Cosmic Conversations

Haiku by Ruth Holzer, Katherine E Winnick, Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, Beata Czeszejko, and Anne Fox

coming out
to gaze at the moon
earthworms and I

Ruth Holzer
Potomac Falls, Virginia, USA

early sleep a dandelion cloud becomes the moon

Katherine E Winnick
Brighton, United Kingdom

passing cloud —
a raven waits
on a trickling tap

Vaishnavi Ramaswamy
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

staring at the clouds
my Juli-ku
still in doodles

Beata Czeszejko
Tarczyn, Poland

buck moon
he lifts his antlers
to the stars

Anne Fox
Broomes Island, Maryland, USA

Editor Bio: An English language teacher, freelance editor, editing consultant, writing coach, and mandala artist, Vidya is presently promoting her third poetry book, Light and Line Drawings, which she collaborated on with her friend and fellow poet, Sangita Kalarickal. She is Associate Editor of haibun for the haikuKATHA journal and editor for two full-length books and four anthologies. A 'book' in the Human Library, Chennai Chapter, she was featured in a coffee table book, ‘50 Inspiring Women boys and girls should read about, Chennai Edition’ (2021). Vidya finds meaning in life through yoga.

Instagram: @vidya.shankar.author

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