Haiku by Hela Tekali

a fledgling sparrow 

venturing beyond the nest

stunning persistence!

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night was pale and quite

an owl was hooting nearby

a long calling sound!

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a pulsating heart

flitting like a butterfly

softer than flowers!

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a serene dervish

gliding over the night sky

a venturing soul!

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dying before death

breathing when there is no breath

a path to Sufism!

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● Hela Tekali

Tunis, Tunisia

Micropoems by Subhashchandra B. Adhav

Mother 

No dictionary can either 

Entail or accommodate 

The meaning of Mother, 

As the Mother herself is 

An intrinsic epic rather, 

Such a noble spiritual icon

Beyond the scope of the lexicon!

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Baby 

Baby! 

an epitome of divine grace 

Slowly started 

gathering momentum and pace, 

Day by day got involved 

in the mundane race 

It brought it undesired disgrace!

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Prayer

Prayer springs from 

The soul earnest 

It is a noble wish 

For welfare best,  

Prayer from heart 

Needs no art, 

For soulful journey 

It gives start!

● Subhashchandra B. Adhav

Shrirampur, Maharashtra, India

subhashadhav49@gmail.com

Haiku by Mafizuddin Chowdhury

twilight spreads gold dust

aback of returning cows

sportive evening!

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rusty railway tracks

hidden under newborn grass 

sign of mutation!

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summer raindrops kiss  

naked back of sick farmer 

scented muddy field!

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summer clouds swelling

as an egoistic child

explosion of tears!

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owl shrieking darkness

showers wiping from the sky

the moon sprays its rays!

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scarlet morning rays

remove the snowy terror

hope of a new day!

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© Mafizuddin Chowdhury

Nagaon, Assam, India

mafizuddin65@gmail.com

Haiku : 5/7/5

Micropoems by Dr. Gita Mohanty

May I lend

May I lend your hand,

Just for few emotional moments

For a bit of twists and turns 

And for supporting 

my dancing forms

Hope your strong hands 

would sustain with grace

My bending and swirling 

moves with elegance. 

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Silence

It’s full of all heard, 

unheard noises in space 

From which the tranquil mind picks only one fine tune of solace, 

That’s silence

It has got its own profound voice. 

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Firefly 

Illuminated with own light

Strived and fought with 

The given darkness 

In delight 

It didn’t blame the tyranny 

It didn’t carry the agony

It knew the art of creating destiny

Firefly, 

a name of illumination of a life tiny. 

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Monsoon

From the eye

The heart’s unseen cry 

The marks of tears that dried 

From the vast emotion’s sky

Monsoon wipes away all the agonies

Of black clouds

Let it fall 

To it never deny. 

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Time

It was the time, 

When she was tuning

Like a second hand of the clock,

Then like minute hand almost,

And now she is like hour hand,

Life’s rotation slowly slows down towards the end.

© Dr. Gita Mohanty

South Carolina, USA

mohantygita@yahoo.co.in

About Dr. Gita Mohanty 

Gita Mohanty is an adjunct Biology professor in USA, Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, and post-doctorate from McGill University, Montreal, Canada, in Environmental Science and Engineering. She is a passionate poetry writer, with a compassionate heart and beautiful mind. Poetry to her is an inner conversation with her own soul, who believes in free flowing and spreading smile across. She also likes painting, photography, reading, philosophy and interacting with nature. She is motivated serving, the unprivileged. She believes, unconditional love and compassion are the most elegant characteristics of a true being.

Tanka Poems by Rajani Mula

Planting wealth for youth

In the magic bowl of mirth

That grows crop of health

Caring generations growth

From the rich womb of the earth!

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Life is not cake walk

But strong you can dare to walk

Empower your talk

Enrich skills to face odds bulk

Heed not anyone's false talk!

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Feel the air around

Each blossom here speaks of you

The flowers, the air

Everything has greeted you

Lifeless you're without them, dear! 

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● Rajani Mula

Nizamabad, Telangana, India 

Tanka Poetry : 5-7-5-7-7

Micropoems by Jyoti Nair

Komorebi

When the Sun writes an elegy for herself, 

when she is an incendiary tear, 

just a drop, 

scourging our insidious nonchalance, 

while our fingers tersely

scramble for another ostentatious, languid lustre! 

And calls it Komorebi. 

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Arabian Jasmines

Bees gnawing my nape, 

Aren't mayhems of guilt! 

They are Arabian Jasmines, 

Flowering to disperse the omnishambles... 

Of my delirious feet...!

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Why

Ask the seaweeds that cling on my sinews, 

making my sky more surreptitious... 

Why can't my windows open up to just another moon? 

Why do I have to yearn for the scheming solstice? 

● Jyoti Nair

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 

jyotinair2017@gmail.com

Haiku by Elizabeth M. Cahimbing

baked chocolate fudge
expertise beyond one's depth
sweet tastes like heaven!
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moonlit night musings
grandeur feelings exalted
fecund mind ventures!
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a serene nature 
unruffled water downstream
uplifting the soul!
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Luminous night sky
nocturnal birds mimicry
embracing the moon
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a dismal widow
lost in a desert of doubt
seeking great comfort!
© Elizabeth M. Cahimbing
La Paz, Tarlac Philippines

Tanka Poems by Lilian Woo

Breezy Night 
In the breezy night 
Winds caressing in silence 
Moon is gleaming bright 
Stars are glittering above
Giving colours of the night. 
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Flow of Rhythm  
Clasping of sea waves
Rushing to the golden shore
Seagulls soaring high 
Listen to the song they sing
Melodic flow of rhythm. 
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Golden Sands 
Waves kissing the shore
Slowly retrieves back to sea
Water shimmering 
Sunshine giving reflections 
Seashells lay on golden sands. 
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Gorgeous sunflowers 
Gorgeous sunflowers 
Facing the radiant sun
Bright yellow petals
Smiling, blooming in splendor
Nectar storing deep within. 
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Gift of Freedom 
Above the blue sky
The gentle doves are flying 
Amazing delight
Dancing gracefully in pairs
Enjoy the gift of freedom. 
● Lilian Woo
Penang, Malaysia 
Tanka Poetry : 5-7-5-7-7 

Micropoems by Aida G. Roque

Faith

Troubled heart can go

miles of world uncertainty

walk in path of peace

when your heart has 

strong faith with God

will guide your future.

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Fear

Nothing is to be feared,

have faith. 

Fear troubles our mind

and destroy life

If you walk with faith, 

You’ll walk in peace.

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Dreams

Every lyrics and rhythm 

brings back the love

we left behind,

down memory lanes, 

nostalgic memories

haunting us,

even in our dreams.

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● Aida G. Roque

Dver, Delaware, USA

aidagroque@yahoo.com 

Micropoems by Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer

Become Firefly

Don't sleep

Fight with the darkness!

If you can't be

The sun or the moon

Become firefly!!

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Mother 

For the happiness of sons

A mother -

Divided into pieces,

Life has passed!

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When She Blushed 

Then whole atmosphere was 

filled with sweetness

my heart started playing 

like a guitar 

the clouds floated in the sky

and the sky became pink,

When she gave me 

a red rose

and blushed!

● Dr. Shailesh Gupta Veer 

Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 

doctor_shailesh@rediffmail.com

Micropoems by Aruna Lakra

Autumn

I was green and beautiful 

My youth bloomed in the spring

Then came the gentle autumn 

Every leaf was a flower crowned 

My strength crumpled to the ground

Identity beautifully passes into grey ashes.

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Flood

Heavens have raged 

Nature has outraged 

Human the annoyer

Blaming the gods as destroyer

Flood water covers the earth

Hope wisdom takes new birth.

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Love

Strong hands  holding tight 

Fear and worry out of sight

Your love is my strength and anchor

Together we will fight and conquer 

Life's journey has taken its flight

Even though destination is not so bright.

● Aruna Lakra

New York, USA 

aruna_lakra@hotmail.com

Four Micropoems on Yoga

"Yoga is the saga of the bodY

Opera of obese and one's robO

Glides in, to greet greatness of gaG

Artist who paints one as an art megA."

● Rajani Mula

"Yoga is a way of calming raw emotion.

It gives humongous inner peace of self-expression. 

Yoga keeps your body physically strong and healthy. 

Exercise yoga everyday for health is wealth."

● Elizabeth Maranan-Cahimbing

"Stretching everywhere

Being strong within

Relief at last!"

● Mary Steffen 

"Yoga is a process of adding up things

Here it is pranayam body mind and soul

With regular structured routine path of excercise

Making body with mind strong stout and full."

● Ashutosh Meher