Govind Joshi

Many thanks to John S Green for including my haiku for his commentary in Haiku Dialogue of The Haiku Foundation. thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue… #Haiku #Senryu #ThePlumBlossoms

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven." ~ Ecclesiastes 3:1

autumn sunset the wake of a tugboat sloshes ashore — Christopher Herold

Many thanks to Prof. David McMurray for including my haiku in the FROM THE NOTEBOOK section of Asahi Haikuist Network issue June 6, 2025. @AJWasahi asahi.com/ajw/articles/1… #AsahiHaikuistNetwork #DavidMcMurray #Homecoming #Rooftop #Rain #Haiku #ThePlumBlossoms

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Artist Kaoru Yamada

. coffee, black— the neighbor's tractor waking us .

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the half moon moving across a rain puddle cool air Issa

The following selected haiku are inspired by the prompt, "Passing the Torch." As always, thank you to the poets who continue to submit their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. #poetry #haiku #short #writing #submissions

Many thanks Editors Timothy Daly and Oana Cercel for including my haiku in Cold Moon Journal - June 2025. coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2025/06/govind… #ColdMoonJournal #Spring #LemonTree #Warblers #Haiku #Senryu #ThePlumBlossoms

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"In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger." Issa Kobayashi (image: Shunso Hishida)