My tanka published in Scarlet Dragonfly Journal today.
Grateful to dear Kathleen Trocmet-Poetry Editor for featuring it.
Tag: #tanka
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Contemporary Haibun Online
Contemporary Haibun Online 19.3 #cho is online and I am delighted to have a #tankaprose featured- The Miracle of Flight”. Two #Haiga in collaboration with dear Billie Dee are also included in the Haiga Gallery. The photos clicked by me are of Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh and enhancing them are the haiku are penned by Billie.
Grateful to Tish Davis, Editor, Tanka Prose for the acceptance and guidance.
Thanks to Ron Moss for the acceptance of our Haiga.Congratulations to all featured poets.
https ://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/cho19-3-table-of-contents/neena-singh-the-miracle-of-flight/
The Miracle of Flight
It’s a hot summer morning and as I water the plants in the garden I see some movement behind a flowerpot. I move closer, two sharp eyes and a curved beak peer—a baby hawk! The bird appears injured as one wing is stretched out. The closer I move, the more it tries to hop behind the row of pots.
I call my birding friends for advice and follow their instructions:
“Just let it be…it will fly away”;
“keep a piece of raw meat and some water near it,“
“keep a boiled egg near it”.Bending low, I whisper—“fly baby, you are meant to soar in the sky”. It looks at me with its piercing eyes and flaps its wing, as if it understands.
surprise guest
behind a flowerpot . . .
the grace and wisdom
in its bright eyes
hold me captive
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art of tanka journal
Delighted to have a #tanka featured in “art of tanka”—the inaugural issue launched by Pamela A. Babusci, Editor.
Grateful to dear Pamela for the honor!
Congratulations to all featured poet friends.
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Cattails
Thrilled to read my 2 #tanka in #cattails journal, October 2023 with Hindi translations.
Grateful to Jenny Fraser, Tanka Editor for the kind acceptance of 2 of my tanka. Elated to read her comments, awarding Editor’s Choice to “my mother” tanka.
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Drifting Sands Haibun Journal
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! 🙏💐
Read the issue here:
https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/
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Ribbons
Neena Singh, Chandigarh, India
The official journal of the Tanka Society of America—Ribbons, Winter 2023, issue 92 is out and I am grateful to have a tanka prose featured.
Grateful to Liz Lanigan, Tanka Editor for the acceptance and publication.
Of Human Bondage
Neena Singh, Chandigarh, IndiaThis is a story of two dogs; the first, a stray black mongrel, who lives in our neighborhood and behaves like a monkey. He leaps our gate and perches on our car. He has made the neighbor’s house his own abode, as the owner of the house is away. Every night and early morning he is seen, perched precariously on their parapet, bold and fearless. I’ve christened him Perch!
The other is our pet Rumi—a 13-year-old yellow lab, more human than dog: trapped by our love, neither free nor fearless. She shows no interest in other dogs but adores babies and youngsters. The only people she barks at are mendicants*, beggars and the garbage collector. Content to be with us, she loves to play catch-ball for treats, avidly listens to music, and greatly enjoys rides in the car.
I often wonder, “Who is happier—Perch or Rumi?”
perched on the wall
a parrot pecks
birdseed
breakfast in the garden
we drink winter sunshineWell, this tale has a twist.
On return from offshore travels, our neighbor adopted Perch. He no longer jumps walls; has a new name, a red collar, and a leash around his neck. I see him being taken for walks, trotting meekly alongside his master. The look he gives me is one of recognition. A small wag of the tail tells me that he remembers the milk and bread we fed him outside our gate.
this desire
to be a blade of grass
dancing in the rain
yet I stand tall and grim
dripping like the evergreen
- Members of a religious order who forsake worldly possessions and rely on alms to survive.
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Tanka Society of America (3)
Grateful dear Susan Burch for sharing my published tanka on the Facebook Page of Tanka Society of Tanka Society of America.
7 tanka in 7 days: Day 3
Grateful to Susan Constable, Tanka Editor, Cattails for giving it life.
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amber i pause
Triveni Haikai’s maiden Anthology—“amber I pause” published by Hawakal was officially launched at the Haiku Utsav in Pune.
Grateful to dear Kala Ramesh, Lakshmi Iyer, & Teji Sethi, Editors, for a fantastic Triveni Volunteer Dhanyavaad anthology showcasing the work of 76 poets from seven countries—Australia, England, India, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the USA, and the Phillipines.
Honored to be in it with a published haiku & tanka. Congratulations to all featured poet friends.
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The Wise Owl Repertoire 2022
Thanks dear Rachna Singh, Principal Editor, Thewiseowl Emag for the beautifully curated “The Repertoire” a Poetry Yearbook 2022.
A collectors’ item, the anthology has the best selections from poems featured in the magazine during the year. Poetic musings about the ephemeral nature of beauty and life, stultifying relationships, deja vu moments, wonder and charm of day-to-day moments, all find place in this fabulous repertoire.
Congratulations dear Rachna on completing the first year of the magazine and congratulations to all 65 featured poets. Honored to be one of them.
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Frameless Sky
Honored to have my tanka art featured in the beautiful Frameless Sky, Issue 17. Always an honor to be among this lovely collection of poets.
This photo was clicked on our cruise at Ha Long Bay in Vietnam. 💕