The Living Haiku Anthology - Archana Kapoor Nagpal

rain ends...
sipping the rainbow
a sparrow

First Place, Shiki kukai Contest, November 2015

sailing with my paper boats a moonbow

Brass Bell Online Haiku Journal , December 2015 issue

masquerade ball
under the makeup
my wrinkles

Gnarled Oak, issue 5

Wrapped
in a spider's hammock
my first doll

Third Place, 13th Indian Kukai Contest

spring cleaning…
behind every spider’s hammock
a memory

AHG issue

siesta –
swinging on a tree swing
a butterfly

Creatix #30

sailing
without the luggage …
my paperboat

Frozen Butterfly Issue 3

in between the thunderclaps the clink of mother's bangles

Brass Bell: online haiku journal, September 2015

faded portrait …
outside my window
passing rainclouds

Versewrights, August 2015

still born ...
falls from a leaf to another
these dewdrops

Versewrights, August 2015

first snow …
bends further and further
these red cherries

Versewrights, August 2015

rain ends …
in mother’s bedtime story
this petrichor

Versewrights, August 2015

my shadow
further cracks …
late monsoon

Hedgerow #43

spring breeze …
carrying my scarf
away from me

Cattails, September 2015

longest night …
bends under the snow
my Christmas tree

Cattails, September 2015

fall equinox –
surfing over these waves
the harvest moon

Creatix #29, June 2015 issue

between
me and the rainbow
a monarch butterfly

Creatix #29, June 2015 issue

between the thunderclaps my baby's first cry

Whispers, July 2015 issue

under the waves
remains of my sandcastle ...
ancestral home

Whispers , July 2015 issue

farewell ...
falling with the rain
the cockatoo's nest

Whispers (July 2015 issue)

first light ...
on the tinkle of bells
chanting 'om'

Whispers , July 2015 issue

old memories …
over the bare trees
the daylight moon

Whispers (September 2015)

first light …
wrapped in the sunbeams
the butterfly’s wings

Whispers, September 2015

after the quarrel …
between the thunderclaps
our silence

Whispers , September 2015

farewell …
under the frozen lake
tree’s leaves

Whispers , September 2015

mother’s lap …
holding the sunlight
these white lilies

WHA 133th Haiga Contest

from both sides of a spider’s hammock the same moon

Under The Basho /One Line Haiku

in and out of a cloud another cloud

Under The Basho /One Line Haiku

snow melts …
in my mother’s lap
I collect the sunlight

Chrysanthemum 18

following
the falling kites …
giggle of children

Brass Bell : online journal of haiku (October issue)

baby shower …
we think of all
the possible names

Brass Bell : online journal of haiku (October issue)

new moon --
one by one butter lamps
on a shrine