Fujisan Tanka Contest

What a way to end the year! My tanka received honorable mention in the Fujisan Tanka Contest. Congratulations to all the winners!

Click this link to see all the winning haiku. 

Dance into the World

 I'm elated to have my tanka included in "DANCE INTO THE WORLD." I love the way the anthology is divided into seven themed section. There are also so many high quality tanka! Thank you so much, Michael Dylan Welch, for this beautiful 20th anniversary anthology! If you are not a TSA member, grab your copy on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Dance.../dp/B08PHY9948/ref=sr_1_1...'

Moonbathing

 Sharing my tanka published in the current issue of Moonbathing. Thank you so much, editor

Pamela A. Babusci! 

Triveni Haikai Calendars Have Arrived! (December Winner)

 

Getting ready to mail my Triveni calendars! So happy that my haiku won for the month of December.

snowflake cocoa . . .

enveloping myself

with old love letters

Cold Moon Journal

 My first appearance in Cold Moon Journal. Thank you so much, Robin Jacobson!

            

Sonic Boom (December 2020)

So excited to share my alcohol ink art and cherita poem published in the current issue of Sonic Boom! Mine is on page 44. Enjoy the full issue here! Thank you so much, Shloka Shankar.

The Cherita (Issue 4:4 September 2020)

*this night

tattooed deeper
dew soaked grass

was it your breath             

I choose not to
release?

 

Paresh Tiwari : Hyderabad, India
a cherita trouve from Christine L. Villa

 

a few stars nibble dawn

I savor the words
tumbling on your pillow
while you fall asleep

I dare not to
open my eyes

Paresh Tiwari, Christine L. Villa, Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India, North Highlands, CA, USA, Hyderabad, India

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moon shards

when will I ever
get it right?

no lullabies, fairytales,
or words to clone 
perfection

Paresh Tiwari, Christine L. Villa, Paresh Tiwari

Hyderabad, India, North Highlands, CA, USA, Hyderabad, India

 

peeling the scent of regrets

I strip my bed
and dump the sheets
into the washer

if I enter a puddle
will it be easy to forget?

Paresh Tiwari, Christine L. Villa, Paresh Tiwari
Hyderabad, India, North Highlands, CA, USA, Hyderabad, India

 

Cold Moon Journal

Sharing my monoku, dedicated to my father, published in Cold Moon Journal. Thank you so much, Robin Jacobson. 

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tanka 2020: poems from today's world

 Finally received my copy! Sharing my tanka published in tanka 2020: poems from today’s world. Thank you so much, editor Alexis Rotella. Thank you, Tom Clausen, for inviting me to submit. So honored to be in good company!

Haiku Dialogue: Opposite Attract

Revised my haiku which was published in Haiku Dialogue (Opposite Attract) 

on the THF website. 

original haiku:

I almost forget

you're here anymore

break of dawn