Grateful to dear Ravi Kiran, Editor to have my 2 #haiku & a #haiga included and to dear Marion Clarke for the Haiga commentary in the beautiful journal.
Congratulations to all featured poets.
Happy to share my 2 #senryu published in #VSANA—Viewing Stone Association of North America in March 2024. These were composed on the “Il Cocco” an award-winning Palombino stone collected in 2008 near Lake Giacopianse in Liguria, Italy.
Grateful to dear Tom Elias, Editor, VSANA for the publication.
vsana.viewing stone
Congratulations to all featured #poets.
Delighted to feature in this week’s #HaikuFoundation’s #HaikuDialogue on #Migration—#internalmigration. The prompt was about the migration within the state or country and the challenges faced.
During the thirty years of my banking career we had multiple transfers within the country and this inspired my #haiku.
Grateful to dear Carole MacRury, Guest Editor for the selection.
Congratulations to all featured #poets.
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
Read the journal here:
https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/
Thanks dear son Prakarsh for the endearing poster.
The #HaikuFoundation’s Monthly #Kukai results for March 2024 published. The theme was “#orange”.
Grateful to receive an Honorable Mention for my #senryu.
Congratulations to the winners including friend Ravi Kiran and other HMs including friend Mona Bedi.
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I am grateful to Ian Storr, editor for featuring my haiku in #Presence, Britain’s leading independent print #haiku journal, issue #78.
Congratulations to all featured #poets.
The beautiful haikuKatha issue 29, March 2024 is live on Triveni haikai website.
Kudos to dear Kala Ramesh & the brilliant Editorial Team for another fantastic issue. The cover painting by Milind is gorgeous.
Grateful for the inclusion of my tanka among the poetry gallery of talented haijin.
Congratulations to all featured poets.
Read the beautiful issue here:
https://www.trivenihaikai.in/post/haikukatha-issue-29
Delighted to feature in this week’s #HaikuDialogue on #Migration—#flora and #fauna. The prompt was about the threats faced by flora and fauna.
The amphibian population in India has declined drastically and a study states that 80% of Indian frogs are facing extinction. This and Basho inspired my #haiku.
Grateful to dear Carole MacRury, Guest Editor for the selection.
On 8th March in #ColdMoon Journal, with gratitude to dear Robin Jacobson, Editor, for the publicationand of two of my #haiku.
Grateful to dear Robin White, Editor, for featuring my #haiku in the beautiful print journal #AkitsuQuarterly, #Spring/ #Summer #2024 issue.
blue jacaranda
the mid-flight pause
of an eagle
Congratulations to all featured poets.
