Hifsa Ashraf
@hifsays
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award-winning haiku poet & author, storyteller, editor, social activist. ©️photos
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Joined February 2017
"Beyond Emptiness"—my collaborative poetry collection on mysticism with Jacob D. Salzer and Nicholas Klacsanzky is now available on Lulu. Grab your copy, give it a read, and feel free to share your thoughts. Link to the book. https://t.co/dCICrEwc1x
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Thanks Kelly Sauvage Moyer for featuring my monoku in Circle of Salt. And yes you can also comment on my bio. Lol https://t.co/DeuHVfu8rR
#micropoetry #haiku #monoku #sufism #mysticism
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Many thanks to Oana & Timothy for featuring my haiku in Cold Moon Journal today. divorce day— mold on the bread getting darker -Hifsa Ashraf https://t.co/TzSH0WCE7a
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My debut in LEAF, Journal of The Daily Haiku. Many thanks to Ravi Kiran and Amanda White for the honour! https://t.co/ATJwLvkBz4
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Many thanks to Rick Lupert for publishing a haiku of mine in Haikuniverse! family dinner prep— the dough rises above our gossip Haikuniverse, November 26, 2025 https://t.co/CM27xDFh0l
#haiku #micropoetry #writingcommunity
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family dinner prep— the dough rises above our gossip
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A commentary from Nicholas Klacsanzky on my haiku. Thanks Nick for the honour! https://t.co/N4eFcGY0tu
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Please have a look at this week's commentaries on Haiku Commentary Blog! Congratulations to Elliot Diamond and R.C. Thomas! https://t.co/N4eFcGY0tu
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Digging deep into the small things
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Many thanks to Rowan Beckett Minor and Kelly Sargent for including me in #FemkuMag, Issue 40, Autumn/Winter 2025. https://t.co/zA2JgiOkjw
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Many thanks to Katherine E Winnick for featuring my haiku today in Shadow Pond Journal. sunlit dune— the curve of her body in Sufi whirling -Hifsa Ashraf https://t.co/TngSXmYWeo
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Many thanks to Deborah for including my haiku in this week's HAIKU DIALOGUE – Music Around the World – To enlightenment and beyond or music and the spiritual path. Sufi Qawwali— attuning to the heart beats -Hifsa Ashraf https://t.co/NEvj4ZNUuC
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1/2 absolute dream wrapping the midnight a raven’s shadow silver cold the strings of rain knitting silence dopamine dip under the bridge mating darkness -Hifsa Ashraf Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, March 13, 2023 #haiku #micropoetry
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A Haiku Sanctuary Publication
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Thanks Kate for featuring another haiku of mine on Jalmurra. https://t.co/7WYaq3ZygM
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A new haiku in the new anthology from the British Haiku Society. #haiku #poetry #WritingCommunity #writerslift #writer
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Fancy your #creativewriting played on the radio? November's theme is 'life writing' for #nationallifewritingmonth. All forms of creative writing, it just has to be autobiographical. Find out how to submit and listen here: https://t.co/AzD3ul1cy8
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Drawing from Sufism, Zen, and other spiritual traditions, Beyond Emptiness is a collaborative collection of mystiku (mystical haiku) by 3 haiku poets, Hifsa Ashraf, Jacob D. Salzer, and Nicholas Klacsanzky. Now available worldwide from Lulu. https://t.co/dCICrEwJR5
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Many thanks to Luci and Joe for including one of my haiku in Autumn 2025 edition of Wales Haiku Journal. https://t.co/5xrkYKwsbt
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Many thanks to Kate for publishing my haiku in Jalmurra recently! evening clouds the fog-filled furrows of a plowed field -Hifsa Ashraf https://t.co/zXuTVZpIli
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Suspect Device #punk fanzine #poetry nominations for international Touchstone Awards from the October 2025 issue (#17) congrats to @GraceMckie1 @StormofCuteness @debbiestrange @tracydavidson27 @hifsays and @BlueIris5432 good luck! #haiku #senryu
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Two haiku of mine in Turning Japanese #17 – On the road of Suspect Device. Thanks Tim Gardiner for the honour! https://t.co/qYXPDCcsxI
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Many thanks to Tony for including a haiku of mine in tsuri-dōrō issue #30 – Nov/Dec 2025. Remembrance Day — the poppy petals fall from a veteran’s diary – Hifsa Ashraf https://t.co/g6IauSyqqw
#micropoetry #haiku #writingcommunity #poetry #rememberanceday
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Honoured to be featured in the first Laureate of Words Show on https://t.co/eBWd8TjroP. alongside some wonderful poets, where we shared audio recordings of our poems/literary work.Thanks Richard Thomas & FC Radio team for the honour! Show recording link! https://t.co/KSOCLWVkMg
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Recorded on Thu 30th Oct 2025 20:00pm.
If you missed last night's Laureate of Words Show, you can catch up on Mixcloud. Creative writing from around the world, music that doesn't make the mainstream, and my special guest: #fiction writer and journalist, William Telford: https://t.co/3x0Rz9G4YY
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