Ramesh Anand Reads A Selection Of His Haiku

cold face of the river i bend to kiss her

A Hundred Gourds, 5:1, December 2015

new moon —
the last smokes
of the campfire

Haiku Presence, #53, 2015

herdsman's call –
the cowbells marching
from the horizon

Modern Haiku, volume 46.3 Autumn 2015

in every drop of rain drop of full moon

A Hundred Gourds, 5:1, December 2015

lake sunrise
a duckling sets off
downstream

Frogpond, 2014

night drizzle
the village awaits
the baby's birth

Acorn, #35, Fall 2015

cherry blossoms how calmly we have fallen apart

Frameless Sky, Issue 3, 2015

spring cleaning
the shelves
of boxed grudges

Modern Haiku, volume 47.1, winter spring 2016

peak hour –
a flock of sparrows passes
the evening moon

Honorable mention, International Matsuo Basho Award 2014

glow of light
from the hilltop hut –
shooting star

The Heron's Nest, Volume 17:1, March 2015

on the lake wrinkled face of wind

moongarlic, Issue 2, May 2014

festival wind
the street child relights
a bottle rocket

3rd Prize, Raedleaf Poetry Contest 2013

autumn wind
mother re-braids
her unreal hair

19th Mainichi Contest International Winner 2015

autumn ripples broken pieces of mother

moongarlic, Issue 6, 2016

in and out of a seashell autumn light

IRIS Little Haiku Contest Winner 2015