driftwood washed ashore …
i caress
the woman in me
The Heron’s Nest: December 2022
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as i walk the earth moves on birdsong
Presence Haiku Journal: issue #74, November 2022
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plucked jasmine
a funeral
on my hands
The Heron’s Nest – March 2022
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notes trickle
down a riverbed of sand …
the memory of water
Santoka International Haiku and Haiga Contest: Highly Commended, 2022
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sitting like a Maharaja
the singer on his debut
a nervous wreck
Failed Haiku – September 2022
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swelling buds
I tell myself there is
a tomorrow
Acorn: Issue #49, Fall 2022
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a sea turtle
arrives on a wave …
my held breath
cattails: October 2022
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‘you lost miserably’
she tells him
after shadow-boxing
The Wise Owl – September 2022
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stillborn
and I cry over
lost keys
Prune Juice – Issue 37, 2022
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our journey begins …
two sides of the road
meet at the horizon
The Heron’s Nest – June 2022
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HAIGA
peeling an onion …
how many layers before
i begin to understand
McQueen’s Quinterly – Knock-your-socks-off Art and Literature
Issue #13, May 2022
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pathless path
the moon tracks
my aloneness
Image sourced from Canva.
Scarlet Dragonfly – 13 June 2022
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Kala Ramesh is the Founder of Triveni Haikai India and the Founder and Managing Editor of haikuKATHA Journal.
Her book of haiku and haibun ‘beyond the horizon beyond‘ was shortlisted for the Rabindranath Tagore Prize 2019.
Her third book of tanka and tanka prose ‘the forest i know’, was published by HarperCollins, in July 2021.
Kala has organized eight haikai conferences in India since 2006.
To bring haiku into everyday spaces, she has initiated several projects.
She has been teaching haiku, haibun and tanka to school kids, undergrads, and adults for the last 17 years.
Akita International Haiku Network 
Thank you so much, Hiruta san, for this wonderful project.
It’s a pleasure to read everyone’s poems.
You’ve been doing this for so many years with such dedication and enthusiasm.
The world needs people like you.
Thank you once again.
with deep respect and folded hands,
_kala
A beautiful selection Kala and your haiga are such a poignant tapestry of images and words. Lovely to see you here! Warmest, Xenia 💜🙏
Thank you so much, Xenia.
It’s lovely to read your comments here.
I’m really happy you like this set of haiku.
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Beautiful collection, Kala. I love the silence in your poems.
Beautiful collection, Kala, I love the silence in your poems. 🙂
Predivna pohvala, tako da nemam što dodati i oduzeti.
Gospodin. Hiruta veliki pjesnik hvala na prijevodima i lekturi za sve nas . Cijenim to moj veeliki respekt. Hvala!
Thank you so much, Firdaus.
What a compliment.
Thank you so much, Firdaus.
What a compliment.
Silence & resonance are everything in haiku.
What a beautiful set of poems, Kala, a pleasure to read them
Congratulations
Thanks a million, Luciana.
Really happy you liked them.
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