HAIKU IN TELUGU editor: Rama Krishna Perugu translators: Sathyanarayana MVS and Prof. Indira Babbelpati
Inspired by Bashō, many Indian writers adopted Zen-style and created haiku. In 1990
Gaali Nasar Reddy brought out his first haiku collection Kanjeera. Dr. Penna Siva Ramakrishna
published a collection in 1991, followed by Ismail in 1995, and about 100 poets after that.
In 2002 at Anakapalle, a small Town in Andhra Pradesh, Dr. T. Prithv Raj founded the
Indian Haiku Club and published three collections, Nelavanka, Sambhodhi and Arati Kuteeram.
poola curtain floral curtain:
seethakokachiluka perches over it
vachi valindhi a butterfly
—Gaali Nasar Reddy
deepam veligaaka lights flash
andarikee telisindhi they discover
nenu ekakinani I’m alone
—Dr. Penna Siva Ramakrishna
pichuka eguruthoo vochindi flaps in to my room
naa gadhiloki— a sparrow brings in
aakaasaanni ventesukuni! the sky
—Makineedu Surya Bhaskar
raathri vacchina vaana the night rain
cheekatini poorthigaa kadigesindhi rinses away the darkness
thoorupu thellabadindhi east shimmers
—G.Gopalaiah
bhoomikosam thannukuntunnaru they fight for the earth
aakaasaanni leaving the sky
naaku vadilinandhuku thanks to me, thanks
—Ismail
Muse India, November 2013
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