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  

Haiku published in the Cornflower Magazine, Spring 2026, issue 01

 

spring sky
a pigeon settles
on the old lamp post

 

 

Beautifully curated first issue! 

Many thanks to the editor Michael Pappafava   

#haiku  

 

 Link- Cornflower Magazine  

Haibun published in haikuKATHA issue 55, May 2026

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Kala Ramesh ma'am, and the editorial team of Triveni Haikai India 

Link- haikuKATHA 

Published in The Hoolet’s Nook, May 2026, issue 4

 

 

wind chimes 

I'm just a name 

in the breeze 

spring meadows 

a sheep circles back 

to the same spot

 

 

 Thanks to the editor, G.R. LeBlanc

 Link-  The Hoolet's Nook

Cattails, April 2026 issue

 I have a haiku and a senryu in this issue. 

 

 

evening drizzle . . .
in the grocery bag
more potatoes

 

 

playing chess
my five-year-old niece
mimics grandpa

 

शतरंज खेलते 
मेरी पांच साल की भतीजी 
दादाजी की नकल करते हुए

 

 

 

Thanks to the editors : 

Haiku : Geethanjali Rajan 

Senryu : David J Kelly

 

Link- Cattails April 2026 

A tanka and a short prose in Chrysanthemum issue 36, with German translation

 Thanks to the awesome editor, Beate Conrad

 Link- Chrysanthemum issue 36 

 

 

Enchanted Garden, Issue 15: Emerald, April 2026

 

spring cloudless sky

a child jumps to reach

magnolia blooms

 

Romanian translation-  

  

cer senin de primăvară

un copil sare pentru a ajunge

magnolii înfloresc

 

Bhawana Rathore

 

Thanks to the editor-  Steliana Voicu

 Link-  Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal 

Publsihed in the first issue of Only Human English language senryu, 2026

  

 

Happy to have four senryu in this!

 

art museum
a child points
at the visitor's dog

lengthening shadows
my sister texts back
smiley after smiley

phone storage full
the memories I
could never let go of

2 am thoughts
of becoming something...
echo of a train whistle

- Bhawana Rathore

 

 Thanks to the Editors : David Oates and AJ Wentz

 

Link- Only Human  

Senryu in Prune Juice Journal, issue 48

 

morning haze

the other dimension

I spiral into

Thanks to the editors- Orrin Préjean and Pippa Phillips

 

Link- prune juice senryu