Hi I’m Rajeshwari Srinivasan from India and I am a retired banker. I realised my inclination to poetry through my office house journal contributions.
I took Voluntary retirement at 42 yrs of age after putting 20 yrs of service. Married with a daughter I pursued my hobby post retirement and published a poetry book Voice Of my Heart, by Cyberwit Publications and also a Hindi poetry book ‘ Ek Prayas’ ( meaning An Attempt) by Infologihq publications . I was introduced to haiku writing by Kala Ramesh ( A pioneer of Haiku poetry in India) from In Haiku group and Triveni Haiku group in the year 2014. I was very much attracted to this form of poetry being the shortest and almost like a puzzle to solve based on prompts .
I Love it till today! I have some of my haiku published in journals like UTB (Under the Basho), Wales haiku Journal, Poetry pea podcast , Failed haiku , Prune juice etc. I became member of Daily Haiku with your invitation and am enjoying here . The main reason is freedom of expression in any form , encouragement from co -members and the beautiful and regular prompts. I mostly do not use pictures ,only words to express.
14 Comments on “Conversation 60: THE DAILY HAIKU INTERVIEWS: Rajeshwari Srinivasan”
Wonderful haiku!
gentle stream
a sparrow rearranging
the pebbles
Rajeshwari Srinivasan
sapphire
I wonder at the blueness
of sea in a stone
Rajeshwari Srinivasan
Love both of them but as I love sparrows (they live in our roof) it’s the first one:
gentle stream
a sparrow rearranging
the pebbles
Rajeshwari Srinivasan
It’s the kind of poem I’d take for my Autumn special Natural History Haiku issue of Blo͞o Outlier Journal. 🙂
So I hope you keep writing these gems!
warm regards,
Alan
Lovely to meet you Rajeshwari. Your wealth of experience and love of Haiku shines through and your writing has a beautiful simplicity which I am learning from and I’m so grateful that you share it with our group.
Great haiku, Rajeshwari. You’ve always shown a keen eye. I often wondered how non English writing, thinking lends itself to haiku. You show it does it with ease. Tom
Sincere Thanks Alan Summers, Helene Guojah and Tom fox , great feeling for your responses 👍🙏, Regards
Lovely, Rajeswari
Congratulations ❤️
So happy for you.
You know how much I admire your haiku, Rajeshwari!
Hello Rajeshwari, I love your haiku. It is the perfect number of words and syllables to convey a wonderful image. Thank you for sharing. I’ll look forward to reading more of your poems.
You have found your rhythm … your voice in haiku. Thank you for sharing. You were one of the first in TDH I read and I’ve enjoyed you since.
Lovely haiku, Rajeshwari and thank you for telling us something about yourself. I love that you use so few words in your haiku writing. You always make sure that every word counts. ❤👩🦰🧡🦊💛
GratefulThanks dear all friends👍🙏
Dear Rajeshwaei,
I’m enjoying your haiku very much. Great images in the smallest amount of words – quite a skill! Thank you for sharing them.
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Rajeshwari Srinivasan, each time I read you it inspires me. It makes me travel and reflect. Namaste.
Lovely to meet you and your haiku, Rajeshwari.
Your haiku are beautiful, thoughtful and stay with me long after I read them. Thank you so much for sharing your story here too Rajeshwari. I look forward to reading your work and seek it out.