brass bell: a haiku journal, December issue is out today. The theme was night haiku- from sunset to sunrise.
I am grateful to dear Zee Zahava, Curator for the acceptance of my ku.
Congratulations to all featured poets in the beautiful collection.
http://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com/
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
This week the Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue is about the Art of Pilgrimage—completion.
Grateful to Peter H Fischer for featuring my haiku about my wondrous trek 3000 metres above the Paro valley to the Buddhist Monastery Tiger’s Nest, in Bhutan.
monastery trek
a ladder to heaven
now back home
What a beautiful surprise!
Grateful to dear Gen Surjit Singh Ji for sharing my #haiku on his popular Guftagu@amolak.in #blog and reviewing my book “One Breath Poetry”.
https://amolak.in/web/one-breath-poetry-by-neena-singh/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ
Moonbathing Issue 27 is out.
Grateful to Pamela A. Babusci, Editor for the publication of my tanka.
Grateful to Ian M. Storr, Editor, for featuring my haiku in Presence, Issue 74, November 2022. Presence is Britain’s leading independent journal of
haiku, senryu, tanka, haibun and related poetry. It appears 3 times per year.
homecoming—
the mid-flight pause
of a dragonfly
Delighted to be in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Dialogue this Wednesday again on “purpose”.
Grateful to Peter Fischer, Guest Editor for the selection & congratulations to all featured poets.
morning tea I sip a cuckoo’s trill
The beautiful haikuKatha issue 13, November 2022 is live on triveni haikai website.
Grateful to dear Kala Ramesh & Editorial Team for the inclusion of my tanka among the gallery of talented haijin. Thanks dear Firdaus Parvez and all friends who helped in polishing it.
Congratulations to all featured poets. Kudos to the Editors for another fantastic issue. 💐💕
Grateful to Patricia McGuire. Editor Poetry Pea for nominating my monoku for The Haiku Foundation’s Touchstone Award for Individual Poems 2022:
droplets on a banana leaf the beggar counts his coins
Poetry Pea Podcast, S5E22, Original haiku and senryu, 21st November 2022.
The joy is too great to express in words. Wish my poem Godspeed dear family and friends. I shall keep my fingers crossed.
Grateful to Paul Miller, Editor, of Modern Haiku, for sharing my haiku this week on their Facebook Page.
This haiku was published in the journal this year.
