Hifsa Ashraf
hifsays.bsky.social
Hifsa Ashraf
@hifsays.bsky.social
poet, author, editor, storyteller, social activist

social media: @hifsays
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
Many thanks to Katherine E Winnick for featuring my haiku today in Shadow Pond Journal.

shadowpondjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/hifs...

#micropoetry #haiku #writingcommunity
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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.

thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialog...

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

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

#haiku #Poetry #writingcommunity #micropoetry
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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
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
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
Two haiku of mine in Turning Japanese #17 – On the road of Suspect Device. Thanks Tim Gardiner for the honour!

suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.html

#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity #poetry
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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
"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
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
tussock moth caterpillar
napping softly
on my rose

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

#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity
September 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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
Many thanks to Tom Elias for featuring my two haiku in VSANA, inspired by the August stone, "Buddha's Hand."

www.vsana.org/ppp-40-aug-1...

#micropoetry #haiku #viewingstone #writingcommmunity
September 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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:
haikupresence.org/subscribe/

Amazon links to Infinity Strings:

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

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

Thanks to editors for the honour!

haikupresence.org

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

www.modernhaiku.org

Image: Canava

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August 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Glad to have a haiku in Haiku Summer Girl. Thanks C X Turner Luci for the honour!

haikugirlsummer.substack.com/p/monday-817

#haiku #writingcommunity #micropoetry #poetry
August 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A beautiful review of our poetry book Infinity Strings by Pippa Phillips published in Kokako, 43 September issue. Thanks Pippa Phillips!

Review:
kokako10.wordpress.com/current-issue/...

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

Also available from other Amazon stores.
August 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Glad to have three haiku in Frogpond, Issue 48.2. Thanks Allyson Whipple for the honour!

www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/

#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity #poetry
August 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
August 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Many thanks to Joe and Luci for including my five poems in the Summer 2025 issue of Wales Haiku Journal.

www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025

#haiku #writingcommunity #poetry #micropoetry
August 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Glad to have a haiga published in daily haiga. Thanks Linda!

www.dailyhaiga.org/haiga-archiv...

#micropoetry #haiga #haiku #tanka #writingcommunity
July 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Glad to have two haiku included in #Femku Mag, issue 39, summer 2025. Thanks to Rowan Beckett Minor and Carissa Coane.

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#WritingCommunity #haiku #micropoetry
July 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM