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. 

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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.


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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