Submissions extended

Submissions are extended till the end of the month for our series, Lockdown Poetry. You still have time to write your verse and send it to us by the end of April 2020. Details below.

Cafe Haiku is doing a series on haiku, haibun, tanka or related styles on the subject of the Wuhan virus lockdown which is now daily life for most of the world as the virus spreads to alarming proportions. We will upload one poet’s post at time. If you would like to be part of this please submit to inhaikumumbai@gmail.com. Up to 10 haiku and tanka or 3 haibun, and some illustrations if possible. The deadline is 15th April. Subscribe to this blog to read the posts in the series and be updated about future series like this one.

Lockdown Poetry 3

Cafe Haiku is doing a series on haiku, haibun, tanka or related styles on the subject of the Wuhan virus lockdown which is now daily life for most of the world as the virus spreads to alarming proportions. We will upload one poet’s post at time. If you would like to be part of this please submit to inhaikumumbai@gmail.com. Up to 10 haiku and tanka or 3 haibun, and some illustrations if possible. The deadline is 15th April. Subscribe to this blog to read the posts in the series and be updated about future series like this one.

The third poet in this Lockdown Poetry series is Andrea Cechon.

asleep
for no reason-
quarantine spring

social distancing
my shadow
disrespectful

pandemic –
the winter sun
bordered by silence

quarantine day-
my mother’s silence
melts in mine