Haiku by Ravi Kiran
after the swim
footsteps sizzle
on mid-day sand
almost dawn
dew drops on the grass
below my bare feet
too big to sink
a beach boulder
with smooth edges
river map
the slime trail
of a garden slug
new beginning
the waves wash away
my footprints
country road
my car rolls over
a dead snake
still blinding
the sun
in a puddle
white daffodils
from her garden…
on her grave
mudflat walk
footprints
heal themselves
moon veers
closer to the earth
cherry blossoms
My brief Bio is as below and my photo is enclosed along with this email for your reference.
Ravi is an Electronics Engineer and is a working professional. All things Japanese – from Bonsai to Japanese kitchen knives fascinate him. Haiku – which is a journey for Ravi is also a means of unwinding in the midst of his professional routine. Ravi’s haiku are featured in leading international journals like The Heron’s Nest, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Presence, Prune Juice, Wales Haiku Journal, Failed Haiku among others besides Poetry Pea. Ravi serves as a web-editor with the monthly haiku magazine haikuKATHA and has served as a Community editor with Poetry Pea.
Ravi’s haiku have won First place in the following contests a) World Haiku Review Spring 2021 Vanguard Section b) Bulgarian Gendai Kotodama 2022 and c) The haiku Foundation’s Monthly Kukai for the month of August 2022. Besides this Ravi’s haiku have also secured Honourable Mentions in many International haiku contests.
Warm Regards
Ravi Kiran
India
Akita International Haiku Network 