Wales Haiku Journal, 2026

dusk at the shrine

the fakir's locks

catch the last light

Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn 2026

https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/_files/ugd/f225a3_903ff875d1b849b9b87b302f25920de5.pdf

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worn-out shoes

a street cobbler mends
my journey


summer wind
dad’s voice through
the venturi mask

Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2026

https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/_files/ugd/f225a3_63179fcc1d62438bb8c8a049b033b258.pdf

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spring cleaning— 

faded in the chest pocket 

a friend’ s obituary

distant siren— 

the sudden splash 

of a flying fish

Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2026

https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/_files/ugd/f225a3_fd0c0bfd079d47d5bbe47a6d88138166.pdf

Also the review of Beyond Emptiness by Neena Singh. 

Wales Haiku Journal, 2025

dangling leaf 

curls around itself  

autumn moon  

Wales haiku journal , Autumn '25 edition

https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025

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mid-summer noon
a flying hawk stirs
the heat mirage


thawing stream
the rippling shadows
of rock pebbles


open discussion
in the family garden
overgrown thistles


blossom wind—
a teen boy follows
the butterfly trail


midsummer sale
the bruised petals
of pink peonies

Wales haiku journal , Spring / Summer '25 edition

https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025

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war debris—
the cold wind rocks
an empty cradle 

Wales haiku journal , winter 2024/25

https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2024

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

Wales Haiku Journal, 2023

dark energy 

still wandering 

the Milky Way

my hooded cloak

worn thin

Hifsa Ashraf and R.C. Thomas

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The Wales Haiku Journal, Summer Edition 2023

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deep winter dawn the lingering notes of hu mantra

New Year Eve—
turning some thoughts
into the migratory birds

meadow wind—
this urge of becoming
a butterfly

Wales Haiku Journal, Winter 2022-23

Wales Haiku Journal - Guest Articles

Guest Articles Section 

The Key Aspects of Life in Haiku 

Hifsa Ashraf, Author, and Touchstone Award winner, delves into Goran Gatalica's new release, Night Jasmine.

Link to the article 

https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/post/nightjasmine?fbclid=IwAR1UDSRkTnfkAyovotRQvoDPpqP-Zp5x72gLLRvDvpeIyD7XTSWIpaswwuI

Wales Haiku Journal, 2022

sunlit dewdrops
on the grassy field
child’s first poem

overripe oranges
the most of
this grief

floodwater
the least we know
about a river

lake’s mist
unfolding my story
the rorschach test

the low flight
of a white heron
receding waves

Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn Edition 2022

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dry leaf…

the argument

that loses its worth

Wales Haiku Journal, Summer Edition 2022

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long winter night

the moon walks me

to the edge of a dream

Wales Haiku Journal, Spring issue 2022

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family haveli
a spiral cobweb mends
the broken window

Wales Haiku Journal, 2021-22

Wales Haiku Journal, 2021

summer drizzle 

the steady cawing 

of a house rooster

Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn 2021 issue

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neon lit pond 

how shallow 

its silence

Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2021 issue

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Black Wings 

wind through rafters

the pressing burden

of a secret

JH

 

written on the wall

the pain of love

HA

 

storm light

buffing the cloud base 

nail marks in her palms

JH

 

blurred trails intertwine

with self-imposed isolation

HA

 

north wind

lines of black stubble

over fields of rape

JH

 

crows circle around

deep snow furrows

HA

 

hardening frost

wings of dread 

from her shoulders

JH

 

white ashes of longing

dissipate in reckless night

HA

 

stone road

runnels of dirt water

gutter with rumour

JH

 

early autumn leaves

stuffed in the sinkhole

HA

 

time’s drift

the long walk home

tightens its spiral

JH

 

shrouds of dust

in the land of infidelity

HA

 

hunkering down

night unfurls black folds

of understanding

JH

 

shedding my illusions

I make peace with shadows

HA

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Hifsa Ashraf & John Hawkhead 

Wales Haiku Journal, winter issue, 2021

Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2019

blackout — 

acrid smoke curls 

around the moon


Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2019