Vinay Leo R.
Born: 1987 in Bangalore, India.
Living in Bangalore, India.
Vinay Leo R. is a poet and writer from Bangalore, India. He loves to write haiku, senryu, tanka and haibun, and his work has been published in haiku journals such as cattails, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, A Hundred Gourds, Sonic Boom, Frameless Sky and Failed Haiku. His work has also been part of the Naad Anunaad print anthology, and has reviewed a book for the Narrow Road journal. Two longer fiction has also made it to other printed books. He is an avid reader, and considers himself as a student always looking to learn more about haiku and other poetry forms.
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birdsong . . .
if only I had
the time
European Kukai, 1st Place, February/March 2017, Theme: Birds
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full corn moon
a scarecrow guards
the emptiness
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driftwood . . .
another Valentine's day
without you
Indian Kukai, 1st Place, February/March 2018, Theme: Valentine's Day
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New Year morn . . .
on the beggar's rags
a new flea
Shiki Kukai, 1st Place, January 2015, Theme: New Year's Visitors
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onions . . .
I feel her absence
cutting through
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morning mist . . .
the tattered blanket
on a park bench
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four-leaf clover —
still believing that
she loves me
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autumn dusk —
the gaps I find in
grandpa's story
Modern Haiku, Issue 45:2, Summer 2014
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brussel sprouts . . .
the moments I remember
to forget
Frogpond, Issue 37:2, Spring - Summer 2014