickles, caresses, and brushes the readers’ hearts with a beauty often missed in the hustle and bustle of the busy world. The spring breeze, the summer grass, the half-ripe berries and the yellow blooms take on a deeper meaning in her haiku. The book is a beautiful and profound expression of emotions.
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Thanks dear Arvinder, & Vandana – my extremely talented haijin friends for your sweet messages about my book
The book is a dream come true. Exotic yet grounded poetry. Your words fascinate me. Much love ❤️ and more power to you ♥️♥️.
– Arvinder Kaur
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Received your gorgeous book, Neenaji. Thanks a million. Such a delight to hold. The cover, the art, the quality of the book and the poems are all par excellence. .
Wishing you stupendous success ❤️❤️
– Vandana Parashar
Photo- Ranjit holding my book
