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Thursday, April 16, 2026

An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

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  stovetop coffee a haunted doll going through motions ~ Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nat...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

"tiny monster" by Yongbo Ma, Helen Pletts, Barbara Leonhard, Belinda Subraman and Nolcha Fox

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  tiny monster (Belinda) I have the sudden relevance of an extinct wild flower un-pressed, when all her petals are re-levelling. I had been ...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

An Esoteriku by Vishal Prabhu

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  Tibetan incense I bring home a little bit of now ~ Educated as a chemical engineer, partly at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Vishal Prabhu has sin...
Monday, April 13, 2026

An Esoteriku by Randy Brooks

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  chew of rhubarb a counter spell for unrequited love ~ Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University, where he teach...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kala Ramesh

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  wind, the pied piper! any which way it goes leaves follow ~ Kala Ramesh, a renowned pioneer of haikai literature in India, was shortlisted...
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Saturday, April 11, 2026

"Chrysalis" by Kaitlyn Downing

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  Chrysalis Every three years, I crack my head open and almost die. When I was three, I tripped and hit my head on a rock, the only rock for...
Friday, April 10, 2026

An Esoteriku by Gordon Brown

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  apologies for the whisky and the witches in my accent ~ Gordon Brown grew up in the deserts of Syria and now lives in the deserts of Nevad...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

"Angel Face" by Zach Lance

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  ~ Zach Lance creates imaginary friends and new worlds in the post-modern kindergarten style. Painting these worlds with his new friends en...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

An Esoteriku by Penny Lowery

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  a journey through the underworld— Hecate my guide ~ Dr. Penny Lowery has practised acupuncture for forty years, considering it a great pri...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

A Tanka Haiga by Mark Meyer

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  ~ Mark is a retired scientist and educator and has been a visual artist almost forever. He lives upstairs in his head in the middle of Lak...
Monday, April 6, 2026

An Esoteriku by M. R. Pelletier

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  Bodhidharma at the wall—the silence inside us ~ M. R. Pelletier lives in Kansas, but his haiku poetry travels the world. He has published ...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

An Esoteriku by Patrick Sweeney

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  somehow a man knows when he's bought his last pair of shoes
Saturday, April 4, 2026

An Esoteriku by Anne Fox

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  faces in the fire I burn all my old names ~ Anne Fox, considered a witch-child from birth, is an off-planet soul doing psychopomp work beh...
Friday, April 3, 2026

"Pierrot" by Mark Valentine

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  Pierrot Pierrot in the metro, never full-seen. Present in the white faces of the passengers, the squirming gleam of the neon lights, the s...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

An Esoteriku by David McKee

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  rose-gold mesa at sunrise an origin myth ~ David McKee is a haiku poet and retired psychotherapist living in Madison, WI. David's haik...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

An Esoteriku by Anne Fox

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  a dark night in the whale's belly of dream ~ Anne Fox, considered a witch-child from birth, is an off-planet soul doing psychopomp wor...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

A Haiga by Debbie Strange

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  ~ Debbie Strange is a chronically ill short-form poet and artist who believes in the healing magic of word paintings.
Monday, March 30, 2026

An Esoteriku by Lucas Weissenborn

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  St. Francis statue— a stray dog curls before a pile of blankets ~ Lucas Weissenborn is a researcher, musician, and poet based in Norway. H...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

A Cherita by Shloka Shankar

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  Mary Oliver writes: joy is not made to be a crumb but it always starts with a crumb, Hanseling and Greteling into the unknown ~ Shloka Sha...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

"Dreamscape 7 or Duke the Pony" by Jack Hernon

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  ~ Jack Hernon was born on a farm in Southern Wisconsin. He had a pony that he once got to ride to school.
Friday, March 27, 2026

An Esoteriku by Patrick Sweeney

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  gusting the boy savior of hats and important papers
Thursday, March 26, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kala Ramesh

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  a river dives into the midnight mountain raga ~ Kala Ramesh, a renowned pioneer of haikai literature in India, was shortlisted for the Rab...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

An Esoteriku by Vandana Parashar

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  no word for it is sanskar * to taste * sanskar is a Hindi word which means moral values, upbringing, culture, and ethics instilled in a p...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

An Esoteriku by Sharon Ferrante

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  my answer . . . a thrush in the wood plays his flute ~ Sharon Ferrante is a Scottish Witch, who practices magick daily. She's also bee...
Monday, March 23, 2026

An Esoteriku by Roberta Beach Jacobson

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  forest journey sensing the right-hand path ~ Roberta Beach Jacobson is an Iowa-based writer in love with words—flash fiction, poetry, song...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

An Esoteriku by Christine Forbes

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  tarot cards, runes all signs point to you ~ Christine Forbes is a NJ-based poet and librarian who loves cats and is always hunting for wha...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

"Buffalo Springfield" by Jerome Berglund

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  Buffalo Springfield . . . hey, didn't stonecutters in Illinois once say something regarding that quintessential mistrust which present...
Friday, March 20, 2026

An Esoteriku by David McKee

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  equinox again with his lecture on equality ~ David McKee is a haiku poet and retired psychotherapist living in Madison, WI. David's h...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

An Esoteriku by Isabella Mori

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  i listen to the scales grow new moon in pisces ~ Isabella Mori writes pretty much everything that's not nailed down:  Fiction (a 15th ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

An Esoteriku by Alvaro Carrasquel Gomez

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dark moon beginning her shadow work ~ Alvaro Carrasquel Gomez is a Venezuelan senryū poet, cursed poet, occasional haiku poet, outlaw poet, ...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kelly Sargent

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  black tea bubbles the part of me that stays afloat ~ Kelly Sargent is a poet, editor, and devoted tea drinker residing in Vermont. Though ...
Monday, March 16, 2026

An Esoteriku by Randy Brooks

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sin eaters . . . what the crows hold inside ~ Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University, where he teaches a haiku...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

"The Geometry of Craters" by Scott Burton

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  The Geometry of Craters The sky above, has begun to stutter . . . as if the stars are trying to remember how to fall. Night used to be a q...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

An Esoteriku by Lorraine A Padden

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  philosp her seminal research shelved ~ Lorraine A Padden is a former classical ballet dancer and widely published haiku and short forms po...
Friday, March 13, 2026

"Jackpot" by Nolcha Fox

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  Jackpot The supermoon orbits, grazes a cliff, and punctures, spilling gold. ~ A best-selling author, Nolcha's poetry books are availab...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

"Protecting My Medicine Stick" by Zach Lance

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  ~ Zach Lance creates imaginary friends and new worlds in the post-modern kindergarten style. Painting these worlds with his new friends en...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

An Esoteriku by Laila Brahmbhatt

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  samadhi demigod devotees dance with stars ~ Laila Brahmbhatt is a devoted workaholic who can be found either working wholeheartedly or wri...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

"Barbed Wire" by Jack Hernon

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  ~ Jack Hernon was born on a farm in Southern Wisconsin. He had a pony that he once got to ride to school.
Monday, March 9, 2026

An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

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  mirror of honey starts the healing ~ Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicte...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

"The Stars Hesitate" by Scott Burton

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  The Stars Hesitate The fence learned a new language before we did. It stopped being metal and started being a throat . . . tightened, trai...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

An Esoteriku by Shloka Shankar

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  pollen light . . .  what the bee bestows on mankind ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled poet, editor, and visual artist from Bangalore, India. ...
Friday, March 6, 2026

An Esoteriku by Patrick Sweeney

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  checkers (with pick-ups for not jumping) my bucktoothed life
Thursday, March 5, 2026

An Esoteriku by David McKee

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  god        being        symbol        concept        missing        puzzle        piece ~ David McKee is a haiku poet and retired psychoth...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kelly Sargent

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  dandelion crown dreamcatching weeds and wishes ~ Kelly Sargent is a poet, editor, and devoted tea drinker residing in Vermont. Though she ...
Tuesday, March 3, 2026

An Esoteriku by Martina Matijević

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crow caw her death denounced ~ Martina Matijević is a poet from Croatia whose work has appeared in Tsuri-doro , Under the Basho , Modern Hai...
Monday, March 2, 2026

"The Contemplative Flower of Violet" by Pawel Markiewicz

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  ~ Pawel Markiewicz was born in 1983 in Siemiatycze in Poland. He is a poet who lives in Bielsk Podlaski and writes tender poems, haiku and...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

An Esoteriku by Roberta Beach Jacobson

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  rooted in ancient wisdom dendrolatry ~ Roberta Beach Jacobson is an Iowa-based writer in love with words—flash fiction, poetry, song lyric...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

An Esoteriku by Jacek Margolak

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  midnight— the moth's dust on my palm ~ Jacek Margolak is a Catholic residing in Kielce, Poland. A polygraph by profession, he has been...
Friday, February 27, 2026

"Answered" by Ken Tomaro

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  ~ Never, until recently, did he consider writing poetry. Not when he slid from the womb. Not when he felt the first tingle of teen hormone...
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Thursday, February 26, 2026

An Esoteriku by Shloka Shankar

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 disrupting that from whence it came /ᛌsʌɪ|(ǝ)n(t)s/ ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled poet, editor, and visual artist from Bangalore, India. A...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

An Esoteriku by Lucas Weissenborn

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  beatgold flaking around Christ's hair california poppy ~ Lucas Weissenborn is a researcher, musician, and poet based in Norway. His ha...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

An Esoteriku by Arvinder Kaur

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embracing as if it belongs amarabel ~ Arvinder Kaur believes in a superpower that lives within each one of us, whose presence she feels in a...
Monday, February 23, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kala Ramesh

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  bound she hops to a slaughterhouse . . .  the sacred cow ~ Kala Ramesh, a renowned pioneer of haikai literature in India, was shortlisted ...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

An Esoteriku by Roberta Beach Jacobson

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  so distant         the old ways ~ Roberta Beach Jacobson is an Iowa-based writer in love with words—flash fiction, poetry, song lyrics, pu...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

An Esoteriku by Vidya Premkumar

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  along midnight's seam a crow's misfired caw ~ Vidya Premkumar is a poet, visual artist, entrepreneur, and educator known for her t...
Friday, February 20, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kelly Sargent

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  civil twilight the whispers of witness trees ~ Kelly Sargent is a poet, editor, and devoted tea drinker residing in Vermont. Though she wr...
Thursday, February 19, 2026

An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

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  twilight the omen of a crow ~ Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicted to co...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

An Esoteriku by Tazeen Fatma

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  half unfolding pages of prayer ~ Tazeen Fatma is a talkative introvert who believes in writing with a purpose. She likes to pen verses and...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

An Esoteriku by Alvaro Carrasquel Gomez

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  dark moon smearing her athame with menstrual  blood ~ Alvaro Carrasquel Gomez is a Venezuelan senryū poet, cursed poet, occasional haiku p...
Monday, February 16, 2026

"Apricity" by Mariya Gusev

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  Apricity An apricot seed that had sprouted in my compost last summer has been growing in a pot. In the fall, when it had lost its leaves a...
Sunday, February 15, 2026

An Esoteriku by Goran Gatalica

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  nameless season— the nuances of wabi-sabi too esoteric for me ~ Goran Gatalica was born in Virovitica, Croatia, in 1982 and currently resi...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

A Valentine's Day Monoku by Vandana Parashar

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  love or the lack of it wet with night ~ Vandana Parashar is an associate editor of haikuKATHA and one of the editors of Poetry Pea and #...

A Valentine's Day Senryu by Mariya Gusev

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  Valentine's Day hearts at the Family Dollar a dime a dozen ~ Mariya Gusev co-edits Haiku Pause , a formal haiku newsletter on Substack...

A Valentine's Day Cherita by Sharon Ferrante

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  she holds my hand so tight— I can feel her heart the phantom who knows mine is broken ~ Sharon Ferrante is a Scottish Witch, who practices...
Friday, February 13, 2026

An Esoteriku by Vishal Prabhu

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  strands of hair pulling down on roots winter trees ~ A lover of all things deep and dark, Vishal Prabhu is forever walking over the edge o...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

A Tanka by Anne Fox

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  five senses answer to one brain the sixth is me tethered to the moon dancing ~ Anne Fox, considered a witch-child from birth, is an off-pl...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

"Pickle Ball" by Jerome Berglund

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  Pickle Ball shopping hungry by the tributary a car parked So, I've been reading some emails, you may know the ones, and mayhap I owe m...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

An Esoteriku by Hifsa Ashraf

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  kufiya hanging from the border fence— the swarm of crows ~ Fueled by a healthy dose of caffeine, Hifsa Ashraf from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, h...
Monday, February 9, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kelly Sargent

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  morning mantra softening the shell of the seed ~ Kelly Sargent is a poet, editor, and devoted tea drinker residing in Vermont. Though she ...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

A Tanka by Shloka Shankar

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  they say no man is an island . . . I've drifted ashore one too many times to know the difference ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled poet, ...
Saturday, February 7, 2026

An Esoteriku by Charles Trumbull

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  the manifest the mountain the beyond ~ Dr. Charles Trumbull is retired from research, writing, editorial, and publishing positions at the ...
Friday, February 6, 2026

A Haiga by John Hawkhead

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  ~ John Hawkhead has been writing short-form poetry for over 30 years, publishing three books of haiku & senryu in that time. He lives ...
Thursday, February 5, 2026

An Esoteriku by David McKee

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  after party after the end of nature ~ David McKee is a haiku poet and retired psychotherapist living in Madison, WI. David's haiku hav...
Wednesday, February 4, 2026

An Esoteriku by Anne Fox

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  bones in the roots of a wind-felled tree birth mother ~ Anne Fox, considered a witch-child from birth, is an off-planet soul doing psychop...
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kala Ramesh

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on waking up the Buddha nature falls away . . . I am all me ~ Kala Ramesh, a renowned pioneer of haikai literature in India, was shortlisted...
Monday, February 2, 2026

A Haiga by Robin Smith

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  ~ They co-founded the Visual Poetry Mail Art Club (snail mail vispo art cards) with Shloka Shankar: www.shlokashankar.com/mailart . If you...
Sunday, February 1, 2026

An Esoteriku by Chad Lee Robinson

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  hunger moon dirt on the latch of the graveyard gate ~ Chad Lee Robinson has been writing haiku and related poetry for more than twenty yea...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

An Esoteriku by Vishal Prabhu

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deep winter keeping a step ahead departing crows ~ A lover of all things deep and dark, Vishal Prabhu is forever walking over the edge of a ...
Friday, January 30, 2026

A Haiga by Vidya Premkumar and Arvinder Kaur

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  Monoku:  Vidya Premkumar Image:  Arvinder Kaur ~ Vidya Premkumar is a poet, visual artist, entrepreneur, and educator known for her three ...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

An Esoteriku by Laila Brahmbhatt

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  the self blurs in pink tea on tazkiyah's path ~ Laila is a devoted workaholic who can be found either working wholeheartedly or writin...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

An Esoteriku by Vidya Premkumar

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  autocorrect dream green lighting my grief ~ Vidya Premkumar is a poet, visual artist, entrepreneur, and educator known for her three poetr...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kelly Sargent

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  wondering if this is as good as it gets— winter cherries ~ Kelly Sargent is a poet, editor, and devoted tea drinker residing in Vermont. T...
Monday, January 26, 2026

An Esoteriku by Charles Trumbull

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  restless night not the hero in his own dream ~ Dr. Charles Trumbull is retired from research, writing, editorial, and publishing positions...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

A Haiga by Aishwarya Vedula

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  ~ Aishwarya is a research scholar, poet, and visual artist from India. Her work engages cinema and culture through close observation and e...
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Saturday, January 24, 2026

An Esoteriku by Goran Gatalica

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  her chakras caressed in amber hues of amethyst ~ Goran Gatalica was born in Virovitica, Croatia, in 1982 and currently resides in Zagreb, ...