Maya Daneva
Maya Daneva is Bulgarian-born Canadian, currently living and working in the Netherlands. Her senryu have appeared in Failed Haiku, Canada Haiku Review, Under the Basho, Frogpond, Wales Haiku, The Zen Space, and Bamboo Hut. In October 2020, Maya’s senryu earned the Second Prize of the Haiku Foundation’s Monthly Haiku Kukai.
first date
the labyrinth’s code
unknown
aperture
a pupil stares at the moon
through a straw
waxing moon
he searches
her dark sides
after a summer hailstorm
I catch a whiff of
the neighbor’s barbecue
a piano lesson
all those notes
my son skips
The Haiku Foundation Dialogue – Opposites Attract, Sept 16, 2020
night shift
the morning coffee
before heading home
The Haiku Foundation Dialogue – Opposites Attract, Sept 2, 2020
naked snail
the way she feels
on Instagram
her smile
under her mask
wrinkles
wearing masks
the triumph of
the genuine smile
seashore
the waves bury our steps
with empty shell
intensive care
a live line or a dead-end
through an i-pad
cancer diagnosis
the beak of a magpie pecking
at a sunflower head
PhD defense
only my reflection
follows my talk
Alpine roadside church
a disinfector guards
the door