Issue 28, Nov-Dec 2009 


Feature - Indian Short Verse




Wet Daisies

The genre of haiku, in particular, is greatly influenced by nature. In this section we feature one of the most beautiful and serene aspects of nature – flowers and leaves drenched in rainwater. The images are taken from various websites and these are acknowledged with thanks. We are thankful to Michael Dubiner, photographer of several images used.

The regular sections of poetry, fiction and articles carry images of nature in winter, the loveable season India is just entering into. These are from various sites.


_kala - Introduction

Short verses of Ancient India
Sunil Uniyal - Trans. of Kabir Dohas
Thiagarajan A - Thiru-k-kural in Translation
Gautam Nadkarni - Some Ghazals in Translation

Modern short verse
Ambika Ananth - 'Poetic Bits' of Seshendra Sarma
Jayalakshmi P – ‘Naneelu, The Little Ones’ of N. Gopi
Rajendra Samal – Poems in English

Haiku, senryu & tanka
Devika Menon
Gautam Nadkarni
Jagirdar Srinivas
Johannes Manjrekar
Kalpana R J
Kumarendra Mallick
Minal Sarosh
Ramesh K
Rohini Gupta
Seshu Chamarty
R K Singh
Srinjay Chakravarti

Essays
Amrit Sen - Rabindranath Tagore and Haiku
Thiagarajan A - Haiku Scene in Tamil
_kala - Haiku Blossoms in Indian Thought
Purushothama Rao R - The Triumvirate of Haiku Literature