Haiku in Action 2023, Nick Virgilio Haiku Association

queue for food—

the growling stomachs

break the silence

Haiku In Action 

June 14th - June 18th 2023

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spring solitude

befriending

the garden pansies

Haiku In Action 

April 19th -April 23rd 2023

World Haiku Review, 2023

war ashes

scattered in the air… 

starling murmuration


WHR Spring, 2023 Vanguard Haiku, Zatsuei, Haiku of Merit)

https://worldhaikureview.wordpress.com/2023/04/20/vanguard-haiku-2/

Chrysanthemum, 2023

slow jazz 

deepening 

the night fog

langsamer Jazz 

vertieft 

den Nachtnebel

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subway mirage 

I hold back 

my reasons

U-Bahntrugbild 

ich halte sie zurück 

meine Gründe

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overtime alone 

stirring my tea 

anticlockwise 

Hifsa Ashraf 

Überstunden allein 

meinen Tee rührend 

gegen den Uhrzeigersinn 

Bild/Image: Shahid Mehmood

Chrysanthemum Issue #31

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war’s end —
the long screech
of a mountain eagle

Kriegsende —
der gedehnte Schrei
eines Bergadlers

Chrysanthemum Issue #30

haikuniverse, 2023

lingering moonlight

on the kitchen window
mom’s shadow

haikuniverse, April 14, 2023

Raining Rengay, 2023

 The Sacred Path 

temple fountain

all the different metals

in dragonflies

red finches

swirl around the pagoda

small clouds

dispersed into morning

a forgotten dream 

soft wind 

unfolding apple blossoms

on the robe

ripples in the sky

becoming winter

om mantra 

a monk by katsura river

facing the sun

John Hawkhead & Hifsa Ashraf

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Reunion 

nighttime ripples

on the pond

a fractured moon

the breeze plays

an unfinished symphony 

crystals of light

enlarging

the space around us

moon shadow

a moth forgets 

its margins

we drift

with silent violins

   

hazy window 

overlapping 

our silhouettes

David Watts & Hifsa Ashraf 

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Morning Star

early dawn 

in the garden fountain 

a sparkling star 

        beady eyes

        in the holes 

bedroom windowsill 

two squirrels share  

the fresh nuts 

        owls

        in a tangle

        covid moon 

a big splash 

in the birdbath 

         hissing

        in the dark 

        baby snake 

Hifsa Ashraf & Zoe Grant 

Inaugural issue one of Raining Rengay edited by Sherry Grant

https://rainingrengay.wordpress.com/current-issue/

Seashores, 2023

monsoon in Rawalpindi
meandering through the alley
colorful paper boats

Seashores, issue 10

Presence, 2023

muffled croaks 

from the forest pond 

midsummer rain

Presence, issue 76

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night jasmine...
the scent of mom
that never lasts

Presence, issue 75

Akitsu Quarterly, 2023

summer solstice –
the high pitched call
of a young magpie

passing through
an unknown grief
deep forest rain

Akitsu Quarterly SPRING/SUMMER 2023

Bones, 2023

channeling
the same thoughts
lobotomy TV

white noise
cuts my receptors

R.C. Thomas & Hifsa Ashraf




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sinking in the monochrome rain

Bones, Issue 25/April 2023

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