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.
ink puddle —
the words that
never were
leaf dew —
this struggle
to let go
birdsong . . .
if only I had
the time
European Kukai, 1st Place, February/March 2017, Theme: Birds
full corn moon
a scarecrow guards
the emptiness
driftwood . . .
another Valentine's day
without you
Indian Kukai, 1st Place, February/March 2018, Theme: Valentine's Day
New Year morn . . .
on the beggar's rags
a new flea
Shiki Kukai, 1st Place, January 2015, Theme: New Year's Visitors
onions . . .
I feel her absence
cutting through
morning mist . . .
the tattered blanket
on a park bench
four-leaf clover —
still believing that
she loves me
soap bubbles –
all the dreams
I blew away
autumn dusk —
the gaps I find in
grandpa's story
Modern Haiku, Issue 45:2, Summer 2014
brussel sprouts . . .
the moments I remember
to forget
Frogpond, Issue 37:2, Spring - Summer 2014
withered lotus —
the wrinkles I see
in the mirror
morning silence
. . . even the thrush
sings its praise
night lights . . .
a boathouse floats
on the Milky Way
salted caramel . . .
the things you know
you know