Honored and grateful to be featured in “Haiku Commentary” by Nicholas Klacsanzky for my “cherry blossoms” haiku:
cherry blossoms… a war refugee empties his pockets
Sakura Award, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Contest 2024
The insightful and beautiful comments by Nicholas made my day. Congratulations to Sandip Chauhan and Lisa Reynolds whose haiku are also featured.
This is a great blog and I follow it regularly to learn more from the valuable insights of the Editors – Nicholas Klacsanzky, Jacob D Salzer & Hifsa Ashraf.
Delighted to be in “Under the Basho 2025” on 25th April with a #haiku. Under the Bashō is a unique online journal.
Grateful to dear Don Baird, Chief Editor & Co-Founder, Marilyn Ashbaugh, Editor, and Stephen Bailey, Webmaster & Co-Founder for the acceptance & publication.
Delighted to have a #tanka and a #haiga on “Petaluh- Celebrating Blossoms” in Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, 2nd Anniversary Issue 11, April 2025 published from Romania.
Grateful to Steliana Cristina Voicu, Editor for the publication with Romanian translations. Congratulations to all featured poets. #EnchantedGardenHaiku
The Haibun Journal is a print journal published from Ireland, specialising in the haibun literary form.
Grateful to the Editor Sean O’Connor & Assistant Editors—Amanda Bell, Kim Richardson and Paul Bregazzi for featuring my haibun “Heartspace”in this beautiful journal issue 7:1, April 2025.
Congratulations to all featured poets.
Heart Space
silent walk her dog collar in my pocket
H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest 2024, Honorable Mention
The leash still hangs by the swing in the garden. its metal tag with her name clinks softly when the wind nudges it.
The walks are lonely now—no eager paws tapping against the floor, no warm nose nudging my hand. I still follow our usual path, but the collar stays curled in my pocket.
At the neighborhood park, the sun spills across the grass in long golden streaks. I imagine her beautiful form there, ears perked, eyes bright, nose to the ground, chasing shadows that no longer move.
I call her name once, softly. The breeze carries it away.
Grateful to Andrew Holmes, Founder of The Sciku Project for featuring my sciku today. The latest scientific discoveries in haiku form – sciku! Thanks to John Hawkhead who guided me to submit my ku for this project.
Gravity of Thought
quantum physics trying to wrap my head around dark matter
by Neena Singh
What is Dark Matter?
Unsolved problem in physics: Dark matter is a form of matter that doesn’t emit, absorb, or reflect light, making it invisible. Its presence is inferred through its gravitational effects on visible matter, such as galaxies and stars.
Proportion: It accounts for approximately 27% of the universe’s mass-energy content, compared to just 5% for normal (baryonic) matter.
Further reading:
‘Dark matter’, Wikipedia article, available: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter
Author bio:
Neena Singh is a banker turned poet. Her haikai poetry is regularly published in journals and magazines. She has published three books of poetry—”Whispers of the Soul: the journey within”, “One Breath Poetry” and the upcoming “A Peacock’s Cry – seasons of haiku”. She runs a non-profit for quality interventions in the education and health of underprivileged children in Chandigarh, India.
This poem was originally published in Haiku Dialogue, 29th January 2025.
