I love camellias said, Princess Haiku

first pink camellia
erotic like
a french kiss . . .
let me pluck your petals
one by one

Pamela A. Babusci (1/24/15)

a tanka, said Princess Haiku

white magnolia
from a flower market
bathing in a
transparent bowl of moonlight
perfume of forgotten desire

Quill and Parchment June 2014

a dream of dreams said, Princess Haiku

since I am convinced
that reality is in no way
real,
how am I to admit
that dreams are dreams

Saigyo Hoshi

dark night of a poppy said, Princess Haiku

deep inside the
inky-maroon poppy
all the carnal sins
she made while
loving him

Pamela A. Babusci (5/23/13)

yellow lotus pond
and saffron stars...
we paddle the canoe
gently between
the constellations

Pamela A. Babusci
Tanka Splendor Award
A Thousand Reasons

white mist rising by Pamela A. Babusci

white mist rising
around the pond
i seek out
blue lotus perfume
clinging to your nakedness

Pamela A. Babusci
kernels journal April 2013

blue, said Princess Haiku

how vulnerable
the woman in Picasso's
Blue Nude
sitting with despair
& the weight of the world

Pamela A. Babusci

into a blue river, said Princess Haiku

To Diane Dehler


at night
she sheds her veneers
& escapes
into a blue river
of morning glories


Pamela A. Babusci

a tanka said, Princess Haiku

tanka poet: Diane Dehler
graces the pages of: Moonbathing
with her lovely tanka!

just the dark smoke
of 100 torched gold
chrysanthemums
I bow to you autumn
enter a season of grief

Diane Dehler (CA)
Moonbathing Issue 7 2012-13

moonbathing literary journal has immortal tanka, said Princess Haiku

I am happy to announce that I will have a tanka in the next issue of Moonbathing, edited by internationally award winning poet, Pamela A. Babusci. Special thanks to Pamela for encouragement to write some tankas. Moonbathing is more than an excellent journal it also represents a community of women poets. Subscription information can be obtained via: moongate44@gmail.com. Moongate is accepting Paypal for poets out of the country. Please contact the journal for detais.

a hint of magenta said, Princess Haiku

To Diane Dehler


my love
a hint of magenta
lipstick
wild orchids tangle around
our leafless bodies


Pamela A. Babusci @2012 all rights reserved
November 26, 2012




I am happy to publish this lovely Tanka by poet and friend, Pamela A. Babusci.

Pamela A. Babusci is an internationally award winning haiku, tanka poet and haiga artist. Some of her awards include: Museum of Haiku Literature Award, International Tanka Splendor Awards, First Place Yellow Moon Competition (Aust) tanka category, First Place Kokako Tanka Competition,(NZ) First Place Saigyo Tanka Awards (US), Basho Festival Haiku Contests (Japan), Honorable Mention Suruga Baika Literary Festival (Japan), and Joint 3rd prize for the 1st With Words International Online Haiku Competition. Pamela has illustrated several books, including: Full Moon Tide: The Best of Tanka Splendor Awards, Taboo Haiku, Chasing the Sun, Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka, and A Thousand Reasons.