It has been a couple of months since the one of a kind haikai journal shut its doors. I have noticed it to be the fate of several journals these days, and wonder if it has to do with editor-burnout. One does get exhausted with taking care of life while at the same time running…
Touchstone nomination 2025…
To be chosen among so many is always an honor. Hence any publication is an award in itself. Haiku Girl Summer is a Journal with issues only in summer. I have been privileged to be published five times in this year's issues. Many thanks to the editors of this summer for selecting my haiku: Katherine…
of sangīt and such…
I have always wondered about the idea of naming someone at birth. How did my name come to be associated so much with music? Did they know that I would react to music like that? Did they know that the only place I could dare sing is the bathroom? In any case in this month's…
Warrior
This month has been an especially turbulent one for me. As I pondered the whys and wherefores of war, I noticed that there were fewer mentions of the women in war as compared to men. Operation Sindhoor, (such a Bollywood name for a serious endeavor) was made out to be how men avenged killings by…
On a little cloud numbered nine.
It has been very long since I sent in a submission. But failed haiku had a new submissions calendar, and I was running around a bit less stressed. So here are some senryu that made it into the journal. Check out the other poems in this lovely journal here: failed haiku For a wee memory of…
A little marvel!
Late post!This news is so dear to me because @pealogic had published my very first haiku back in 2021! In 2024, my ku muggy afternoonseven the dog blinksone eye at a time was nominated for the Touchstone Award. Being one of the nominees is for me an award in itself because of the number…
daya and baya
Here is a reference to one of my favorite musicals. But more importantly, it's a nod to the hidden music in our lives...Yugen Quest Review has brought out a beautiful tribute to the late percussion maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Link here My memory of Ustadji's performance was actually when he and his brother…
…Touchstone and Red Moon press anthology nomination 2024…
It is always a thrill to be nominated! Journals usually have so many many poems to choose from and when one of your work makes the cut, it's a thrill beyond compare. Also the feeling of being seen, being recognized. Leaf Journal has announced its nominations. And my following haiku has made the cut.…
…and everything in between…
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…
Sangita Kalarickal 