Poet Profile

Radostina A. Angelova

Associated Professor in Textiles at the Technical University of Sofia, Doctor in Mechanical Engineering. She writes poems and short stories in Bulgarian and English. Her haiku have been published in Asahi Haikuist Network, The Mainichi Daily News, Sketchbook - A Journal for Eastern and Western Forms, and Liternet (In Bulgarian).

Awards and Other Honors: Third place for a short story on a National comic contest (2010).

Books Published: The Half Is Me (Avangard Publishing House, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003); Hearth On The Way (Avangard Publishing House, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2004).

a fine rain
how small are
the hands of the baby

sunset
i jump over a puddle
my shadow lands in it

spring afternoon
my novel still remains
unfinished

an evening beach
in front of a sand castle
a gull on guard

sunny day
the gratings on the window
invisible

snowflakes only
in the mailbox
on the first of january

Credits: "a fine rain" - Sketchbook 6: 1 (January/February 2011); "spring afternoon" - Sketchbook 6: 1 (January/February 2011); "sunny day" – Sketchbook 6: 1 (January/February 2011); "sunset" - The Mainichi Daily News (March 18, 2011); "an evening beach" - Sketchbook 6: 1 (January/February 2011); "snowflakes only" - Asahi Haikuist Network (January 29, 2010).