Poet Profile

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi

Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, a management post graduate and a master black belt in Lean Six Sigma, works for a Pharma Company in Hyderabad, India. He developed passion for oriental forms of poetry with a special interest in haiku. His work is regularly published in almost all haiku journals.

Awards and Other Honors:

Honorable Mention, Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Contest 2017; Honorable Mention, Betty Drevniok Haiku Contest 2018; Honorable Mention, The 8th Setouchi Matsuyama Photo Haiku Contest 2019; Highly Commended, Gene Murtha Senryu Contest 2019.

all our
past quarrels
parrot talk

stone Buddha―
all the blows
that made him

chrysanthemums
the thread slips from
granny's needle

hourglass
the fall from one trap
to another

caught in the web
a fly
. . . and the spider

baby in a crib
spring breeze rocks
the sparrow's nest

Credits:

“all our” - 146th WHA Haiga Contest, October 2016; “stone Buddha“—Cattails, October 2017; “chrysanthemums“ - Modern Haiku vol. 49.3 Autumn 2018; “hourglass“ - Blithe Spirit vol. 28 No. 2 (May 2018); “caught in the web“ – Stardust Haiku Issue 16, April 2018; “baby in a crib“ - Frogpond vol. 41:2, Spring/Summer 2018.