World Haiku Series 2019 (88)
Haiku by Kala Ramesh
1.
spring breeze
the sari slides down
her shoulder
Golden Triangle Haiku Contest -1st prize. 2016
春風
サリーが滑り落ちる
彼女の肩から
***
2.
how little
I know of bird calls
distant thunder
The Akita International Haiku Award, First prize September 2013
The Second Japan-Russia Haiku Contest
なんて分かりにくいんでしょう
鳥の鳴き声が
遠雷
***
3.
Gita chanting
birds become
the ellipsis
The Akita International Haiku Award, September 2014, Honourable Mention
The Third Japan-Russia Haiku Contest
ギータ「神の歌」の詠唱
鳥が省略される
***
4.
a barn owl hoots
the stillness of the lake
before dawn
Kala Ramesh（India）
Akita International Haiku Award 2015 – Honourable Mention, 2015.
メンフクロウがホーホーと鳴く
湖の静けさ
夜明け前
***
5.
the unevenness
of his shallow breathing …
summer river
Acorn # 43 fall 2019
凹凸
彼の浅い呼吸．．．
夏の川
***
6.
Devi temple . . .
along with the ants
I enter barefoot
Sketchbook – May 2008
2nd prize in the Kukai contest
デヴィ寺院．．．
アリと一緒に
裸足で入る
***
7.
wild bamboo
the pencilled darkness
shimmers in rain
Simply Haiku – Winter 2011
野生の竹
鉛筆で描かれた闇
雨の中で光る
***
8.
midnight jetty
the sound of water
slapping water
A Hundred Gourds 1:3 – June 2012
真夜中の桟橋
水の音
水しぶき
***
9.
spring breeze —
I catch the tune
she leaves behind
# 1 Editor’s Choice – The Heron’s Nest Award – Volume VIII, Number 2: June 2006
First runner-up – The Heron’s Nest Reader’s Awards: Volume VIII 2006
春のそよ風—
私がその曲をとらえる
彼女が置いて行く
***
10.
rain forest
the lives
I step on
The Heron’s Nest Vol XIX, No 1: March 2017
雨林
生活
私は踏み出す
***
11.
a tornado spiralling thoughts to the sky
Under the Basho, 1:1 September 2013
竜巻空に渦巻く思考
***
12.
scented twilight…
the reason dragonflies
pause in flight
8th Akita International Haiku Contest – Feb 2020
First Prize
香りのある夕暮れ．．．
トンボの理由
飛行中に一時停止
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— Translated by Hidenori Hiruta
Bio:
Poet, editor, anthologist, and festival director, Kala Ramesh has been a foremost advocate and practitioner of haiku and allied Japanese poetry forms in India, including tanka, haibun and renku.
Kala’s initiatives culminated in founding ‘INhaiku’ in 2013, to bring Indian haikai poets together. She has organised six major haiku festivals and to bring haiku into everyday spaces, Kala has initiated several successful projects in India. She has a prolific record as an editor of seven international collections of haiku, and tanka anthologies.
She also teaches haikai literature – an undergraduate course at the Symbiosis International University, and, for school students at the Katha National Writers Workshop, since 2012.
Her book of haiku and haibun Beyond the Horizon Beyond, was declared a finalist in the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2019 and received a certificate for ‘excellent contribution to literature’ In July 2020, HarperCollins is publishing her book of tanka.
Here are a few more photos presented through our haiku sharing.
Akita International Haiku Network 
Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #8: Hidenori Hiruta presents haiku by Kala Ramesh!
Dear Hidenori san,
Thank you so much for sharing my haiku with your readers.
This is a beautiful project you’ve undertaken and you’ve carried it out so well.
Thanks once again from the bottom of my heart.
yours
in haikai spirit,
_kala
Beautiful collection of poems.
Thanks, Frank and Madhuri Pillai.
Very kind of you _()_
how little
I know of bird calls
distant thunder
…
Beautiful collection of haiku.
Thanks Kala Ramesh.
Thanks a Jangid.
I’m so happy you liked *how little* – it is one of my favourites.
Thanks for taking the time to post a comment here _()_
A beautiful collection Kala, thank you so much for sharing. Best wishes, Xenia
Xenia,
Thanks a lot. Happy you like the collection of ku showcased here.
_kala :))
Wonderful work, Kala—as always!
Best wishes
marion
Marion,
Thank you for all your encouragement.
Deeply touched _()_
all are beautiful. congratulations.
Kaa Na Kalyanasundaram,
Thanks a million _()_
It’s indeed most kind of you to have taken the trouble to post your comment here.
I’m truly indebted.
yours
in haikai spirit,
_kala
Beautiful!
Corine,
Thanks a million. An art form begins to live, begins to pulsate with life when it is appreciated.
My deepest namaste _()_ to you for having taken the time to read and post your comment here and to Hidenori Hirute for having initiated this project to fruition.
yours
in haikai spirit,
_kala
Reblogged this on Christina Chin Haiku and commented:
Hidenori Hiruta presents haiku by Kala Ramesh!
Haiku gems you must read!
World Haiku Series 2019 (88) Haiku by Kala Ramesh
Congratulations Kala, so well deserved. I love them. They are such an amazing collection of poems.
Regards,
Christina
Absolutely beautiful selection to return to many times! Wonderful, every one!
warmest wishes
Brendon
Christina,
Thanks a million.
Thanks for sharing this link on your blog too. That’s a huge compliment. Deeply touched.
_()_
Brendon,
Thanks my friend.
Extremely kind of you to post such a complimentary comment …
You have made my day. _()_
warmly,
_kala
A great pleasure and an honour to, Kala.
Christina 😊 ☕
An art form begins to live, to pulsate with heartbeats when it is appreciated.
It gladdens my heart to read all your comments and approving pats on my back, thank you dear friends and lovers of haiku.
in gratitude,
_()_
beautiful haiku!
Thanks a million, Mira
All the credit for showcasing this and for thinking of this idea goes to Hiruta san _()_