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Srinivasa Rao SambangiSrinivasa Rao Sambangi


Srinivasa Rao Sambangi is a Management Postgraduate working for a Pharma Company in Hyderabad, India. He is well known as a haiku writer in India and overseas. Srinivasa won several awards including winner in VCBF haiku contest in international category 2022. His debut book forget-me-nots was published in 2022.


her silence
she allowed me to take
what I like in it

Failed Haiku, Volume 1, Issue 11, 2016

stone Buddha —
all the blows
that made him

Cattails, October 2017

caught in the web
a fly
. . . and the spider

Stardust, Issue 16, April 2018

windblown grass
a motherless child
learning to walk

Third place in Porad Haiku Contest, 2021

dry moon
each step of the old farmer
one breath long

Frogpond, Issue 44.1, Winter 2021

reaching shore
the mallard's shadow
regains its feet

Third Place in NZPS International Poetry Competition (Haiku) 2022

spring morning
the gardener's neck
two inches longer

Modern Haiku, Issue, 53.2, Summer 2022

cherry blossoms
all other words
below

Winner in VCBF Haiku Contest in international category 2022

half time
my son and I exchange
our goal posts

First Place in Sharpening The Green Pencil Haiku Contest 2023

long summer
the garden lizard’s tail
opens a question

The Heron’s Nest, Volume XXV, Number 3, September 2023

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