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Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

Many thanks to Kate for publishing my haiku in Jalmurra recently!

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

#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity

November 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

tussock moth caterpillar
napping softly
on my rose

#mykitchengarden #roses #nature

October 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

Per Diem - Haiku of the Day! Thanks Richa and Vidya for the honour!

#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity

September 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

Many thanks to Paul Miller for including my haiku in the latest issue of Modern Haiku, issue 56.3.

www.modernhaiku.org

Image: Canava

#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity #poetry

August 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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

Hifsa Ashraf

@hifsays.bsky.social

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.