Paradise Magazine, Tokyo, Japan, 2023

 silver thaw—

the lingering song

of a blackbird

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childhood diary

putting more logs

on the fire

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pink dahlia—

the many folds

of mother's love

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meadow meditation

perches on my forehead

the ladybug

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thinking

out of the box

a dragonfly

Paradise, Tokyo, Japan The multi-lingual Japanese magazine Vol. 2, No. 6, February - March 2023.

Thanks to the editors, Stoianka Boianova & Minko Tanev.

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PLUM TREE TAVERN, 2023

April morning chill
a bamboo partridge’s call
rippling the stream

MARCH 26, 2023

late winter afternoon
slipping into the dust haze
a junglefowl’s crow

MARCH 15, 2023

Plum Tree Tavern, March 2023

EUROPEAN KUKAI 2023

cracks deepen
in granny’s glasses…
curdled sky

(0-0-3) = 3 pts

European Kukai, 2023

http://europeankukai.blogspot.com/2023/03/results-of-european-kukai-2023-525-last.html

The Japan Society, 2023

midsummer wind—
orchestrating all night
the crickets’ songs

The Japan Society Haiku Corner, 2023 Week 11 selected as Haiku of the Week

https://www.japansociety.org.uk/haiku-corner

Arges magazine, 2023

New/Unpublished

the obituary
of a maple leaf
still dewdrops

breath cloud
of the young ibex…
Himalayan moon

putting more logs
on the fire
deep winter solitude

the young raven's caw
echoes
midsummer rain

spring rain…
the steady notes
of a baby crib’s bells


Published


kintsugi –
the broken leaf fills
with sunlight

July 2022 issue 67 of Stardust


campsite clothesline
a teen girl connects
the holes in her dupatta

Prune Juice, Issue 38

hollow tree trunk
attuning to the sound
of emptiness

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Volume 6:1, Autumn/Winter 2022-23

hoarfrost
on the hospice window
mom’s handprints

First Frost, Fall issue 04


deserted family home
trapped in the cobweb
childhood demons

Published in Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, 31st October, 2022

March issue of Arges magazine 2023

https://centrul-cultural-pitesti.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Arges-03-23-rgb.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0obKH2Wpt8sA_2pqT5hFhCAQjAHyPtW8aX-IWJYlr3M9kmsFUnmQVS53c

Daily Haiga, 2023

 

revealing

her silent prayer…

light rain

Hifsa Ashraf & Marianne Heredge

Daily Haiga, April 21, 2023

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back home late…

following the echoes
of birdsong

Hifsa Ashraf & Marianne Heredge

Daily Haiga, April 21, 2023

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autumn solitude

from window to window

silence deepens

Hifsa Ashraf & Marianne Heredge

Daily Haiga, March 13, 2023

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, 2023

Chicxulub impact
space between us
opening up (rct)

the Pandora's box
of here and now (ha)

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slowly shifting
the last bit of weight
asteroid belt (rct)

blinking stars
around the irises (ha)

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nothing for free
vending machine
tryst (rct)

recoiling
my late night yawn (ha)

Hifsa Ashraf & Richard Thomas

Heliosparrow, 30th April, 2023

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absolute dream
wrapping the midnight
a raven’s shadow

silver cold
the strings of rain
knitting silence

dopamine dip
under the bridge
mating darkness

silver thaw
the wind carves
its last breath

whispers
from the cowrie shells
bare truth

absolute threshold
my voice becomes
a wishbone


Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, March 13, 2023

VSANA, 2023

forced migration 

the rough edges 

of a new moon 

Also included in Poetic Lithic Expressions 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFBtSjvOY1o

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dinghy on shore 

the mother cradles 

her hungry child

https://www.vsana.org/ppp-17-december-1--23

"Coming and Going" - December issue of VSANA on a boast-shaped stone from the Tama River in Japan.

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acid rain 

the twists and turns 

of my hardship

 

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frozen waterfall 

layers upon layers

of white lies 

VSANA's (viewing stone association of North America) November issue 2023 on stone of the month 'Twister'.

https://www.vsana.org/ppp-16-november-1--23

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dirge— 

dripping from the pine 

icicles  

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tree gum thickening the plot of existence

VSANA's (viewing stone association of North America) September issue 2023 on stone of the month 'Japanese Copper' .

https://www.vsana.org/ppp-15-october--23

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teenage migration 

a rainbow scatters 

across the sky 

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nebula— 

the enigma of life 

in one go

VSANA's (viewing stone association of North America) August issue 2023 on stone of the month 'feelings

Also on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flVI5QsVfks

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post storm wind
the river whispers
its old song

long forgotten dream
on the river bed
our footprints


March issue based on on the black Vietnamese stone “Dai Binh.”

https://www.vsana.org/ppp-10-mar-23

Horror Senryu Journal, 2023

late night drive
the bride of Karsaz
crossing my path

blue moonlight
overstepping my shadow
the pichal peri

Horror Senryu Journal, August 07, 2023

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lunar umbra
creeping under my skin
muted demons

midnight spell—
the lightning strikes
her brain fog

Horror Senryu Journal, April 07, 2023 on Instagram @horrorsenryu.

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death sentence
a streak of blood
on the fox incisor

midnight call—
a bat unwraps
the chrysalis


Horror Senryu Journal, March 10, 2023 on Instagram @horrorsenryu.

tsuri-dōrō, 2023

cocooned
in family rituals
her free will

nostalgia
the walnut door bangs
back and forth

tiger lily
life after
#metoo

late-night train
the mother’s lullaby
for everyone

forced marriage …
her wedding dress wrapped
in the old newspaper

Selected as a Featured Poet with these five haiku.

Published in Issue #18 – Nov/Dec 2023, tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryū

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snowflakes 

in her cupped hands 

war memory --- self-healing 

burning to the end 

a sandal incense
Published in Issue #18 – Nov/Dec 2023, tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryū

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custody battle 

stuck in the fence 

an apple core 

** 

sky’s edge my blues get bluer 

Published in tsuri-dōrō Issue #17 – Sept/Oct 2023

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#feminism
a flock of sparrows stir
the fata morgana

hitting hard
his last words…
cloudburst

lake at dusk
the oars push back
its silence

tsuri-dōrō, Issue #14 – March/April 2023

Creatrix, 2023

mom’s memory
in the kitchen garden
wild roses

Creatrix, 60

ESUJ-H: English Haiku, 2023

meadow trail...

an earthworm unfolds 

the smell of rain

March Issue of ESUJ-H: English Haiku.

https://www.esuj.gr.jp/event/5_index_detail.php?fbclid=IwAR3nh-L6IAfvIaDctQCY6UjpULkrVJ9TYSLAoYAoKC66w2Koqlva482-kBg

failed haiku, 2023

 

haiga with Shahid Mehmood

failed haiku, Vol 8, Issue 93

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haiga with Oscar Luparia 

failed haiku, Vol 8, Issue 88

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haiga with Oscar Luparia 

failed haiku, Vol 8, Issue 87