Pamela A.Babusci

Pamela A. Babusci is an internationally award-winning haiku/tanka poet and haiga artist. Some of her awards include the Museum of Haiku Literature Award and the First Place Mount Fuji Tanka Contest (Japan). Her cover art has graced the books of Full Moon Tide, The Best of Tanka Splendor Awards, Taboo Haiku, Take Five: Best Contemporary TankaVol.1, The Delicate Dance of Wings, Chasing the Sun: selected haiku from HNA 2007 and moonbathing: a journal of women' s tanka. Pamela's haiga have been featured here at Haigaonline, and on The Haiku Foundation, Simply Haiku, Frameless Sky and numerous haiku and tanka journals.

Nightingale’s Melody

City lights turned off, roads emptied, flash of moon glow illuminated the eyes. Stream of honey flowed in her throat, in the darkest hour, heard an irresistible nightingale’s melody. Kneeled by my wounded heart, feathers caressed sunken cheeks, was comatose for years,
January 25, 2023

In Tribute To Toko Shinoda (1913-2021)

This series of ekphrastic tanka was inspired by Toko Shinoda, an amazing and important contemporary Japanese artist connected with the Abstract Expressionist movement. Toko Shinoda passed away on the 1st of March this year. This portfolio is a memorial
July 25, 2021