The Haiku Foundation (THF), based in the US State of Virginia, archives a treasure trove of English-language haiku and seeks active exchange with other haiku languages and cultures around the world. A new Per Diem poem appears every day at the top right corner of The Haiku Foundation Home page. Each poem is part of… Read More The Haiku Foundation: Per Diem
Martin Lucas established and edited the haiku journal, Presence, from 1996 until his death in 2014. He held a PhD for his study of haiku in Britain and is well known for his essay, Haiku as poetic spell, which is available on the Presence website. Since 2015, the Presence journal has conducted the Martin Lucas… Read More 2019 Martin Lucas Haiku Award
Creatrix is an online poetry journal run by West Australian Poets Inc. (WA Poets). Each quarter, Creatrix publishes haiku and longer poems in two separate volumes. Three of my haiku, including this one, appeared in the most recent issue, Creatrix #48: summer’s end I take another plum from the fridge For me, this haiku… Read More Creatrix #48
Brooks Books in the USA has released Another Trip Around the Sun: 365 Days of Haiku for Children Young and Old, edited by Jessica Malone Latham. And this book delivers exactly what it says – one haiku for each day of the year, with each poem capturing the spirit of discovery, the magic of a… Read More Another Trip Around the Sun
The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District (BID) in Washington DC encourages economic development through a range of initiatives including public art projects. The District stretches from the White House to Dupont Circle. This is the seventh year the BID has run the Golden Haiku poetry contest. More than 1,700 entries were judged by a distinguished… Read More Golden Haiku Contest: Washington DC
Many organisations in Japan conduct haiku competitions and, given the world-wide popularity of the genre, several competitions invite haiku written in the English language. I was fortunate to have two haiku recognised in recent Japanese contests: the Basho-an International English Haiku Competition and the Soka Matsubara International Haiku Competition. The famous Japanese haiku poet, Matsuo… Read More Haiku Competitions in Japan
The new issue of Windfall is now available. Issue 8, published in early 2020, provides a wonderful selection of haiku relevant to the experience of urban and rural life in Australia. Edited by Beverley George, and published by Peter Macrow from Blue Giraffe Press, Windfall accepts submissions in July each year with the print publication… Read More Windfall: Issue 8
Christine Villa has completed Issue 11 of her video journal, Frameless Sky. The current edition runs over 25 minutes and offers a mix of music, visual art and Japanese short-form poetry. In this case, the music is by Kevin MacLeod and the artwork is by Tiffany Shaw-Diaz and Jessica Malone Latham. You can purchase a… Read More Frameless Sky: Issue 11
