Composing poems is a lonely path. So when I found the Evergreen Haiku group where a few poets came together to discuss haiku, I was elated! It was excellently facilitated by Michele Root-Bernstein. I was a member of the group for a very short time but I loved every moment of it. When the doors…
Curating
While I sit at my desk watching the midwest winter creep in slowly, I realize that I have not yet got my head wrapped around all that it meant for me to be a curator for Drifting Sands Haibun, Issue 29. It was certainly a learning experience. And answered the question: What do people…
From the world of a haijin
It will soon be three years since I discovered the world of haiku. No, not the 5-7-5 form that we were taught in school because it was easier to teach syllables using this idea. It was in a workshop by John Stevenson during the inauguration of Triveni Haikai India, where the realization of the relation…
Love song
This post is a simple one, a tip of the hat to my most favorite love song ever. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's words are the very definition of romance in my mind. Here's her most famous sonnet. Return to Skaypisms for more.
A nod to spring
Am stoked to share my debut in LEAF! (At the link here) This issue is gorgeous, and I swallowed it up in one gulp. Beautiful work by so many haikuists of the world, I am honored to be standing among them. I hope you read, comment and most of all, enjoy some beautiful haiku/senryu. …
an ode to home
Valentine month is a celebration in Glomag, where the issue is a paperback available through Amazon. (At the link here) Glomag is always a bumper issue with atleast a couple hundred poets contributing, this year's February issue is no different. Among other beautiful creations, here is my poem this month, some reflections on…
On Poetry Pea
You know how much I fan-girl over Poetry Pea podcast. The podcast host Patricia McGuire has guided me (and many others I'm sure) through the haikai path with her insightful observations, her unmatched haiku reading and her trailblazer guests the past couple of years when I started writing haiku, senryu and other haikai poetry forms.…
Hope and such
I'm sitting looking out at a damp day, in an unusually warm February. This month is a time it normally snows, and the cold and gray seems to seep through the pores of the skin. There are some dreams that keep me going. The superlative journal of Triveni Haikai India, haikuKATHA which publishes some of…
A glowing new year
Here's wishing all my readers a beautiful new year's day! It is always a pleasure when the carefully curated Glomag is published. A meeting place for numerous poets, this magazine is a collection of excellent poetry and I always feel honored to be included. Read the issue released on Jan 1st 2023 here: https://glomaglib.blogspot.com/Here is my poem. Written…
Sangita Kalarickal 