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Frogpond 48.1 • 2025

Museum of Haiku
Literature Award

Haiku & Senryu

Essay 1 - On the Playground

Essay 2 - Vagueness

Essay 3 - Freud's Portraits

Essay 4 - Mexican Haiku

Interview - Shloka Shakar

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INTERVIEW

 

Haiku Poet Interview: Shloka Shankar

by Jacob D. Salzer

Haiku Poet Interview: Shloka Shankar
(complete PDF version)

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Country of Residence: India

Website: https://www.shlokashankar.com/

Education: Master’s degree in English Language & Literature

Interests and Hobbies: Digital art, abstract & geometric art, collage & visual poems, editing, teaching, singing

Haiku Volunteer Positions and Affiliations:

  1. Founding Editor of the literary & arts journal Sonic Boom
     
  2. Founding Editor of Yavanika Press, an independent
    publisher of e-chapbooks
     
  3. Served as a panelist for the Touchstone Individual Poems
    Award 2023
     
  4. Co-founder of the Trailblazer Contest
     
  5. Conducted poetry workshops on several platforms such as
    Studio Ikigai, LearnShare, BitClass, Off Topic Publishing (Canada), Lampshade Writers, and The Writers’ Room for Poets series by Authors Publish
     
  6. Facilitated special workshops for educational institutions in India, such as Dr. BMN College of Home Science, Mumbai; Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai; the Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai; Chatrabhuj Narsee School, Mumbai; and IIT Bombay

Journal Publications: Shloka Shankar’s poems and artwork have appeared in over 200 online and print venues of repute.

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Salzer, Jacob D. "Haiku Poet Interview: Shloka Shankar." Frogpond 48.1, Winter, 2025, 44-51.

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Haiku Poet Interview: Shloka Shankar
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