O2 Haiku Literary Magazine’s inaugural anthology, 2026

peeling onions
layer after layer
this emptiness

Poets Corner - O2 Haiku Literary Mag, Sept 22, 2026

https://www.o2haiku.com/writers/spmtrm3ethammmt-9w4lk

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river pebbles
reshaping
my reflection


kintsugi—
pale moss fills the cracks
of the cemetery path

O2 Haiku Literary Magazine’s inaugural anthology, Into the Open Air, Volume 1, 2026

https://www.o2haiku.com/anthology

The Zen Space Anthology - Literary Showcase

Grateful to Marie Marshall and Jerome Berglund for including my haiku in The Zen Space Anthology - Literacy Showcase.

twilight breeze 

around the prayer mat 

rustling leaves

https://thezenspace.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/the-extraordinary-new-summer-2026-showcase-and-anthology-is-published/


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IOnVGCCNc2jQnLY05l8vGI-5muNM4DdK/view

2025 SAKURA Haiku Challenge Anthology

moonlit sakura blossoms

letting go of my thoughts

to get inner peace 

blossom wind— 

two teenage girls whirl  

around the sakura tree 

2025 SAKURA Haiku Challenge Anthology by Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto


https://www.toronto.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/11_000001_00845.html


https://www.toronto.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/files/100855006.pdf

Consulate General of Japan in Toronto - Canada, 2025

Featured in 2025 Sakura Haiku Challenge organized by Consulate General of Japan in Toronto (Canada).

 
https://web.facebook.com/share/p/195fnLrdJk/

https://www.toronto.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/

https://web.facebook.com/CGJapanTO

the cherita, 2025

lily buds

after mom’s
departure
falling apart


Gembun anthology 18

sunsets never last (gembun anthologies) Paperback – March 25, 2025


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F2HM89B9?ie=UTF8&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=6738&tag=wwwailicouk-21&creativeASIN=B0F2HM89B9&SubscriptionId=

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solitude walk

uplifting
a cricket’s chirp
in the moonlit pond

Gembun anthology, 17


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pre-dawn sky

the stillness
of my cupped hands
for dua

Gembun anthology, 17

just before dark (gembun anthologies Book 17) Kindle Edition
by ai li (Author) ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DV4P4XZM
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 25, 2025




https://www.amazon.com/just-before-dark-gembun-anthologies-ebook/dp/B0DV4P4XZM

tsuri-dōrō, 2025

Remembrance Day — 

the poppy petals fall 

from a veteran’s diary 

tsuri-dōrō issue #30 – Nov/Dec 2025

https://tsuridoro.org/issue-30-nov-dec-2025

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Sufi hymn —
dripping from the roof
raindrops

deep winter —
the missing arm
of Orion the Hunter

tsuri-dōrō issue #28 – July/August 2025

https://tsuridoro.org/issue-28-july-august-2025 

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winter ends —
a tapestry of stars
in the village pond

tsuri-dōrō Issue #26 – March/April 2025

https://tsuridoro.org/issue-26-march-april-2025

Also included in the anthology Turf Cottage, edited by Tony Pupello and published by tsuri‑dōrō Press.

https://tsuridoro.org/tsuri-doro-press

Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/turf-cottage-Haiku-Senry%C5%AB-tsurid%C5%8Dr%C5%8D/dp/B0GT1X52FG/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GxRGHEFnlKI0iesCp-IjGoEfmt9Yhlq_gMmKkeh7sw4.fKGqecVdU51eIGW18Aha_qrzn_gDjsv-Ve1NVHBI1HE&dib_tag=se&qid=1775482287&refinements=p_27%3ATony+Pupello&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Tony+Pupello

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

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

 

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

All Ears Anthology 2023

rabbit tracks
across the family garden
winter deepens

-Hifsa Ashraf

All Ears - An anthology on Rabbits

https://www.bicadeideias.com/product-page/all-ears-haiku-standard-post-portugal

You can pay/donate by clicking here https://paypal.me/corinebicadeideias

The chosen charity this year is House Rabbit Society in Richmond, California.

www.rabbitsinthehouse.org

autumn wind, book 8, 2023

 

storm brewing 

a hyperobject enters 

the group chat 

juggling with 

the emojis 

R. C. Thomas (UK) / Hifsa Ashraf (Pakistan)

James Webb 

where do you fall 

on life's spectrum 

landing converted 

in the rushes

Hifsa Ashraf (Pakistan) / R. C. Thomas (UK)

Tan-Renga / Tanka Chapbook Series Book 8, October 2023 ISSN 2833-7972 M. R. Defibaugh Haiku Poetry Chesterfield, VA  

https://ko-fi.com/mrdefibaugh

THF Volunteer Anthology, 2023

 

merging sky 

with the skyline 

kiln smoke 

previously Trash Panda Summer 2022

the high lonesome, The Haiku Foundation © 2023 

ISBN 9798859172665

https://thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/files/original/a79ae311bd43b42f6e22db568d9efa01.pdf

The Cherita, 2023

 

clouds without rain

where the red clay cracks

over our dreams

whistling the songs of emptiness

John Hawkhead & Hifsa Ashraf 

deepening night is, Gembun Anthology, 05

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lingering moonlight

in mom’s garden

white orchids

blossoms too know of transience

Hifsa Ashraf and Arvinder Kaur

Gembun Anthology, 05

a gem award has been awarded for this gembun 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BT743MVY?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tpbk_4&storeType=ebooks

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Book 7, the place where they come across the moon

Two collaborative tan-renga with John Hawkhead 

spilling over 

the neighbour's fence 

a tea rose 

one last glimpse 

before his goodbye

John Hawkhead (UK) / Hifsa Ashraf (Pakistan) 

autumn drizzle 

a red cicada thrums 

from an old can 

the old hobo steps out 

into his morning shower

Hifsa Ashraf (Pakistan) / John Hawkhead (UK) 

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https://ko-fi.com/s/7da567acb2?fbclid=IwAR1mlaLgnQ1cmQdm-QlIIv52YVYAoWP7KuNIFwLVwNWenPAgPl56YEaBcTM

A tan-renga and tanka book 7 "the place where they come across the moon" edited by M. R. Defibaugh

How the Wind Moves - An Anthology by Velvet Dusk Publishing 2023

Happy to be included in a diverse collection of split sequences 'How the Wind Moves' - a debut anthology by Velvet Dusk Publishing. 

Setting Free

Hifsa Ashraf (Pakistan)
Christine L. Villa (USA)


peruvian lily

no longer tracing
my name on his chest
unscented night

all those scars

getting deeper
into the moonlight
my heartache

I take for granted

lavender tea
after the last sip
I whisper goodbye

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Spring Rendezvous

Christine L. Villa (USA)
Hifsa Ashraf (Pakistan)


flower moon

his first touch
after so many years
spring drizzle

releasing the butterfly

soft kisses
two bodies breathing
in tandem

in her obi

sea waves
from her back curve
symphony of love

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Prelude

Hifsa Ashraf (Pakistan)
Christine L. Villa (USA)


late summer sky

the way you kiss
the mole on my shoulder
lilac afterglow

a part of me

serenades
through the balcony
blossom wind

still blue

day moon
how long will it be
this time

info: Sneak preview https://youtu.be/ImaMBvQv6oo 

Paperback https://tinyurl.com/2ry93sau 

Kindle https://tinyurl.com/46yezmu7

It's a collection of split sequences of Chrissi L. Villa with 46 poets. 

“It’s almost as if this new genre called the ‘split sequence’ reveals the white and negative spaces hiding between and behind each line of any haiku you have ever read. If you want to see for yourself how a small poem is but a gateway for worlds you could inhabit, dive into this book and don’t worry about ever resurfacing.”
—Alan Summers, founder of Call of the Page

“The first of its kind, How the Wind Moves features a diverse collection of split sequences by Christine L. Villa, co-authored with a well-rounded cast of writers from the haiku community. Interspersed throughout is gorgeous multi-layered collage work, created by Villa herself, which is a parallel medium that ties in with the sequences. One need not be familiar with the split sequence form or even haiku to appreciate this book. All lovers of poetry and art will enjoy this landmark collection that flows like the wind between universal subjects such as nature, love, loss, illness, healing, hope, and faith.”
—Robin Anna Smith, co-founder & co-editor of whiptail: journal of the single line poem

Windowless Room - An anthology of Suspect Device 2022

rubble ashes
swirling around
the unkindness of ravens

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detention center –
the flute’s low notes
deepen the silence

Suspect Device Zine, issue 8 & 9, 2022

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colonized…
the ivy twines
around an old oak

Suspect Device Zine, issue 2, 2020

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BM7G95PN?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860&fbclid=IwAR3ig0OdCORWlWDJyF2kJtW0UwPXMo_76X4wlSCMPf6qOlby1hKY4tkyJBA

The Haiku Foundation Volunteer Anthology, 2022

low tide—
a pelican scrabbles
the dusk hues


First Publication - Cattails, April 2022

Our Garden - The Haiku Foundation Volunteer Anthology, 2022

2022 Dwarf Stars Sci-fi Anthology

adding ellipses
to the darkest night
winter stars

Frogpond, issue 44:3 Autumn 2021

2022 Dwarf Stars Sci-fi Anthology, page 1

https://sfpoetry.com/ds/dsbios.html

Burnt Diary - An anthology by Moth Orchid Press, 2022

Delighted to see my haibun 'Homesick' in Burnt Diary anthology that is published by Moth Orchid Press on Lulu. 

Homesick 

 

It’s an endless conversation without any pause, without any delay, and without any excuses. My laughter, whisper, scream, cries are still the same, no matter how far away I am. I reveal to them my loneliness, regrets, longings, and dreams. I tell them how things have changed around me; the old jazz starts soothing the labyrinth of my ears, squirrels stop hopping after gathering nuts, rustling leaves learn to settle on ground, robin gets attuned to the morning wind, fog transcends into the morning light. I connect with them to the core. family photo… I squeeze myself between two generations

 

 

blue gardenia

overshadowing

my deepest pain

Burnt Diary

Memoir in Haibun and Tanka Prose

edited by Lori A Minor

"With sincerity, warmth, and humor, these 32 poets from around the world demonstrate the possibilities for exploring the personal with haibun and tanka prose. The diverse narratives in Burnt Diary each stand beautifully alone yet also sing together in many-part harmony of the shared emotional experiences of being human—the traumas and delights of childhood, love, family and parenthood, illness and loss—ultimately creating a resonant collective memoir that transcends the concept of anthology."

—Kristen Lindquist, author of It Always Comes Back, winner of the 2020 Snapshot Press e-Chapbook Award




ISBN: 978-1-4583-1920-3
Pages: 73
Size: US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)
Binding: Paperback


"Burnt Diary offers us a tour through the substance of what we are—the product of a journey. This is a diary of how we are built, how we learn through experience and grow through the changes in our lives. From the wonders of birth to the specter of death, it circumnavigates the cycle of life. Through the voices of these poets and the artful eye of the editor, we discover the shape of our own existence."

—Richard Grahn, founder of Drifting Sands Haibun

https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/lori-a-minor/burnt-diary/paperback/product-ge4yg4.html?page=1&pageSize=4


Ref: Lori's email

Against the Current - An anthology of Femkumag 2022

“low self esteem” #FemkuMag, Issue 6

“women’s day” #FemkuMag, Issue 10

“child bride” #FemkuMag, Issue 12

“gnarled roots” #FemkuMag, Issue 20

Against the Current Editor: Lori A Minor Cover Art: Lori A Minor First Published in 2022 by Moth Orchid Press Ohio, USA Copyright © 2022 by individual poets ISBN: 978-1-716-05527-0

Against the Current, edited by Lori A Minor, is a unique collection of over 150 Modern English Haiku and Senryu to celebrate the top thirty contributors of #FemkuMag, issues 1-30.

https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/lori-a-minor/against-the-current/paperback/product-k22p7k.html?page=1&pageSize=4