Umbrella Man

come, sun, come

now that

I am protected forever

beat down on me 

all day 

  all noon 

all afternoon

try you can

but

you can't

you can't touch me 

I am the umbrella man 

can't touch me 

no you can't 

I am safe forever 

I am the umbrella man   

World Haiku Review: My First Haiku Publication (January 2011)

Hi all,

I just wanted to share my surprise and joy, when by accident, happened to see my December submissions on the World Haiku Review website (January 2011 issue). Out of the four of them selected,have got two honourable mentions, a Second place and a Third Place in respective categories.

For starters, Haiku is an ancient form of Japanese form of poetry. It consists of three lines, preferably with syllables in the order of 5-7-5...

The links are provided below...

Link 1
Neo-Classical Haiku (Among Seven Honourable Mentions)
Zatsuei, or Haiku of Merit (Selection)

Link 2
Shintai Haiku Selections (Second Place)

Link 3
Vanguard Haiku (Third Place)