Poet Profile

Neena Singh

Neena is a banker turned poet from Chandigarh, India. She runs a non-profit for the education of underprivileged children.
Her haikai poetry has featured in many online journals and printed magazines viz. Presence, Frogpond, Contemporary Haibun Online, Asahi Shimbun, Under the Basho, Prune Juice, Chrysanthemum, The Haiku Foundation blog Troutswirl, Wales Haiku Journal, Acorn, Cold Moon, Failed Haiku, Haikuniverse, Heliosparrow, Poetry Pea and others.
She has self-published two books of poetry—Whispers of the Soul-The Journey Within and One Breath Poetry.

Awards and Other Honors:

Nehru Prize in Poetry, Award for Social Work by the Governor Punjab and Lifetime Achievement Award for Creativity in Banking by PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Books Published:

Whispers of the Soul-The Journey Within - Notion Press, 2016; One Breath Poetry - a journal of haiku, senryu & tanka Sambhavna Prakashan; First Edition (1 January 2020).

green lawn-mower―
awaits the gardener
nesting pigeons

crawling through the weight a baby snail

pale dawn
cries of peacocks
unfurl the sky

drawing cranes
with grandson―
my walking stick

ghost home―
memories of the guava tree
still linger

row of candles
outside the temple―
the light within

Credits:

"green lawn-mower" - The Asahi Shimbun (Asahi Haikuist Network), June 5, 2020; "crawling through" - Under the Basho, Sept. 3, 2020; "pale dawn" - Presence Issue #68, Fall 2020; "drawing cranes", "ghost home" - Chrysanthemum Fall Issue #28 Oct. 2020; "row of candles" - Failed Haiku Vol. 5 Issue 60, Dec. 2020.