VerseWrights Published My Haiku !!

My haiku are published on Versewrights. Please take the privilege to read and share. All are my favourite.

ancestral home …

from every spider’s hammock

the autumn moon

first snowfall …

in my pot of water

the rising moon

farewell …

away from her epitaph

another fallen leaf

walking downhill …

another time my footsteps

follow my shadow

Rest you can read at the below link :-

http://www.versewrights.com/archana-nagpal.html

Love Ak <3.

WHA 126th Haiga Contest

WHA Haiga Contest 126th shortlisted my haiga. Here we go -

http://tfship.net/haiga_contest/126/arcana_kapoor_nagpal_indtml

Love Ak!

Raedleaf Poetry Award 2014 - I am Top Ten Contender!!

I am super excited to share the results of RLP Poetry 2014 (Haiku) section. Out of 68 entries the list includes top ten finalists and the winners. Though missed the first three positions but i am in the finalist top contenders. My haiku will also be included in the RLP Poetry Award 2014 Anthology. I am in the top ten across the globe :)

Thank you all my readers for reading me so far. Thanks to all my haijin friends for all their love and support.

Below is the message on Raedleaf Poetry Page - also on twitter and website.

OUR WINNERS AND FINALISTS in the RL POETRY AWARD 2014 (Haiku) Section! Point to note, we aimed for a single winner but such amazing works that the prize value will now be be shared by the top two finalists as well!!

Carl Seguiban from Canada is the 1st place winner of the RL POETRY AWARD 2014 (Haiku) followed by Tracy Davidson from UK and Andrea Cecon from Italy in the 2nd and 3rd positions respectively.

Julie Warther, Marion Clarke, Patrick Druart, Sandra Simpson, Archana Kapoor Nagpal, Salil Chaturvedi and Judit Hollos are the other top contenders in the Haiku section.

Winners and Finalists' works will be shortly compiled in the Annual RL POETRY AWARD 2014 Anthology! Stay Tuned!

Love AK :)

Mainchi Japan Newspaper Published Me!

My haiku published in Mainchi Japan Newspaper.

morning alarm ...
clink of mother's bangles
as she wakes me

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20140823p2g00m0fe085000c.html

Haiku Published in Hedgerow #13

walking uphill ...
one by one my steps
before my shadow

Hedgerow #13 includes my haiku. Immensely thankful to Caroline for selecting this ku. This is my favourite one. It comes from my childhood memory of going to school in Shillong. I have relived these memories while writing haiku. Love.

https://hedgerowpoems.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/hedgerow-13/

Coming Up!

Dear Readers -

In few weeks - you will get to read my work in two other journals - The Bamboo Hut that will include four of my tanka, and The Hedgegrow Haiku Online Journal that will include one of my favourite haiku.

I have been very busy submitting my work to almost all the journals for the first quarter of this year as I will quite busy from Feb first week. I have to shift to a new apartment and decorate my home from the beginning. I have two paint two big canvas before I move. Btw, in a day or so I will post the pic of my latest painting. Not to forget my art workshop starts tomorrow, and there are hundred things happening around me. But I am enjoying all the challenges of life :).

Good night

Love, AK.

I am a semi-finalist - Raedleaf Poetry Award 2014

Raedleaf Poetry Award 2014 (Haiku) section has received submissions from 68 haiku poets/haijins in August 2014 (around the globe). Out of the the entire batch of 68 wonderful people - few of the poets have received an e-mail from the Good Team of Raedleaf Poetry. They are the semi-finalists of the group. 

Fortunately, I am one of the semi-finalist. I do not know whether I will make it to the 10 finalists and then just one winner BUT I am thankful to God for taking my entries to semi-finalist list. It means a lot to me. I already feel like a winner.

Lot more to do and learn in 2015. Happy Weekend.

Love

Ak

Do Not Make Resolutions !!

I am not planning a resolution driven year. When asked about my resolutions - i always answer one thing - live every day rather than planning 365 days. Life cannot be planned. I am glad it cannot be planned else i would have been a Knowledge Database Manager than a swimming coach/author/chocolate maker/artist/blogger. 

I wanted one job, God gave me four jobs. I wanted to be financially independent, God gave me independence in all aspects. Remember - it is true you might desire less and deserve more. Live every day than making resolutions for 365 days. 

Every day if lived enough makes a YEAR. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Love

AK <3

Writing Updates - Haiku

Faces and Places Anthology is now live. A great work by Don Baird that includes two of my haiku as well on pg 170, pg 182.

Faces and Places is now live!!! Here is a direct link:

http://en.calameo.com/read/001095372ef63fa75cb78

Cattails, UHTS (January 2015 Issue)  includes two my haiku as below:

#1

touch of dawn -
over the camellia petals
these dewdrops

#2

alone at dawn –
on its own shadow
a butterfly

Love
AK.

Happy New Year 2015

Wishing all my readers and admirers - a very Happy New Year 2015. Each one of you makes a difference to my work in a positive aspect. I wish loads of happiness and love for all my readers. Thanks for being with me in 2014 - one of the most successful year for my wtiting career with two antholgies as a writer and an editor, my very first haiku book and lot of journals/blogs/websites who published my work. Thanks for reading me so far. Peace and blessings ....

Love
Archana