Ten Haiku/Senryu/Scifaiku/Monoku Poems by Sheikha A

 

Ten Haiku/Senryu/Scifaiku/Monoku Poems

raven grief 

a tearing dusk 

this damp night

 

uprooted

resown in a cosmos

full of future

hummingbird

perched on artillery — 

outlier canvas

midwinter dream

goldfinch on blackthorn

glistening

lake mist a heron tucks in her wings

 

mohua—singing caution to the wind

  

one glitch in turn of solstice north wind-fire

abstraction

Orion in a moon-sleigh

shooting stars

waltzing to moon’s melody frost flowers

Orion’s sword

in the murmur of night

— half moon

Sheikha A. is a Pushcart and Rhysling nominee from Pakistan and United Arab Emirates. Her poetry appears in a variety of literary venues, both print and online, including several anthologies by different presses. Her poetry has been translated into 11 languages so far. More about her can be found at sheikha82.wordpress.com 

Five Unpublished Monoku Poems by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni

 

Five Unpublished Monoku Poems

from afar a fleck of color

  

heron’s stiff march the limit

 

river's dynamic nature a meander

   

bee sting I’m very angry

  

grapevine our friendship

 

 

Barbara Anna Gaiardoni is an Italian pedagogist and author. Her Japanese-style poetry has appeared in nearly 300 journals, including The Mainichi, Modern Haiku, The Asahi Haikuist, seashores, and tsuri-doro. A 7th Basho International winner, she earned two nominations for The Touchstone Award 2023 and 2024 (Word on the Street Haiku, Susan Furst Editor). Her haiku poem was nominated for Sundress Publications Annual Best of the Net Anthology (2025) by Marie C Lecrivain, Curator of Al-Khemia Poetica: A Women’s Arts and Writing Journal. 

Ranked among the European Top 100 most creative haiku authors (2024, 2025), she received Honorable Mentions at the Fujisan Tanka Contest (2024, 2025) and was featured for three consecutive years on The Mainichi’s Haiku in English Best.  

Her passions include drawing, swimming, and nature.  

Her motto is: "I can, I must, I want." 

To read her publications, see:  

http://barbaragaiardoni.altervista.org/blog/haikuco-2/  

https://www.facebook.com/barbara.gaiardoni/  

https://twitter.com/BGaiardoni  

https://www.instagram.com/barbaragaiardoni/