Three of my tanka appears in the Haiku Shack Magazine, #6, February 2026
Tanka – Ram Krishna Singh
a tidal wave
touches the shore to wipe
my naked footprints
and leaves behind some shells
pebbles and memories
(p.43)
awaiting the wave
that’ll wash away empty hours
and endless longing
in this dead silence at sea
I pull down chunks of sky
(p.44)
crazy these people
don’t know how to go
down with the swirl and
up with the whirl but
play in the raging water
(p.45)
About Ram Krishna Singh
Ram Krishna Singh (born 1950) has published poems, articles, and book reviews in various magazines
and journals over the years. For nearly four decades, he taught English for Science and Technology,
Indian Writing in English, and Criticism at The Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of
Mines) Dhanbad, India. Now a retired Professor, he has over 60 books to his credit, including
白濁: SILENCE: A WHITE DISTRUST (English/Japanese, 2022), Poems and Micropoems (2023), Knocking VistasAnd Other Poems (2024), and Leaves of Silence (2025).
Website: https://pennyspoetry.fandom.com/wiki/R.K._Singh
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