wheat ears

wheat ears--
the sunlight braided 

by the wind

(Haiku : Sanjuktaa Asopa , Art: Ron Moss)

My poem in the September issue of A Hundred Gourds that has been Sumi-e painted by Ron Moss.
Thank you, Ron Moss!

From A Hundred Gourds

A sparrow, a dandelion and the mist...from last year's A Hundred Gourds, issue 2.4.

sipping stale coffee the same sparrow as yesterday

even before i could wish you were gone dandelion

loneliness-

each peak wrapped

in its own mist

 Santoka says:

if I sell my rags
and buy some sake
will there still be loneliness... 

Santoka

starry night, open window and black water

It's already mid-November and I've again missed quite a few submission deadlines of journals where i had intended to submit; but on the plus side, still one and a half month to go in this year and more importantly Diwali is behind me! I always feel relieved and upbeat when Diwali is over...don't know why.Duties done, chores completed and respects paid, I feel a whole lot lighter, like, now i am free to do my own thing, to go back to my own world. Not that there was too much to do this year...the reasons being my own illness and the passing away of a close relative. Yet the aftermath of Diwali is always NICE! The weather seems sweeter, I am feeling much better and who knows maybe soon, very soon, I'd be able to write some poetry!

Meanwhile,to go over a few recent publications, these three haiku (by me) were published in A Hundred Gourds 1:4, September 2012 issue.

 
 starry night tripping over the banyan roots

opening the window 

to a moth and what's left

of the moon

black water pond

how deep

the crow's eyes

all that's been happening

Christine Villa's 2nd HMPC (Haiku My Photo Challenge) results were out this week and to my delight, I found myself among the winners once again, along with Rick Daddario (1st place) and Kirsten Kliff (3rd place). This was especially gratifying as till the last moment, i was not sure i could participate at all and also because this was done in the format of a kukai contest, that is, the winners were selected by the participants' votes. All credit goes to Chrissi, of course, for holding such contests successfully time and again. Huge thanks to you, Chrissi!

Here is my 2nd place winning haiku .

lilac dusk~
a song we are yet
to sing

Yon can read all the winning entries and everything else about this contest here on Christine Villa's blog, Blossom rain.


The Heron's Nest September issue and A Hundred Gourds issue 1.4 are out too with great stuff as always and I am happy to be a part of them with one poem in THN and three in AHG.

On Mann library daily haiku, the featured poet this month is Yu Chang and he is absolutely unmissable!So in case you've forgotten to take a peek in there lately, do so today!

Finally i am sure many of you are already participating in Rick Daddario's 30 days of haiga bash... (i wish i could, too), if not you could find out all about it here.

Last but not the least, Aubrie Cox is having another lovely doodle prompt contest on the theme of the sea and/or thieves on her blog Yay Words, the last date for which is today. Another fun contest i absolutely hated to miss. But I hope you haven't!

A hundred gourds and the hare

The second issue of A hundred Gourds is out and I am glad to be part of it in a small way with this poem:

doomed
to sleepless nights--
the hare on the moon

I usually feel very shy to self-advertise in any way, but AHG editor Lorin Ford said something about this poem which i felt i had to share with all of you. She says, " A bit of mystery and yet wonderful lightness at the same time. Basho would be proud, I think."
That's very sweet of her...but wow! this made my day!!

You can read the whole issue of AHG here