Lakshmi Iyer
Born : Palakkad
Residence : Trivandrum
Although born in Palakkad in Kerala, Lakshmi was brought up in Surat, Gujarat. She used to scribble tiny verses in her school days and sometimes put them up in her school magazine, 'Sunbeam'! Hardly she knew that after almost thirty-five years; the lost trail of words and images would hold her once again in the Japanese Poetry form of haiku, tanka, haibun, cherita and rengay. Fascinated with this minimalist since 2017; she is keen to learn and relearn. She owes her journey to Akila G., Kala Ramesh and Triveni
haiku - tanka
in quarantine
after crossing borders
my thoughts
now flow to Anne Frank
more than ever before
newspaper kite
the obituary page
now closer to heaven
mother gathers
a spoonful of stars ...
autumn light
old village pond
the smell of moss
in the washed clothes
Publication Credits :
in quarantine: Editor's Choice Award ,Tanka Origins, August 2020; newspaper kite: Honourable Mention, 24th Mainichi Haiku Contest; mother gathers: Honourable Mention, The First Yugen International Haiku Contest, Romania 2021; old village pond: Wales Haiku Journal, Jan 2021