Janak Sapkota

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Janak Sapkota

"A young Nepalese contemplative poet with a prodigious talent for writing haiku, is a visionary mediator between the self and the spirit. In his haiku of radiant light and rare insights he marvels at the mystery. He is attentive both to the World and to the word. He is truly alive to the awe, to the awesomeness of the creation."

He has published Lights Along the Road (Bamboo Press, 2005), a collection of haiku co-authored with the American poet Suzy Conway. He won the Smurfit Samhain International Haiku Prize 2006 and the Seventh Annual Ukia Haiku Competition 2009. While on a writing residency at Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc, Ireland, he published Full Moon (Cló, 2010), a limited edition of his haiku with Irish language translations by Gabriel Rosenstock and images by Danielle Creenaune.

His haiku have appeared internationally in journals, magazines and newspapers such as The SHOp, Shamrock, Lishanu, Fri Haiku and Notes from the Gean. His recent collections include Whisper of Pines (Original Writing, 2012) a bilingual English-Irish edition with Gabriel Rosenstock and A Firefly Lights the Page (SanaSato, Finland, 2012), a bilingual English-Finnish edition by Arto Lappi.


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in the refugee camp
the full moon strays tonight
into the water pitcher


a white pigeon
drops a feather in the yard
first winter snow

source : lishanu.com


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Whispers of Pines
Gabriel Rosenstock (Author)
Janak Sapkota (Author)

Superb Irish-language versions by Gabriel Rosenstock of a young Nepalese haikuist who is rapidly gaining recognition as an extraordinary talent. Text in English and Irish with a fascinating
interview with Janak conducted by Dr Mícheal Ó hAodha.

source : tobaccoroadpoet.com . PDF


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. Haiku in Nepal - Introduction.


. WKD - Haiku from Nepal .


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