Published in cattails Oct 2026 issue

 

 

evening walk
a stray cat's eyes
follow us home

 

just when I thought
I had figured it out
a thunderstorm—
an uprooted eucalyptus tree
on the roadside

 

Thanks to the  haiku Editor: Geethanjali Rajan

And tanka Editor: Jenny Fraser 

Link- cattails 

Published in the Chrysanthemum, issue 37, Oct 2026

haibun 

Lining the sky

 
It's been years since I took a brush in my hand to paint. In my school days, I would
sketch, paint, draw, and was quite good at it. I wanted to write too, read a lot too,
get better at everything. And at some point, I think I did.

But now at the end of my twenties, I look back at the blind race I became part of
and still am part of.

Trying to keep the whimsy afloat, somehow I lost to the ways of the world.

sunflowers
a swarm of bees
buzz into my day

 

 

German translation : 

Den Himmel nachzeichnen

Es ist Jahre her, daß ich einen Pinsel in die Hand nahm um zu malen. Zu Schulzeiten
habe ich skizziert, gemalt und gezeichnet und war darin ziemlich gut. Ich wollte
auch schreiben, viel lesen und in allem besser werden. Und irgendwann, so glaube
ich, ist mir das auch gelungen.

Doch nun, am Ende meiner Zwanziger, blicke ich zurück auf das blinde Rennen, in
das ich hineingeraten bin und in dem ich mich noch immer befinde.

Beim Versuch, mir meine Fantasie am Leben zu erhalten, bin ich irgendwie den Ge-
pflogenheiten der Welt unterlegen.

Sonnenblumen
ein Bienenschwarm
schwirrt in meinen Tag hinein

Thanks to the editor, Beate Conrad

Link -  Chrysanthemum No. 37, October 2026

Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 17: Ink-ku October 2026, Romania

 

 

rain washed sky

a kingfisher settles

on the old antenna

 

cer spălat de ploaie

un pescărel albastru se așază

pe vechea antenă

 

Thanks to the editor, Steliana Cristina Voicu

Link- Enchanted Garden 

 

 

 

 

Published in ONLY HUMAN, Volume 01, Issue 02 2026

 

exam day morning
all my loud thoughts
wake the alarm

 

open cafe
a stray cat
nods back

 

Thanks to the editors, David Oates and AJ Wentz

Link- Only Human 

Published in the tsuri-dōrō, Issue #35 – Oct/Nov/Dec 2026

 

 

interview prep —
answering questions
the mirror asks 

 

Thanks to the Editor, Tony Pupello

Link- tsuri-dōrō 

tanka published in the folk ku journal, issue 7

 

long afternoon
the bamboo wind chime
softly moves
this heaviness
I cannot name 

 

Thanks to the editor, Jodie Hawthorne

Link for issue 7- King River Press 

O2 Haiku Literary Magazine Anthology Vol. I, Summer 2025 - Summer 2026

 

Into the Open Air 
O2 Haiku Literary Magazine  
Anthology Volume I

 I have two poems in this anthology.  

 

 bamboo wind chime softly moves the mid-day moon

 

scent of nutmeg
from the kitchen
mother's soft hum 

Link-  O2 Haiku Literary Magazine  

Thanks to the editors- Samantha Pardo Irigoyen and Kevin Irigoyen Penatello

Illustrations by Wiley Reid  

Tanka published in the Quail Eggs tanka journal, Issue 6 – September 2026

 

 

drawing closer
to the twilight sky
a flock of geese
how does it feel to know
exactly where to go?

 

Thanks to the editor, Alison Williams 

Link- Quail Eggs tanka 

Four poems published in Kōkako, issue 45, September 2026

 

 

on the either side
of highway, eucalyptus trees...
wheeling around
a flock of birds
and my empty mind

 

 hues
of the June sky
almost fading. . .
the song of a bulbul
from the mango tree

 

stormy night
the soft tinkles
of a wind chime

 

summer sky
a dragonfly rides
on the cyclist's shoulder

 

Thanks to the editor- Graham Bates

And the editorial team: 

haiku- Celia Hope & Elaine Riddell

tanka: Anne Curran

Link- Kōkako 

A haiku and a tanka for the July 2026- Stone of the Month at VSANA

river cobbles
the sound of centuries 
splashing by



cumulus clouds
over the stone bridge
a cuckoo's song. . .
unfazed with the world
sometimes, it's just my mind 

  

Thanks to the editor- Thomas Elias

 

 Link-  VSANA

Published in the FemkuMag, issue 42, Summer 2026

 

summer evening
a corner cafe
adding jazz to it

 

surya namaskar
breathing out
the inner chaos

 

coffee break
a senior colleague asks me
my sun sign

 

Thanks to the editor- Rowan Beckett Minor

FemkuMag Issue 42 pdf 

LEAF Issue Ten, Aug 2026

 

 

a dandelion puff...
reaching out
to the June sky

oscillating
between two worlds...
summer solstice

 

Thanks to the editor, Ravi Kiran

And Founder of The Daily Haiku, Amanda White

Link- Leaf Journal 

Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 16: Lunae Feeria July 2026, Romania

starlit sky

in each mango slice

the taste of summer

 

cer înstelat

în fiecare felie de mango

gustul verii

 

Bhawana

 

 

Thanks to the editor- Steliana Voicu

Link-  Enchanted Garden Haiku

Published in The Wee Sparrow Haiku Nook, June 2026

 

 

 

peacock butterfly -

the abrupt pause

in War and Peace

  

 

Thanks to the editor- Marc Brimble 

and The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press

 Link- The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press

Published in the Autumn Moon Haiku Journal 9:2, Spring/Summer 2026

 

 

summer sky
among the marigolds
a toddler's hat 

summer drizzle
on an old lamppost
a still dove 

 

Thanks to the editors- Astrid Andreescu
                                    Kristen Lindquist

Link- Autumn Moon Haiku