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Daily Verse
 

Week 3, January 2024
 

Image by Christian Holzinger

Seismic Shifts
by Kavita Ratna  15th  January 2024

Tropical Flower

Seismic

shifts

are embedded

in nature.


Like sudden

death.

Gone in a

moment,

irretrievably.

The expiry dates

stamped

on 'rinanubandha'.

How to comprehend,

let alone

fight such

vagaries of destiny?


When lacerations,

begin to close in,

someday,

may learn to

bow down,

in gratitude,

as,

equally arbitrarily,

what was cherished,

might never ever

have even

come to be.

Green and Purple Abstract

Haiku

Haiku

by Suresh Babu, 16th January 2024

Rosemary and Olives
Pranayam.png

pranayama

grandma’s vilom

reeks of garlic chutney

Image by okeykat

first rain

the hair dye stains

on his cheeks

Image by Syed Ali

spring morning

a carpenter ant

nests in the bonsai banyan

Image by Milad Fakurian

Return
ByBelinda Behne 17th January 2024

Pastel Bird

She removes her hat

Prayer flags flutter in her hair

She smells of Winter

In high mountain passes

Our spirits catch fire

We rise with her on the crisp clean air

Joyful at her return

Praying for Peace

Image by Ryan Stone

Haiku

by Steliana Cristina Voicu 18th January 2024

Crayon
Image by Tora Chu

raspberry hand cream ritual…

my mom tells me

how she met my father

Image by Mathew Schwartz

Sunday relaxing -

sketching a haiku

for each flower pot

Image by Marcia Cripps

almond blossoms

near my mirror…

the wind ripples the moon

Image by Mike Kenneally

a pinch of cardamom…

the coffee shop turns into

oriental story

Image by Aleksandr Ledogorov

Revival
By Sasha Clark,  19th January 2024

Calendar

Winding down the day
I feel the energies ebb
as the world finds sleep

Each morning bears the potential
for revival

As the flower wakes to the rising sun
with brilliant energy and vibrant color

So too can we greet the day

A revival of our spirit
A fresh new start
with stunning potential

Biographies of Poets

Kavita Ratna is a children's rights activist, poet and a theatre enthusiast. ‘Sea Glass’ is her anthology of poems published by Red River. Her poems have appeared in The Kali Project: Invoking the Goddess within, A little book of serendipity, Triveni Hakai India, Haiku in Action, the Scarlet Dragon, the Cold Moon Journal, Five Fleas Itchy poetry, Stardust Haiku and Parcham

R Suresh Babu loves to read & write Japanese poetry like haiku, senryu and tanka

Steliana Cristina Voicu lives in Ploieşti, Romania and loves painting, poetry, Japanese culture, photography and astronomy. Her haiku, tanka, haiga, poetry, short-prose have been published worldwide, including Asahi Haikuist Network, Daily Haiga, The Mainichi, Under the Bashō, cattails, Chrysanthemum and others. She is founder and editor of Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal-Romania. Follow her on instagram: steliana_voicu

Sasha Clark was raised in the suburbs in Baltimore, Maryland. About 11 1/2 years ago she moved with her husband to Southern New Mexico. She began writing self-healing posts on Facebook shortly after covid started. Then a friend introduced her to a Haiku group so now she writes at least one Haiku daily. She also makes gemstone necklaces, mostly turquoise. And is learning Tai Chi including sword form. Her day job is a reference investigator for a background investigation company which does screening mostly for hospitals.

Belinda grew up in the midwest, but she has spent most of her adult life in the vibrant culture of New York City. Her first career, as a teacher of special education, led her to the love of communication. She studied art, literature and theatre and has pursued her passions of acting, writing poetry and performing professional voice-overs for more than three decades. She currently enjoys living on the edge of a salt marsh, where life continues to inspire her in new ways.

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