Category: HAIKU, TANKA AND SHORT POEMS

• January 15, 2025

  Haiku 148

  debtshe leaves his death poemin the answer phone First published in failed haiku journal, Vol 9, Issue 106
• January 15, 2025

  Haiku 147

  hot daythe dog’s tail wagsa bit of my shadow First published in failed haiku journal, Vol 9, Issue 106, January 2025
• January 15, 2025

  Haiku 146

  election newson a sunny morningparrots chatter First published in failed haiku journal, Vol 9, Issue 106, January 2025
• December 27, 2024

  Haiku 145

  remaining pullsin my tissue boxautumn sky First published in Mariposa 51, Autumn-Winter 2024 © Dipankar Dasgupta
• December 4, 2024

  Haiku 144

  the brittle coverof an autograph bookmom’s maiden name First published in The Heron’s Nest, Volume XXVI, December 2024
• November 25, 2024

  Monoku 2

  (go)ogling First published in haikuKATHA, Issue 37, November, 2025© Dipankar Dasgupta
• November 14, 2024

  Haibun 3

  Mirage Matilda’s only a phone call away. Who’d have thought? Sexy voice too. Sophia Loren in her prime. Lollobrigida? Elizabeth Taylor … Maybe all three. Quite irresistible. Can you blame me for pressing all the numbers she wanted me to? Only her own phone’s gone dead. And my bank account is empty. Venezuela! Fagin’s songentertains…
• November 14, 2024

  Haiku 142

  killer fartin the bookstorewabi sabi First published in failed haiku journal, Volume 9, Issue 104, November 2024© Dipankar Dasgupta
• November 14, 2024

  Haiku 141

  first datebalancing between the clutchand gas pedal First published in failed haiku journal , Vol 9, Issue 104, November 2024© Dipankar Dasgupta
• October 13, 2024

  Haiku 139

  the treeheavily laden with mangosthird trimester First published in Modern Haiku, Issue 55:3, October, 2024© Dipankar Dasgupta