Honored to be in the beautiful Drifting Sands Haibun – a Journal of haibun and tanka prose, Issue 32, June 2025, with my #TankaProse, “earworm” among the gallery of poems by talented poets.
Grateful to dear Sangita Kalarickal Krivošíková, Chief Editor and Anju Kishore, Editor for the guidance, acceptance & publication. 🙏💐
Congratulation to all featured #poets.
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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.
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Honored to be in the beautiful Drifting Sands Haibun Journal Issue 30, November 2024, with my #haibun, “Time Machine” among the gallery of poems by talented poets.
Grateful to dear Richard Grahn, creator, founding collaborative artist & Editor for the kind acceptance & publication. 🙏💐
Congratulations to all featured #poets.
Read the beautiful issue here:
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Honored to be in the beautiful Drifting Sands Haibun Journal Issue 29, September 2024, with my #haibun, “fleeting world” among the gallery of poems by talented poets.
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fleeting world
Neena Singh
Chandigarh, India
The three-legged stray dog, I call Soldier, waits patiently outside the gate this winter morning. I grab a handful of biscuits from the almost-full jar I keep in the garden shed and come out to feed him. Since the passing of our beloved labrador Rumi, all her treats have been for the strays of the neighborhood.
I wonder why I fed my pet merely three biscuits, one-by-one, as a reward for fetching her far-flung ball.
migrating geese…
the clutter we keep
for a distant tomorrow
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Grateful to dear Sangita Kalarickal Krivošíková, issue Editor & Richard Grahn, creator & founding collaborative artist & Editor for the guidance & publication. 🙏
Congratulations to all featured poets.
Read the beautiful issue here:
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Drifting Sands Haibun – a journal of #haibun and #tanka prose, July 2024 issue 28 is online. Thanks to Richard Grahn, Founder, and Guest editor and poet friend dear Billie Dee for the guidance and publication of my haibun, “Love & Loss”.
Congratulations to all featured poets.
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Drifting Sands, issue 26, March 2024
Grateful to Anna Cates, Guest Editor, & dear Richard Grahn, Founding Editor for the acceptance & publication of this portentous haibun, dedicated to our beloved Rumi who breathed her last yesterday on 30th March.
Twilight Years
Neena Singh
Chandigarh, India
“If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
Will Rogers
Winter is almost over and Spring flowers have started to bloom in the garden. The noon sunshine is pleasant after the bitterly cold days and I sit on the garden swing to warm my old bones. My beloved pet lies on the grass beside me. Looking at her weak and aged body, I am reminded of the joyful summer day fourteen years back, when we brought her home—adorable as all yellow labrador pups: lively, loving and curious.
Every morning she made us run, chasing her to get back our socks or slippers depending on the season. As she grew bigger she loved playing catch ball with me and football with the kids in the park. She ran faster than the boys, balancing the football on her nose. On a car ride, seeing her bright eyes, head out of the window and flapping ears were a delight.
Today it’s her appointment with the vet for the monthly steroid injection as her hind legs are failing fast. With difficulty we lift her on to the back seat of the car. I stroke her head and roll down the glass window.
fading light …
a dragonfly flits
this floating world
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Thanks dear son Prakarsh for the endearing poster.
Honored to be in the beautiful Drifting Sands Haibun Journal Issue 24, November 2023, with my #haibun, “Tathagata” among the gallery of poems by talented poets.
Congratulations to all featured poets.
Grateful to dear Richard Grahn, creator & founding collaborative artist of drifting sands & Kristen Lindquist, Guest Editor for acceptance & publication.
Tathagata
Neena Singh
India, Chandigarh
The Autumn Equinox brings a slight chill. By dusk, dark clouds in the sky forecast showers. Suddenly, cascading rain sways the branches of the trees, a strong gale makes leaves tremble. The music of the rain fills my body with an inexplicable longing.
long past the mating season a peacock’s cry
I look out of the glass window at the lashing rain. The red clay Buddha sits under the bonsai, dripping wet, serene smile in place.
fractal lightning…
a brief pause
in melancholy
Note: Tathagata: the “thusness” of the enlightened state; another name for Buddha
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Thrilled to see #DriftingSands #Haibun journal issue 22 online, which features my #haibun “Raga of Grief” and “Morning Solitude” photo on Oasis.
Grateful to dear Richard Grahn, Founder-Developer & Creative Artist and Keith Polette, Guest Editor for the acceptance & publication.
fleeting autumn…
seeing the sounds
fade into silence
DriftingSands #Haibun Journal, issue 21, May 2023 is out.
Grateful to Diana Webb, Editor & Richard Grahn, Founding Editor & Artist for the guidance and publication of my #Tankaprose—Circle of Life.
The issue also has a link to my Ripples in the Sand #podcast with Sangita Kalarickal Krivošíková, where I read some of my published #haibun.
Congratulations to all featured poets. So much to read and relish! 🙏💐
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Grateful to Richard Grahn, Founding Editor & Collaborative Artist, Drifting Sands Haibun and the Drifting Sands – Poet’s Hub for putting me on their “Ripples in the Sand” audio podcast with Sangita Kalarickal Krivosik, Author and lovely host. The podcast was recorded on 7th May 2023 and I felt deeply honored to be invited to share my haibun poems. 💕
Grateful for your feedback dear friends, once you give it a listen.