Category: Haibun

#haibun 5

Hello and welcome to my blog. It’s middle of the week and the time to blow my horn. Today i present a haibun for your reading pleasure.

Wrong Place Wrong Time

I went higher and higher up on the swing until I was horizontal with the bar. I must have been about 7 or 8 years old but I still remember that curl of excitement at the pit of my stomach, the rush of air, my exultant laugh and then — a sickening thud. 

dense fog…
playing on a loop
the what ifs

Mohua Maulik
haikuKATHA issue 39 January 2025

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#haibun 4

Posting a haibun published in Failed Haiku Issue 109 2025. Do share your thoughts and many thanks for visiting.

Prarabdha*

First day of college. A packed classroom of whispers and rustles. The door opens and two scrawny boys shuffle in.

Forty years later, one of them is a renowned surgeon while the other boy has long succumbed to a brain tumor.

white lotus
planting the seeds
of a new prayer

Mohua Maulik

*Note: Prarabdha is that part of the past karma which is responsible for the present body. It cannot be avoided or changed.  

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Have a super week ahead.

#haibun 3

This week, i am sharing a haibun of mine for your kind perusal and comments.

Published in Failed Haiku Volume 10 Issue 109 2025

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#haibun 1 & A New Story

Hello everyone. Hope everyone is having a good day. Today is special for me as it is my Father’s birthday. I am celebrating by posting my first published haibun and the new story.

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Ah and the promised story…

From today I begin to post the story Some Sugar & Spice. It is the story of various women and one man stuck in the middle of it all, though not in the way you are imagining! 😀

And don’t worry, this is a limited series and is likely to be about 38 chapters long. If you are ready for another ride, do hop on! See you there 🙂

Some Sugar & Spice

PS: Readers of Silver Streaks may like to visit their page which has now been renamed: 3S: A 2025 Update