Author: dipankardasgupta

• August 11, 2023

  Haiku 109

  delayed monsoonthe crow on the fig branchsunbathing First published in Haiku Dialogue, Troutswirl, The Haiku Foundation Blog, 8 July, 2023
• August 5, 2023

  Haiku 108

  keeping companywith the Himalayasmorning flight First published in Failed Haiku, Volume 80, Issue 92, August 2023
• June 3, 2023

  That Cloud

  Don’t pamper, or that cloud will surely Perch atop the crest.Will it thaw, or budge an inch,However much you request?It won’t melt, oh no, it won’tTotter from the peakFrozen aloof in vain conceitWill its feet on earth e’er rest! For thirsting birds and ploughed fieldsIt won’t send a drop of rainOnce snowy white it turns…
• May 22, 2023

  Haiku 107

  urgent callfrom wife’s smartphone – what’s my number?
• May 21, 2023

  Haiku 106

  new year mornsipping the first flushof Darjeeling First published in Mariposa 48, Spring-Summer, 2023
• May 21, 2023

  The Wait (Typewriter Poetry 1)

    she finally reciprocated at seventywith bony handsand a teenage photo Winner of first prize at www.allpoetry.com
• May 21, 2023

  (Photo) Haiku 105

  Winner of first prize at www.allpoetry.com
• May 21, 2023

  Haiku 104

  the full mooncaught in a snarebarren boughs   First prize winner at contest in www.allpoetry.com, February, 2023
• May 21, 2023

  Haiku 103

  my lattecherry blossoms arrivebefore you  Winner of first prize in haiku contest at www.allpoetry.com, April 2023
• May 12, 2023

  Tanka 4

  a young girlat the jeweller’s shopnext to meyour earrings flashfrom an afternoon long ago First published in haikuKATHA, Issue 18, April 2023