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Gulf of Patras journey
which goddess
has a rest here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Steliana Cristina Voicu, Romania<\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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small red spider
climbing on a bookmark
small red spider<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Vishal Prabhu, India<\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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warm breeze
across the miles
mail from a friend<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Elizabeth Crocket, Canada<\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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wherever
his tiny feet go
boat’s wake
always following him
mother’s eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Minal Sarosh, India<\/small>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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winter sunlight\u2014
a patch of marigolds
in family garden<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2014 Hifsa Ashraf\n\n, Pakistan<\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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winter sky
fluffy clouds scatter
now and then
the pause of grandma’s
walking stick<\/p>\n\n\n\nMinal Sarosh, India <\/small>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n About\n <\/div>\n
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\n Steliana Cristina Voicu<\/strong> is a Romanian poet and writer in a variety of genres. She has published haiku, haiga, tanka, poetry, and short prose in more than 40 periodicals and anthologies. A Touchstone Award\u2013nominated poet. She is the founder and editor of the online Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal.\n <\/p>\n\n \n\n \n

\n Bombay-born, US-educated, Vishal Prabhu<\/strong> has since taken time off to stand and stare. He lives in the Himalayas. \n<\/p>\n\n

\n Elizabeth Crocket<\/strong> has had three Haiku Foundation online galleries. She has been shortlisted twice for the Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards. Her latest books are Lake Holiday and Christmas Holiday, for kids and kids at heart.\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

\n Minal Sarosh<\/strong> is an awarded Indian English poet, novelist and haikuist. She has published two novels, Soil for My Roots ( 2015) and Wicked Money (2020) . And her two poetry collections are Mitosis & Other Poems ( 1992) and A Lizard\u2019s Tail and Other Poems (2020).\n<\/p>\n

\n Hifsa Ashraf <\/strong> is an award-winning multilingual poet, author, editor, and social activist from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She is the author of six individual and four collaborative micropoetry books. She received the Touchstone Award (2021) and Honourable Mentions in the Touchstone Distinguished Books Award (2020) and Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award (2021).\n<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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