Haiku by Milan Rajkumar
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mountain fog –
how it appears
from a singing bowl
Milan Rajkumar
Time Haiku’ #56 of August 2022.
https://www.nationalpoetrylibrary.org.uk/write-publish/magazines/time-haiku
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lofty mountain . . .
blooming on ancestors’ lap
pink Shirui lilies*
Milan Rajkumar
Imphal, India
*Lilium mackliniae, the ‘Shirui lily’ or Shirui Kashung Timrawon, is a rare Indian species of plant found only in the upper reaches of the Shirui hill ranges in the Ukhrul district of Manipur, India, at an elevation of 1,730–2,590 metres (5,680–8,500 ft) above sea level.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium_mackliniae
HAIKU DIALOGUE
June 22, 2022.
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spring morning . . .
an old tree gifts the sun
its new leaves
Milan Rajkumar (India)
The cicadas cry, spring edition
2022.
https://thecicadascry.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-cicadas-cry-spring-2022-edition.html/
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homecoming —
gulmohar flowers greet me
at the village gate
Milan Rajkumar
Brassbell spring, 2022.
http://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com/2022/04/haiku-happiness.html/
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winter rain
a pigeon takes shelter
under the solar panel
Milan Rajkumar (Manipur, India)
Mainichi, Japan’s National Daily since 1922.
Thursday, March 3, 2022.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220224/p2g/00m/0su/062000c
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Hiroshima day –
praying not to witness
another mushroom cloud
Milan Rajkumar
14th Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest. Many thanks to the judging panel.
Division 1b: General Public (Non-Japanese applicants)
第１部（b）：一般（外国人）
http://samidare.jp/basho/box/14th%20yamadera%20basho%20memorial%20museum%20english%20haiku%20contest%20submissions%20collection%20(2022).pdf
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quiet evening . . .
still on the cotton flowers
scent of the sun
Milan Rajkumar
World Haiku Review
February, 2022.
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Short Bio
Milan Rajkumar is a secondary school teacher. He lives in Imphal, Manipur, a corner of North-East India, bordering Myanmar, with his loving wife and two sons. Genetically an asia by look and food, he speaks a tibeto-burman language known as ‘Meiteilon’. His works are selected in many haikai journals such as: Modern Haiku, Seabeck, Seashores, ESUJ, Haiku Anthology, The Cicadas Cry, Under The Bashõ, Cattails, Prune Juice, Wales Haiku Journal, Presence, Frameless Sky, Creatrix, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Asahi Haikuist Network, Cold Moon Journal, The Mumba Journal, The Quills, Akitsu Quarterly, Frogpond, Ribbons, Crysenthemum, Earth Rise, Bamboo Hut, Poetry Pea, Failed Haiku, Haiku Foundation etc.
Nowadays he writes every day and night under the mentorship of Kala Ramesh.
Some of his works got
1st place, “revista HAIKU contest 2022”, in the English Section. (Romania)
1st place in English Speaking Union of Japan haiku competition,
1st place in Consulate General of Japan’s Moonlight Haiku Challenge 2020( Haiga),
3rd place in My Haiku Pond 5th Anniversary Haiga Photo Haiku Contest,
3rd place in 25th International “Kusamakura” Haiku Competition(won the Nyusen in the Foreign Language Category),
Honourable mention in Haiku Foundation Monthly Kukai February, 2021,
Selected in 8th Annual Golden Triangle Haiku Poetry contest,
Exhibited in International Competition for Haiku Poetry, Japanese Film Festival in Valli Cinema, Croatia,
Ambassador, Kyoto Haiku Project.
Attached: two haiga and picture arts
Blo͞o Outlier Journal issue 3
the natural history haiku edition
dedicated to Gene Murtha
Summer 2022
Akita International Haiku Network 