Vibha Malhotra
Year of birth: 1978
Place of Birth: Delhi, India
Current Place of residence: Noida, India
Vibha Malhotra’s poems have appeared in Autumn Moon, Five Fleas, Haikuniverse, Haiku Dialogue, Triya, Failed Haiku, haikuKATHA, Kitaab, Muse India, Red Fez, Tipton; and in anthologies Songbirds (2022, UHTS), The Well-Earned (2022, Hawakal Publishers), Through the Looking Glass (2021, Indie Blu(e) Press). Vibha has authored Loveflakes (a collection of prose poetry) and the bestselling self-help book, Know your Worth.
Blog: https://www.vibhamalhotra.com/
distant flute...
you float in and out
of "us"
drizzle of parijat...
a
lone
walker
skirts
the
puddle
haikuKATHA, issue 11, September, 2022
overhead cables...
our static lives
in a crackling street
street music
the valley’s echo
in his voice
skipping stones
every diwali my sister and I
o e o n
h m b u d
hazy morning...
urchins scour the rubbish
for firecrackers
haikuKATHA, Issue 13, November, 2022
cirrus sky
unsure strokes
of goodbye
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal Volume 6:1, Autumn/Winter, 2022-23
falling leaf...
how quietly you
let go
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal Volume 6:1, Autumn/Winter, 2022-23
waning crescent…
going back to where
I once found you
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal Volume 6:1, Autumn/Winter, 2022-23
old banyan...
the puppet show
of a tangled corpse
Scarlet Dragonfly Journal Halloween Issue, October, 2022
the sun rises
on silent dunes
our first words
Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, November, 2022
a pinecone
high above still water
lets go
Songbird Online Anthology, The United Haiku and Tanka Society, 2022
an offering
riding on the breeze
a betel leaf
Songbird Online AnthologySongbird Online Anthology, The United Haiku and Tanka Society, 2022
coconut palms—
canopies dancing in storm
roots exploring depth
wings—
shock of them
taking off at a gunshot
dying embers...
the kohl beneath his eyes
unsmudged
The Well-Earned Anthology, Hawakal Publishers, 2022
one year without you…
the wind brings me
a maple leaf
Haikuniverse, November, 2022
turbulence…
all my secrets
come tumbling out
The Haiku Dialogue - Encounters, The Haiku Foundation, November, 2022
dreadlocks…
he winces
at the sight of a razor
The Haiku Dialogue - Completion, The Haiku Foundation, November, 2022
silent flight
his hand on my shoulder
now missing
The Haiku Dialogue - Family Portraits 5, The Haiku Foundation, October, 2022
slumber party…
the new litter follows
my nephew home
The Haiku Dialogue - Family Portraits 4
road closed
you call me
by her name
The Haiku Dialogue - Family Portraits 3
tiarella blooms…
she hovers on the brink
of dreams
The Haiku Dialogue - Family Portraits 1, The Haiku Foundation, September, 2022
jasmine soap...
grandma scrubs
her water buffalo
Five Fleas, November, 2022
shifting shadows...
the long, lonely walk
to the outdoor toilet
Five Fleas, November, 2022