Category: HAIKU, TANKA AND SHORT POEMS
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Haiku 165
tilted nameplate on her closed door termites First published in haikukatha, Issue 60, October 2026© © Dipankar Dasgupta
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Haiku 164
googly the dragonfly’s air-bounce at cover point First published in haikuKATHA, Issue 60, October 2026 ©Dipankar Dasgupta
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Tanka 15
the tears they shed a night before her wedding sixty years onward the southwest monsoon departs again First published in haikuKATHA, Issue 60, October 2026 © Dipankar Dasgupta
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Tanka (Prose) 6
Aplastic Aplastic Midway through the taan, a string snaps. A metallic crack splits the air. The percussionist stops. A polite groan from the dark auditorium replaces the steady drone on the stage. The elderly sarodist smiles apologetically and puts on his reading glasses to mend the string. Soon fresh music begins. The same musicians ……
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Haiku 164
Heathrow I smuggle out a memory First published in haikuKATHA, Issue 58 August 2026 © Dipankar Dasgupta
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Tanka 14
magnoliaspeep through green leavesthis monsoon dayI recall the smile againon your rain-washed face First published in Ribbons, Spring-Summer 2026, Vol 22, Number 1 © Dipankar Dasgupta
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Haiku 163
sweet scent in the aira cinnamon peeler’s hutstands in no one’s way First published in haikukatha, Issue 55, May 2026
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Haiku 162
colourshe spells in braille First published in Modern Haiku Vol. 57.1 Winter-Spring 2026 © Dipankar Dasgupta
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Haiku 161
bordermy shadow precedes mewithout visa First published in Mariposa 53, Autumn Winter 2025© Dipankar Dasgupta
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Tanka 13
wild jasminesat a sleepy way stationin full bloom …the bihag she hummedas we waited for our last train First published in Mariposa, Autumn Winter, 2025© Dipankar Dasgupta
