Frogpond, 2024

atonement—
the shades of green
in an autumn leaf

moving day—
the crunch of leaves
under my feet

Published in Frogpond 47:3, Autumn 2024

The Haiku Foundation's TikTok channel - Drops 2024

Featured poet on The Haiku Foundation's TikTok channel Drops by Pippa. 

tiktok.com/t/ZP8NhawKw/

Featured poems

patriarchal shadow overstepping my double helix

housebound

finding my place

in the milky way

solar eclipse...

he blames me

for the stillbirth

irregular life patterns her fading henna tattoo

late winter afternoon

slipping into the dust haze

a junglefowl's crow

meadow trail...

an earthworm unfolds

the smell of rain

two moons

slowing down

the night train

peacock flower--

I still am a mother

of the unborn child

silent retreat

a part of me 

growing older 

monsoon rain

turning off 

my social self

sufi meditation

sitting next to 

who I am  

parched land— 

the barn sparrow hops 

from patch to patch

Chrysanthemum, 2024

 

wild berries

adding more notes

to the birdsong

Waldfrüchte

fügen weitere Noten

dem Vogellied hinzu

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old raven’s caw

the wind carries

its weight

das Gekrächze eines alten Raben

sein Gewicht

trägt der Wind

http://www.chrysanthemum-haiku.net/en/current-issue.html

Little Marvels - Poetry Pea Anthology 2024

monsoon wind the cracking of mom’s bones


Little Marvels, First Poetry Pea Anthology 2024

Little Marvels is available for purchase on Amazon.


https://www.amazon.com/Little-Marvels-Anthology-Patricia-McGuire/dp/B0DLL8VQKS/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.utSedteqDx9Ns-_RCmam7CkT2lYadM5Zda89E-PioXD4ZX997aLir4K7I0mkyBibc0FtiOdpl8qZnqlbBqhIRxqv49QJ-V2wqWkN4Na0bYC86K13hntrsz4vEY2D0m09L9VCLom0rf8l0EqKOcExyfRKQ2ApPamkcqzawIsi6z67DrgU9JlhOH1aArXGmtHrK9jOqHSiihQK4T1f3zW_hCMDrE2hg4PhbqdJRzb86lc.I59rSGJXR61teyOD_INESRwhYZuU2ef-raK_lY7Y9w8&dib_tag=se&qid=1731052247&refinements=p_27%3APatricia+McGuire&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Patricia+McGuire

Cattails, 2024

frosty trough—
the stars disappear
without names

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village well (EC)
the bucket full
of gossip

Editor’s Choices (EC) – Senryu

village well the bucket full of gossip Hifsa Ashraf, Pakistan There is a universality to Hifsa Ashraf’s poem. We all need water. So, we all need to consider a water supply. For many families, the convenience of piped water means they can access it simply by turning on a tap. For many others, life is not so convenient. In this piece, we are given the image of a village well. Although everyone is apparently there for the water, it is also a great meeting point (reminiscent of the water cooler in pre-COVID offices). I have been fortunate enough to see the community spirit around village wells in Asia. While I didn’t have a good handle on the language, it was clear there was plenty to talk about. Some conversations generated shouts and laughs, while others were conducted sotto voce. I’ve spoken to people who remember using a well in Europe. It seems to me that it wasn’t very long ago, in the grand scheme of things, when there were few alternatives to drawing water from your local well. For some, the role of the village well as a social hub is over, for others, that tradition continues.

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deep
in the lassi froth
family secrets


Cattails, October 2024 issue 

http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattails242.pdf

Creation : WoTS Haiku Contest 2024

 Honoured to be included in WOTS Haiku Contest 2024 by Creation! It is a commemorative anthology of selected haiku from the Word on the Street's first haiku contest.

cascading waterfall
on a loop
the hymn to God

Thanks to the editor, Susan Furst and the judge Christine L. Villa for the honour!

https://www.amazon.com/Creation-WoTS-Haiku-Contest-2024-ebook/dp/B0DJSR9R65?ref_=ast_author_mpb

 

first frost, 2024

 
old grief—
the heaviness
of snowflakes

first frost, issue 08


Out of 700 poems submitted for a journal, only 44 poems are published. Honoured to be one of them.

https://www.firstfrostpoetry.com/subscribe-order

Akitsu Quarterly, 2024

summer meadow

all those colours
that define me


mountain mist
revising
an old ghazal


Published in Akitsu Quarterly, Fall / Winter 2024 issue

Modern Haiku, 2024

late summer dusk 

mom’s tangled hair
in the comb

Published in Modern Haiku, Issue 55:3

Poetry Pea, 2024

unity in diversity
the many colors
of sky


featured poem of Poetry Pea video prompt, on podcast, S7E31, 31st July
also in Poetry Pea Journal, 4:24

S7E31 Poetry Across the Water New York to Dublin

https://youtu.be/xQ6BjpiTEdI?si=p9krC34shaUFycFe

drifting-sands-haibun, 2024

Going With the Flow 

The river wind slows me down halfway through. I am trying not to resist whatever comes to my head; random thoughts, vivid memories, humming sounds, and musty smells. I want to clear my mind before I get back home, no matter how long it takes. I let my brown hair sway in the air and even stroke my face with its split ends. I am aware of my surroundings and myself as well. It’s a bit hard but relaxing to go beyond my comfort zone. But, it’s worth it to experience the “here and now,” grasp the moments that are unique and unusual in many ways. 

selflessness
in the blue sky
a drifting cloud

drifting-sands-haibun, Issue 28, July 2024 

https://drifting-sands-haibun.org/

Freshout mag, 2024

haiga with Oscar Luparia

Freshout Mag, December 11, 2024

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riverside walk the moon and I parting ways 

Freshout Mag, September 09, 2024

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war or no war blowing dandelions

Freshout Mag, August 06, 2024

Dwarf Stars Anthology 2024

Glad to have received my contributor's copy of 2024 Dwarf Stars Anthology from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA). Thanks to the editor, Brittany Hause!

blue moonlight
overstepping my shadow
the pichal peri

Pub. info.: Hifsa Ashraf, Horror Senryu Journal (7 Aug. 2023)

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long forgotten dream
on the river bed
our footprints


Pub. info.: Hifsa Ashraf, Viewing Stone Association of North America (Mar. 2023)

www.sfpoetry.com/dwarfstars.html

THF Monthly Kukai, 2024

mossy headstone
the anonymity
of a war veteran

Honourable Mention in THF Monthly Kukai - July 2024

Presence, 2024

temporary ceasefire
the constant hiss
of conspiracies

July issue #79 of Presence

Horror Senryu Journal, 2024

creaky floor
the ghost in my mind
yawns


Horror Senryu Journal, Friday, July 12, 2024

AHS Summer Solstice Haiga Kukai 2023 Seasonal

daydreaming…

wave after wave
sinking my blues

Highly Commended 
AHS Summer Solstice Haiga Kukai 2023 Seasonal, January 16 2024

https://australianhaikusociety.org/2024/01/16/results-of-the-ahs-2023-summer-solstice-haiga-kukai-seasonal/

tinywords, 2024

bridal mannequin
the price tag
around its neck

tinywords, ISSUE 23.2 | 22 JANUARY 2024

tsuri-dōrō, 2024

setting sun
in the food pot
war ashes


Gaza heatwave—
in the camp’s garden
drooping roses

tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryū
Featuring Issue #22 July/August 2024

dadakuku, 2024

coinstocryptosisnowaking

Dadakuku Journal, October 21, 2024

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kleptomania clouds after clouds missing vowels
Dadakuku Journal, May 25, 2024


https://dadakuku.com/2024/05/25/4910/

failed haiku, 2024

self-healing

The yellow and brown leaves of chinar settle in on the windowsill like a jigsaw puzzle that needs to be solved. They are dead, useless, and soundless until the autumn breeze tickles them to fall on the ground, get mixed with soil, and nourish the tree they were once  part of. I am trying to solve the jigsaw puzzle of my life where certain regrets fall on the windowsill of my conscious mind, and I am waiting for the wind of understanding to tickle them, make them fall, so that they can mix with the soil of peace, and nourish my soul. 

evening sunlight 

in my wet eyes 

no more excuses 

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Failed Haiku, Vol. 9, issue 104

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kitchen window
mom’s fingerprints
now mine

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underground train
the screech
of my silence

and a collaborative haiga with Oscar Luparia

failed haiku A Journal of English Senryu Volume 9, Issue 100

ESUJ-H, 2024

late night breeze
rippling the stars
in a trough

ESUJ-H, July 2024

Asahi Haiku Network, 2024

midsummer sky the face of my blues

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray

June 21, 2024

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candlelight vigil

flicker in the eyes
blue flames


blue lagoon reshaping my daydreams

ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray
May 31, 2024 and republished in July 19 2024

THF Haiku Dialogue, 2024

vortex of water
through the tree canopy
third eye

Haiku Dialogue, Surrealistic Art – “Landscape” Oct 02, 2024

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sacred mountain 

each thought becomes

a hymn

Haiku Dialogue - on the top (mountains), August 07, 2024

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long summer drought
the jigsaw puzzle
of a farmer’s life

An extremely poignant take on the prompt. How the farmers live in the fear of Nature’s wrath. The cracks on the earth spell doom for them and the image of ‘the jigsaw puzzle’ sits so appropriately. It is hard to put the pieces of life together if one has to suffer a long drought. The poem stood out for the visual of the puzzle that is so close to the face of the earth in the case of a severe drought.

HAIKU DIALOGUE – Rain ! Rain ? – Drought – commentary 22nd May 2024

https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue-rain-rain-drought-commentary/

Setu / सेतु 2024

oil spill—
the fading patterns
of a turtle carapace


Masters of Educating & Agitating: Politiku & Dissenryu as Pamphleteering
Setu Bilingual Journal’s Masters Series Part VI guest edited by Jerome Berglund

Setu/सेतु  ISSN 2475-1359, Bilingual monthly journal published from Pittsburgh, USA 

https://www.setumag.com/2024/02/guest-editors-note-setu-special-2.html?m=1

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, 2024

 

synaptic delays
walking through
the end of time

latent dream
creeping under my skin
night smoke

beyond emptiness
the blood molecules
fall apart

migratory birds
intercepting
my random thoughts

cold snap
the screams curl
into blues

clumsy rhetoric
the white noise
of ravens

whispering
beneath the concrete debris
black moths

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, May 19, 2024 (about Gaza)

Wales Haiku Journal, 2024

Wales Haiku Journal Issue Autumn 2024

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wood smoke

a part of forest follows

me back home

Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2024

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east wind—
unfolding the memory
of his departure

Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2024

FemkuMag, 2024

autumn leaves rustle her broken glass bangles

waterfall mist her veil hanging on the wall

femkumag issue 36, Summer 2024

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midnight rain…
she whispers her dreams
to her daughter

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midlife crisis—
mopping my reflection
from the floor

femkumag issue 35, Spring 2024

The 2024 Heliosparrow Haiku Frontier Awards

absolute dream
wrapping the midnight
a raven’s shadow

(Hifsa Ashraf, 13 Mar)

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whispers from
the cowrie shells
bare truth

(Hifsa Ashraf, 13 Mar)

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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

The Pan Haiku Review, 2024

River Thames

I take a long walk around, as a stranger
who befriends its sight, sound, and depth

gusts of wind sway my chocolate brown hair,
which plays the melody unknown

what language does it really speak,
through the chaos of this ongoing fast pace

it boasts of the anchor of history

what else connects it, and us with souls
yet to arrive, or leave

The Pan Haiku Review Summer issue 3 (August 2024)


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damselfly wings in my palm river delta (upublished)

----- summer dawn grandma shakes the pickle jar -Hifsa Ashraf previously published in haikuNetra,issue 1.1, 2023

published in the Pan Haiku Review, issue 2.

https://www.callofthepage.org/the-pan-haiku-review/

VSANA, 2024

late night solitude

reshaping the craters

of half moon 

moonless night

the empty lap 

of a sea rock 

“The Thinker” was found on a rocky beach on the Southeast Coast of Puerto Rico, near Maunabo, about 10 years ago. The area is rich in basalt with a natural patina from the constant surf. The stone could have several interpretations. It strongly evokes an image of Auguste Rodin’s celebrated statue in Paris. This stone is 8.9 cm wide, 17.8 cm high, and 8.1 cm deep, including the base, and is in the collection of Jorge Mendizabal. Photo by Hugo Lopez.

https://www.vsana.org/ppp-24-may-1--24

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deep forest
the lingering echoes
of my childhood

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

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climate change—
the emerald tide deepens
sound of the sea

my #haiku base on viewing the mountain-shaped piece of malachite from the Congo in Africa. It was given the poetic name “Verdant Hills.” January issue 2024

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