Vandana Parashar
Vandana Parashar is a post-graduate in Microbiology and teacher by profession. A person of less words,her affinity for all things "micro" perhaps attracted her to haiku. Her work has been published in many journals like Cattails, A Hundred Gourds ,Creatrix, Naad Anunaad, Ginyu Haiku Anthology, Prune Juice. Her haiku has been featured in Wordweavers contest 2016 and got second place in Wordweavers contest 2017. Her haiku got honorable mention in Italian Haiku Association Matsuo Basho Contest 2015. She lives in Chandigarh,India with her husband and two daughters.
secret admirer...
the moon seeks cover
behind the clouds
meditation
my thoughts held together
by untimed strings
new moon
my hand moves over where
once my breast was
forest retreat
the brook in step
with wren's song
biscuit crumbs...
frail fingers picking up
the memories
Third place - European Quarterly Kukai Autumn 20I5 (Theme- Food)
dad's funeral...
how I wish he was
a phoenix
mirror maze...
I stand alone
in the crowd of me
A Hundred Gourds Sept 2015
dusky night...
a boat returns to the sound
of temple bells
Cattails Sept 2015
barren womb
flowers bloom
on her saree
Prune Juice #17 Nov 2015
twilight traffic...
the moon finding it's way
through clouds
Creatrix #31 Dec 2015
chilly morning...
dad comes back wrapped
in the tricolour
Triveni 2015
arranged marriage
an aunt gets me
a fairness cream
Triveni 2015
cousin's wedding
mom frowns to see
my backless blouse
Triveni 2015
seven-year itch
I loosen my grip
on the kite
Cattails Jan 2016
cold silence...
the baby sleeps
without lullaby
Cattails Jan 2016
one-way street
the fragrance of jasmine
everywhere
Cattails Jan 2016
string of jasmine
the day unfolds
petal by petal
A Hundred Gourds March 2016
cookery class
... and the flavour of
half-baked gossip
Prune Juice #18 March 2016
fish bowl
is there a world
outside home
Sonicboom #5 April 2016
away from home...
I put sodden pillow
out to dry
Creatrix #33 May 2016
unhinged...
one by one I undo
my buttons
Creatrix #39, 2017