Haiku 2017 Winners & Featured Writers

First Prize	Second Prize	Third Prize
Shloka Shankar	Vandana Parashar	Nimi Arora
Featured Writers
Aditi Mahajan	Akshi Sood	Dr Diwakar Pokhriyal
Amrit Sinha
Longlist
Anusha Das	V Subhadra	Kamalika Ray
Anila Vivek	Divya Garg	Manisha Mahalingam
Melvin Thomas		Somayajulu Musunuri

Aditi Mahajan winter night susurrus of the naked wind a secret revelation

Akshi Sood Back to Top

Hope, they say, did wonders! But no one ever mentioned Ashes, the pixie dust.

Sky And Waves by Amrit Sinha Back to Top

pebbles on pebbles and the sky leaning on waves I learn to balance

Anusha Das Back to Top

stitched red handkerchief she searched among her new clothes last gift from Granny

Divya Garg Back to Top Having transfixed gaze Focusing it hard on time Missed target, mocked life

Dr Diwakar Pokhriyal Scorching summer spills, Cheerful Rainbow craft desires Rejuvenation

Anila M Vivek Back to Top To return to the, Ceaseless love and protection, Of visible gods

Kamalika Ray Back to Top Might just rain today We are waiting and how A year since we bathed.

Melvin Thomas Back to Top I love being a girl And to fly high like a bird In my lovely home

Manisha Mahalingam Back to Top If I were Atlas, I would make a difference, I’d set the sky down.

Shloka Shankar Back to Top

minesweeper the way you push my buttons

Somayajulu Musunuri Summer day Thundershowers Rainbow in my daughter's eyes

V Subhadra A newly bloomed rose    stays fresh and red a long time    on the plant it chose

Vandana Parashar the distant tree line half moon hovering above secret admirer

Nimi Arora Back to Top Melody of flute familiarity lingers as Bamboos sway