Friday, May 19, 2023

Trash Panda, 2023

chainsaw cutting through the deep bones

Trash Panda, Vol. 6 winter 2022-23



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hurricane beating the bushes around narratives

after flood the river and I sharing the bed

the movement of tectonic plates stacking up more paperwork


Trash Panda, Vol. 4 winter 2022-23

https://www.trashpandahaiku.org/issues


Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Lothlorien Poetry Journal, 2023

photosynthesis
resetting  
my aura 

progress update
overshared 


Hifsa Ashraf & R.C. Thomas

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brain fog
gliding through the mist
a robotic goose

a bird in the hand
out of memory 


Hifsa Ashraf & R.C. Thomas


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my undecillion lives
so often I come
to nought 

countless
false alarms 


R.C. Thomas & Hifsa Ashraf

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caching nightmares
what's left of now
kept for later 

catalyzing
phosphenes


R.C. Thomas & Hifsa Ashraf

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Sagittarius A
adopting
a new identity 

the treadmill
to nowhere 


Hifsa Ashraf & R.C. Thomas

Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Saturday, 12 August 2023 


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Images: Oscar Luparia
Poems: Hifsa Ashraf

Lothlorien Poetry Journal, 2023 published by strider marcus jones at May 13, 2023

https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2023/05/five-haiga-poems-by-hifsa-ashraf-in.html

Monday, May 8, 2023

Kingfisher, 2023


mimosa blossoms the mother in me 

Published in Kingfisher # 07



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two moons
slowing down 
the night train


father’s will 
all night long 
a cricket’s chirp


late night confession 
through my throat
the sound of rain

Published in Kingfisher # 07



Wednesday, May 3, 2023

The Pan Haiku Review, 2023


snowflakes on the wire ellipsis of crows

dandelion wind hatching new dreams


Inaugural issue # 01, The Pan Haiku Review, 2023
1-line & 2-line haiku





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 
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









Saturday, April 29, 2023

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


Thursday, April 20, 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/