• New pub news!

    On the occasion of National Poetry Month 2026, poet Vidya Shankar and I bring to you, our book which has been almost two years in the making: Light and Line Drawings! This book is a dual-voice poetry collection exploring lives on completely different continents. Light and Line Drawings is a dialog between two poets who,…

  • Collaborative split sequence with Reid Hepworth

      A split sequence is basically three haiku that links with the lines of one central haiku.  This was my second time collaborating with Reid, and we wanted a mellow mood with the ocean and its various avatars. Layers upon layers of different feelings surfaced.  These were mostly haiku. We were going to send it…

  • Three haiku

    I’ve always felt that if something happened three times, it’s a sign of sorts. So when my haiku got featured three weeks in succession, I looked for meaning behind it. For yours truly, whose confidence is usually skimming the bottom of the barrel, who usually has a bad case of the imposter syndrome, this felt…

  • "Holy crapadoodle!"

    I had heard of Ben Gaa from his poetry and heard him on Patricia’s Poetry Pea podcast, which incidentally is my first haiku school. The one I very clearly remember is this one Pea TV Uncut Workshop: Ben Gaa – Haiku without me When Reid Hepworth, my gifted haijin friend forwarded me the YouTube link where…

  • Silver Linings

    Looking back, I just realized that I hadn’t posted the video of Morningside After Dark show.  This show brings warmth into our midwestern winters. Covid did try to put a damper on the show but technology has helped us stay together, stay sane. Here’s the video of the Morningside After Dark January show on the…