KYNPHAM SING NONGKYNRIH writes poems, short fiction and drama in Khasi and English. He has a total of thirteen publications in Khasi. His collections of poetry in English include Moments, The Sieve and The Yearning of Seeds (HarperCollins). He is the author of Around the Hearth: Khasi Legends (Penguin) and the co-editor of Dancing Earth: An Anthology of Poetry from North-East India (Penguin). His poetry has been widely published in national and international journals, including The New Welsh Review (Cardiff); Planet: The Welsh Internationalist (Aberystwyth, Wales); Karavan (Stockholm); PEN International (London); The Literary Review (New Jersey); Wasafiri (London); Modern Haiku (Lincoln, USA); Simply Haiku (Pasadena, USA); Poetry International Web (Rotterdam); and The Heron's Nest (Nassau, USA). His awards include the first Veer Shankar Shah-Raghunath Shah National Award for literature (Madhya Pradesh, 2008) and the first North-East Poetry Award (Tripura, 2004). He also received a Fellowship for Outstanding Artists from the Government of India in 2000.
<p>Delicately weaving through life's tapestry of love, joy and grief, Late-Blooming Cherries: Haiku Poetry from India captures fleeting moments in the concise beauty of haikus and senryus. This long-awaited and first-ever anthology of haikus in English from India invites readers on a journey through hills, seas, and locked-down cities. From the tenderness of young love and small joys to the disease and despair of loneliness, from a child's bed to a grandmother's lap--the verses traverse the spectrum of human experience.</p><p>Compiled and edited by renowned haiku writers Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih and Rimi Nath, the book features contributions from both emerging and accomplished haiku artists. True in essence to the meaning of 'haiku', or 'pleasure verse', and just like the late-bloomer cherries of Shillong, Late-Blooming Cherries is meant to be savoured as slowly, embracing the beauty of each poetic moment.</p>
