First Frost, 2021

lavender tea
before and after
the first snow

чай из лаванды
до и после
первый снег

(Russian Translation) 

First Frost, Issue# 02, Fall 2021
Only 44 #haiku got selected out of 1600 submissions.

Haikuniverse, 2021

marital adjustment—
the tides of her knuckles
in the flour


Haikuniverse November 11th, 2021

The Cicada's Cry, 2021

end of summer ...
a crow on the balcony
preens its shadow

The Cicada's Cry Autumn 2021 Edition

http://thecicadascry.blogspot.com/

NOON: journal of the short poem

water mirage

behind
the sand dune

reflecting
the self I own
after you disown me

Issue 20, November 2021
NOON: journal of the short poem

https://issuu.com/noonpress/docs/noon_20

Otoroshi Rengay Contest, 2021

Received Honourable Mentions for these two rengay

Night Echoes

moonlight —
nothing to choose between
water and blood

in mirror pieces
her kajal-lined eyes

wide open
blue
clouding over

pulling out
one more needle
from the voodoo doll

an empty chair
begins to rock

dead of night
on the doorway
webbed footprints

Alan Peat & Hifsa Ashraf 

also in Otoroshi Journal, Vol 1, Issue # 04 with commentary

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Blood Sacrifice

graveside manner
the shadow sorts body parts
for its creation

bones clicking
whispers of ghouls

a hiss of gas
twisting out
of the incision

chipped gravestone
the fork tongue licks
ancient words

sacred blade symbol
the sickle moon scar

eclipsed eyes
screen through ashes
the dead heart

John Hawkhead & Hifsa Ashraf 

also in Otoroshi Journal, Vol 1, Issue # 04 with commentary

https://743677d2-8c1c-418e-a00f-e6808aa7cc9d.filesusr.com/ugd/a59fed_d3d5811b0ab74355b55e12720f27f943.pdf

also in Otoroshi Journal, Vol 1, Issue # 04 with commentary