From Naad Anunaad
The following poems appeared in Naad Anunaad: An Anthology of Contemporary Haiku from Around the World, edited by Kala Ramesh, Sanjuktaa Asopa, and Shloka Shankar, published in 2016 by Vishwakarma Publications. This collection features 746 haiku by 231 authors from 26 countries, and is available on Amazon. See book launch video, with Kala Ramesh and Anne Waldman.
dwindling fire—
our conversation shifts
to death
The Heron’s Nest 6:9, October 2004
the waiter interrupts
our argument on abortion—
a choice of teas
Shiki Haikusphere, Matsuyama City, Japan: Prinart/Okada Printing Co., 2007
grocery shopping—
pushing my cart faster
through feminine protection
Fig Newtons: Senryu to Go, Foster City, California: Press Here, 1993
warm winter evening—
the chairs askew
after the poetry reading
Honorable Mention in the 7th Mainichi Daily News Contest, 2003; Frogpond 27:2, Summer 2004
crackling beach fire—
we hum in place of words
we can’t recall
The Heron’s Nest 6:11, December 2004
