Honored to be in the beautiful Drifting Sands Haibun Journal Issue 20, March 2023, with my haibun, “Hiraeth” among the gallery of poems by talented poets. The theme was “Children”.
Congratulations to all featured poets.
Grateful to dear Richard Grahn, creator & founding collaborative artist & Editor for the guidance, acceptance & publication. 🙏💐
Read the beautiful issue here:
https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/
haikuKATHA issue 17, March 2023 goes live. Congratulations to Kala Ramesh & the team for yet another stunning issue.
Grateful to have a haibun featured.
Read the issue here:
https://www.trivenihaikai.in/post/haikukatha-issue-17
Congratulations to all featured poets.
Umwelt
The unfinished house opposite ours has come under the hammer and stands demolished. Suddenly the blue sky is visible across the road, but the huge tree that guarded the house and attracted birdsong has been chopped off at night.
new neighbors
the trumpet vine overflows
with orange blossoms
Today, I hear some sounds at the gate and walk across to investigate. I find five small pups amid the debris, all colored differently. Their mother comes running and growls at me. The dappled one looks up and tries to stand, it has a foreleg missing.
Note: the pups have grown since then. Dappled is the one on the left. 💕
A pleasant surprise to see my micro haibun published in Cafe haiku on 3rd March, 2023.
Grateful to Dr Brijesh & Cafe haiku Editorial Team for the honour.
The January 2023 Haibun Special issue of Thewiseowl Emag is online. Thanks to dear Rachna Singh, Principal Editor for curating a great Walnut & Gold edition filled with beautiful haibun, insightful interviews with celebrated haiku poets Jim Kacian & Michael Dylan Welch and many interesting articles. The Haibun of prominent poets are a great read!
It also features an eclectic mix of writings and interviews with innovative artists Carl Scharwath and Sagar Suresh Naik Mule, a ‘kaavi’ artist. There is lots more. To view magazine please click:
https://www.thewiseowl.art/
A collector’s issue indeed!
As the Guest Editor for the e-magazine, their YouTube channel features my interesting tête-à-tête with Michael Dylan Welch. Inspiring & instructive. Do listen:
Delighted to have my haibun featured in the lovely Contemporary Haibun Online journal (cho), issue 18.3.
So very grateful to dear Terri Hale French, Haibun Editor for her guidance & acceptance. Thanks to Rich Youmans, Editor for the publication.
Rewilding
During the pandemic, we are confined to our homes for many days due to lockdown restrictions. The streets are deserted, with little traffic. I go to the terrace to watch squirrels that nest at the top of the evergreen tree in the garden and to converse with the koel, bulbuls and pigeons that visit. Watching the sunrise and sunset colouring the sky and the leisurely movement of clouds to a soundtrack of birdsong becomes a joyful ritual.
One day around sunset, a fawn wanders onto the street from the neighbouring forest. Maybe the silence of the usually noisy city leads him to venture here. I am reminded of the Disney world of Bambi and rush down the staircase to view the scene more closely and also to see that he is protected from stray dogs. By the time I get to the street, the fawn has disappeared. Where could he have vanished? Was it a mirage caused by the deepening dusk?
Disappointed, I come back inside and what do I see? The lovely Bambi and my dog, Rumi, sitting in the garden, gently licking each other like old friends.
first drops. . .
animals of the forest
safe in Noah’s Ark
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.
Cafe haiku’s 5th Yearly Haikai Anthology on Relationships “Sharing my Solitude” is out on Amazon.
A beautiful collection of haiku, haibun, tanka, rembun & gembun.
Honored to have a haibun “Bloodline”in it. Grateful to Cafe haiku Editorial Team – Rohini Gupta, Geethanjali Rajan & Dr Brijesh Raj for acceptance & publication.
Congratulations to all featured haijin.
Kindle download available on Amazon
Triveni haikai’s journal haikuKATHA Issue 7 goes live.
Kudos to dear Kala Ramesh & the brilliant Editorial Team for the beautiful presentation.
Grateful to have a tanka & a haibun featured along with such talented poets.
https://www.trivenihaikai.in/post/haikukatha-issue-7
Honored to be in Drifting Sands Haibun Journal Issue 14, March 2022, with my haibun, “Letting Go” among the gallery of talented poets.
Oasis rotator has two haiga by friend Ramesh Anand whose photos were clicked by me.
Congratulations to all featured poets.
Grateful to dear Richard Grahn, creator & founding collaborative artist, and guest editor Keith Polette.
Letting Go
Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not tell.”
~ Emily Dickinson
On my evening walk to the Fragrance Garden, as I wait to cross the road, I see a black stray on the pavement also waiting. Continuous traffic, the blare of horns of cars, scooters, and auto-rickshaws is intimidating. During a break in the mayhem, I start to cross the road, the dog moves alongside me, and before we know it, we have reached the other side.
I enter the garden, the dog beside me. He trails, sniffing and wagging his tail as I take a round of the garden. I sit on the red bench under the banyan tree, he settles down at my feet. After ten minutes of deep breathing, I get up and start running toward the jogging path. He looks up and then flops down. The jogging strategy works. I have left the dog safe in the garden and burnt more calories than usual.
sunset sky . . .
a sunflower droops
bids adieu
Read the beautiful issue here:
https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/
