Ancestral Home
ancient wind—
dandelion seeds drift
across the family field
unfolding tales
of love and loss
courtyard fountain—
ripples overlapping
a childhood lullaby
from the balcony
renaming stars
after loved ones
chorus of crickets
echoes through the veranda
lingering dream—
room by room by room
our shadows fade
Inspired by a 125 years old haveli in Chishtian, Punjab, Pakistan— owned by Bhadera Family.
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The Sacred Path
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/
In the Park Wind
tautened robe
a child blows down
the statue’s leg
dust clouds
hide his face
lost sandals
in the fountain
her sunburnt feet
rippling
in the shallow water
small shadows
a beggar counts
what's left
gathering dusk
the distant coo
of pigeons
Richard Thomas
Hifsa
Ashraf
The Bamboo Hut, Issue 1, 2022
cusp of the years reshaping my shadow
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A Blissful Day
meadow breeze
mom sings to meHifsa Ashraf/Milan Rajkumar
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Failed Haiku, Volume 7, Issue 80
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A War Within
cigarette butts
in the ashtray
our last night's
arguments
all that’s left
war ravages
my dream home
smoldering
of your memories
before migration
the shooting star
lost into the smoke
Arvinder Kaur & Hifsa Ashraf
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Aftermath
chimney smoke
nostalgia
adding more logs
to the fireplace
the scent
long wait
at the window
silent stars
of burnt letters
immersion
the scribble of love
in her eyes
Arvinder Kaur & Hifsa Ashraf
failed haiku, Volume 7, Issue 79
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eggs on toast
another negative
maternity test
ground zero
resurfacing my desires
John Hawkhead & Hifsa Ashraf
coffee stains
on the table runner
family secrets
queueing for raindrops
at the foodbank
Hifsa Ashraf & John Hawkhead
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lumps
in the rice pudding
first snow
summer heat
adding more mint chutney
in chickpea salad
lingering on
my daydreams
noon chai
family reunion—
the aroma of biryani
softens the arguments
Failed Haiku, A Journal of English Senryu
Volume 7, Issue 78
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looping swallows
children enter the workbank
fully weaponized
crypto crash
the turbulence in a dark pool
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stale bread
everything in the doctrine
crumbles away
cliff birds shifting
in the axis of the wind
John Hawkhead/Hifsa Ashraf
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Late Summer Rain
after the drizzle
adjusting kohl
in the rear-view mirror
screechy tires
glimpses from the past
monsoon hums
a dead heroine’s song
long drive
empty horizon
the shades
of this grief
billowing clouds
a pillion rider’s open hair
subway mirage
slipping into
anonymity
Failed Haiku, Volume 7, Issue 77
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her thumbprints on the wedding contract dried violet
dry crayon box her forgotten dreams
dusk deepening her dimples filled with tears
rouged cheeks of a teen girl tangerine sky
her shadow on the aisle trodden rose petals
rag doll in the dump her self-image
her nose pin a winter star in the sky
twilight murmuration overshadowing her freewill
Failed Haiku, Volume 7, Issue 76
