Poet Profile

Tsanka Shishkova

Tsanka Shishkova has a Ph.D. in Computer Science. She is retiree and works as a part-time researcher. She has been writing haiku and senryu, and makes haiga from a few years before 2017. Tsanka enjoys photography, travelling, and music. She has published haiku, senryu, and haiga in: A Hundred Gourds, Black & White Haiga/Haisha, Daily Haiga, ESUJ-H English Haiku, Failed Haiku, Haikuniverse, NHK - Haiku Master, Stardust Haiku, The Asahi Shimbun, THF - Haiku dialogue, The Mainichi, The Mamba Journal, Under the Basho, Urban Fantasist, Wild Lilacs, Wild Plum, World Haiku Association - Category: Haiga. She is a member of the Bulgarian Haiku Union.

Awards and Other Honors:

Selected to the Euro Top 100 Most Creative Haiku Authors in 2017, 2018, and 2019; Wild Plum Haiku Contest 2018 - Honorable Mention; The Bulgarian Haiku Contest 2019 - Honorable Mention.

Books Published:

rain
under the eaves
hobo with guitar

anniversary 
forget-me-nots
on the grave

heritage
handwritten letters in
handmade box

stone sculpture―
a letter to children born 
in the future

rainbow
how short
our childhood

seasonal cleaning
no bin 
for memories

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