Author: Richa Sharma

Richa Sharma resides in the National Capital Region of India. In addition to her keen interest in management and academics, Richa is fond of the world of haiku and related forms. Since 2019, her work has appeared in numerous online and print journals, contests, and anthologies dedicated to Japanese short-form poetry. She also served as a panelist judge for the 2nd Trailblazer Contest in 2023. Recently, she has been awarded a ‘Foreign Language Tanka Excellence Award’ in the 10th Fujisan Tanka Contest. She is the founding editor of Flying Fish.

fading light . . .
she takes off her bangles
to play the guitar

(Originally appeared in Frogpond 48.2)

only child
without a child
winter moon

(Originally published in The Heron’s Nest XXVI:1)

arriving without a suitcase spring rain

(Originally published in MacQueen’s Quinterly, Issue 22: 4 Feb. 2024)

poppies at dusk
in my dream, he says yes
the boy lost to war

(Originally published in the UHTS Songbirds Online Anthology, 2022)