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Hifsa Ashraf
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Hifsa Ashraf @hifsays.bsky.social · Oct 20
"Beyond Emptiness"—my collaborative poetry collection on mysticism with Jacob D. Salzer and Nicholas Klacsanzky is now available on Lulu.

Grab your copy, give it a read, and feel free to share your thoughts. Link to the book.

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A commentary from Nicholas Klacsanzky on my haiku. Thanks Nick for the honour!

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Haiku Commentary
Digging deep into the small things
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November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Please have a look at this week's commentaries on Haiku Commentary Blog! Congratulations to Elliot Diamond and R.C. Thomas!

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Haiku Commentary
Digging deep into the small things
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November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Many thanks to Rowan Beckett Minor and Kelly Sargent for including me in #FemkuMag, Issue 40, Autumn/Winter 2025.

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#micropoetry #haiku #writingcommunity
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Many thanks to Katherine E Winnick for featuring my haiku today in Shadow Pond Journal.

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#micropoetry #haiku #writingcommunity
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Many thanks to Deborah for including my haiku in this week's HAIKU DIALOGUE – Music Around the World – To enlightenment and beyond or music and the spiritual path.

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#haiku #micropoetry #sufism #writingcommunity
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Thanks Kate for featuring another haiku of mine on Jalmurra.

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#haiku #Poetry #writingcommunity #micropoetry
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Drawing from Sufism, Zen, and other spiritual traditions, Beyond Emptiness is a collaborative collection of mystiku (mystical haiku) by 3 haiku poets, Hifsa Ashraf, Jacob D. Salzer, and Nicholas Klacsanzky.

Now available from Lulu.

www.lulu.com/shop/nichola...

A blurb by Michael Dylan Welch.
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Many thanks to Luci and Joe for including one of my haiku in Autumn 2025 edition of Wales Haiku Journal.

www.waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025

#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #WritingCommunity
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Many thanks to Kate for publishing my haiku in Jalmurra recently!

jalmurra.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/h...

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November 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Many thanks to Tony for including a haiku of mine in tsuri-dōrō issue #30 – Nov/Dec 2025.

Remembrance Day —
the poppy petals fall
from a veteran’s diary

– Hifsa Ashraf

#micropoetry #haiku #writingcommunity #poetry #rememberanceday
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Two haiku of mine in Turning Japanese #17 – On the road of Suspect Device. Thanks Tim Gardiner for the honour!

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November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Honoured to be featured in the first Laureate of Words Show on fcradio.co.uk. alongside some wonderful poets, where we shared audio recordings of our poems/literary work.

Thanks Richard Thomas & FC Radio team for the honour!

Show recording link!

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November 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Thanks David for including an old haiku of mine in the Halloween edition of ASAHI HAIKUIST NETWORK/ David McMurray.

solitary stroll--
shrouding the naked trees
autumn fog

www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

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moonless night a black cat closes his eyes and disappears--Mario Massimo Zontini (Parma, Italy)
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November 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Glad to be included in this week's Haiku Dialogue prompt– Music Around the World – Loving you with all of my tunes or let’s talk about feelings.Thanks Deborah!

distant stars—
the refugee mother rewrites
her lullaby

-Hifsa Ashraf

#micropoetry #haiku #WritingCommunity

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HAIKU DIALOGUE – Music Around the World – Loving you with all of my tunes or let's talk about feelings – long list - The Haiku Foundation
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November 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Thrilled to have received the 1st Prize in the 9th International Haiku Competition for the Radmila Bogojević Award 2025. Thanks to the jury!

hazy day—
untying the knots
of mom’s apron

maglovit dan –
odvezujem čvorove
na maminoj kecelji

#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity #poetry #Serbia
October 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Beyond Emptiness is a collaborative mystiku (mystical haiku) collection by Hifsa Ashraf, Jacob D. Salzer, and Nicholas Klacsanzky.

Please get your copy from Lulu.

lulu.com/shop/nicholas-…
#haikuk#micropoetryr#mysticisms#writerslifef#writerscommunityt#meditationo#peacece
October 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
hifsays.bsky.social
"Beyond Emptiness"—my collaborative poetry collection on mysticism with Jacob D. Salzer and Nicholas Klacsanzky is now available on Lulu.

Grab your copy, give it a read, and feel free to share your thoughts. Link to the book.

lulu.com/shop/nicholas-…#writersliftf#poetryr#WritingCommunityt#haikuku
October 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Many thanks to John Han for including my haiku in the October issue 32 of Fireflies’ Light.

#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity

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October 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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tussock moth caterpillar
napping softly
on my rose

#mykitchengarden #roses #nature
October 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Per Diem - Haiku of the Day! Thanks Richa and Vidya for the honour!

#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity
September 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Many thanks to my mentor and dear friend Alan Summers for including my haibun in Pan Haiku Review, Issue 5 – Haibun & Tanka-bun.

If you’re interested in learning haibun, consider enrolling in the "Tiny Haibun" course with Alan Summers. Here’s the link:

www.callofthepage.org/courses/haib...
September 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Many thanks to Tom Elias for featuring my two haiku in VSANA, inspired by the August stone, "Buddha's Hand."

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#micropoetry #haiku #viewingstone #writingcommmunity
September 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Thanks to Judy Kendall for a beautiful review of our poetry book Infinity Strings for the July issue of Presence. For full review, please follow the link:
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Amazon links to Infinity Strings:

UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/1399993089
US: amazon.com/dp/1399993089

#poetrybook
August 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Happy to have a haiku in the latest issue of Presence#82.

Thanks to editors for the honour!

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#micropoetry #haiku #WritingCommmunity #poetry
August 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Many thanks to Paul Miller for including my haiku in the latest issue of Modern Haiku, issue 56.3.

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Image: Canava

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August 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM