V. P. Kapoor
Born 1941 in India
Living in India
First name Vishnu, a widower at present living in Chennai, India. Interests - Urdu ghazals, philosophy, appreciation of art ( painting ) & literature, and astrology. Composing Haiku since Feb 06 after a chance introduction to this genre of poetry in the Japanese stall at Delhi Book Fair.
winter dusk
lighting my shadow
with a candle
Frogpond - 38.3, Autumn 2015
blood transfusion
a relation added
to my family
Akita - Croatia - Haiku Contest (Hon. Mention) Nov 2015
frisky frog
from one moon
to another moon
Cattails Jan 2016
day after
the sun fills the birdbath
in grandpa's garden
Modern Haiku issue 47:1
earth worm
scoops mud to pour in
liquid sun
14th Mainchi Haiku Contest (Hon. Mention), Jan 2011
placid lake
a frisky frog
sinks the moon
Katha e-book Sep 2013
light of dawn
smoke rising
from the candle
Tinywords, 04 Sep 06
new year dinner
in my soup bowl
her silver hair
Tinywords, 01 Jan 07
ginko walk
a trill
turns each head
Wednesday Haiku; Issa's Untidy Hut, Jan 2011
winter night
even her memory
has warmth
Indian Haiku Anthology (ed. Dr Angelee Deodhar) Spring 2008