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| Issue 33: | August 2026 |
| Cheribun: | 81 words |
By Vaishnavi Ramaswamy
Krishna Paksha
Amma always loved to attend the Pournami Pooja at the temple, when the idol of Shiva was taken in procession around the shrine to the accompaniment of pipes, cymbals, and drums. She said she could see God. So we continued together, as long as her chemotherapy sessions allowed her to.
new moon through a silken veil a face of gold smiling mother’s eyes fade into frankincense
Krishna Paksha: the fortnight from full moon to new moon
Pournami: full moon
—Short-listed Finalist in MacQ’s Cheribun Challenge #4
Vaishnavi Ramaswamy
is a Pushcart-nominated poet from Chennai, India, with a deep passion for photography and the natural world. Her haikai poetry and prose poems are featured across platforms such as The Cicada’s Cry, contemporary haibun online, Drifting Sands Haibun, Eucalypt, haikuKATHA, The Heron’s Nest, Ribbons, and whiptail: journal of the single-line poem. She is also the author of a full-length collection of free verse, Sunday Feelings (Writers Workshop India, 2003).
More on the Web: By, About, and Beyond
⚡ Zero Hour, haibun by Vaishnavi Ramaswamy in contemporary haibun online 22.2 (August 2026)
⚡ Suspended, tanka prose by Ramaswamy in Quail Eggs 22.2 (Issue 4, March 2026)
⚡ monoku by Ramaswamy in dadakuku (13 September 2025)
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