Poet Profile

Ravi Kiran

Ravi is an Electronics Engineer and is a working professional. All things Japanese - from Bonsai to Japanese kitchen knives fascinate him. Haiku – which is a journey for Ravi is also a means of unwinding in the midst of his professional routine.

Awards and Other Honors:

First Place in the World Haiku Review - Vanguard Section - Spring 2021 Issue; Honourable Mentions in World Haiku Review Spring 2021 & Spring 2022; Honourable Mention in Autumn Moon haiku Contest 2021; Runner-up in Classical Poet's Society Haiku contest 2021.

trail’s end
the wind continues
between the pines

season's change
the mountain lets go
of a river

long after
the miscarriage
stretchmarks

the run between terminals with a mask on

almost dawn
still searching for
the right words

summer night―
a creaky ceiling fan
scrapes the silence

Credits:

“trail’s end” - The Heron’s Nest vol. XXIII, No. 3: Sept. 2021); “season's change” - Wales Haiku Journal Spring 2022; “long after” - Modern Haiku vol. 53.1 Winter - Spring 2022; “the run between” - Frogpond vol. 44.1 Winter 2021; “almost dawn” - Presence Issue #72 March, 2022; “summer night” - PoetryPea Journal 1:22 March, 2022.