Robyn Cairns is a Melbourne-based poet. Her collection, Horizon, was published by Ginninderra Press earlier in 2023. Robyn’s poems capture the delight of familiar horizons close to home, and new horizons further afield. Horizon presents around 70 haiku with several, tanka, haibun and longer poems interspersed along the way. The residents of Melbourne were subject… Read More Robyn Cairns: Horizon
Over the past ten years, African poets have shown a growing interest in haiku with their poems often appearing in journals around the world. One of the leading African haiku poets is Adjei Agyei-Baah from Ghana whose collection, Tales of the Kite was published earlier in 2023 by Buttonhook Press. You can read the entire… Read More Adjei Agyei-Baah: Tales of the Kite
The first Haiku Down Under conference was held via Zoom in October 2022. You can find details of the conference including background on the New Zealand and Australian conference organisers here. Haiku Down Under was a great success. Registrations, which exceeded 200, included poets from Australia, New Zealand and around the world. To commemorate the… Read More Haiku Down Under Anthology: 2022
Each year, Red Moon Press produces an anthology showcasing some of the best haiku published in the previous twelve months. The 2022 Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku: skipping stones was released in February 2023. Editor-in-chief, Jim Kacian, and a team of 10 staff review haiku from books, print journals, online journals and haiku competitions… Read More Red Moon Anthology: skipping stones
The Haiku Foundation (THF) was first conceived in 2004 by American poet and publisher, Jim Kacian. The Foundation’s web presence was established in 2008 and has been a valuable resource for the sharing and discussion of haiku ever since. You can access THF here. THF’s goals are to archive English-language haiku, expand possibilities for future… Read More THF Volunteer Anthology 2022
In 2017, Indian poet, musician and educator, Kala Ramesh, released a book of haiku and haibun titled beyond the horizon beyond. The book was published by Vishwakarma Publications and is available from Amazon and other online sellers. beyond the horizon beyond is a substantial collection comprising 125 pages of haiku followed by almost 50 pages… Read More Kala Ramesh: beyond the horizon beyond
The respected Australian poet and artist, Ron C. Moss, has released a new collection titled Cloud Hands. The book features striking cover art by Ron that includes stencilled hands, reminiscent of Indigenous art, a conventional farmhouse under a starry sky and Ron’s Japanese hanko (or Artist Name Seal) in the top left corner. Cloud Hands… Read More Ron C. Moss: Cloud Hands
Adjei Agyei-Baah is a widely published poet from Ghana. He has written several books including Afriku (Red Moon Press, 2016) and is co-founder of the Africa Haiku Network and The Mamba (Africa’s premiere haiku journal). Adjei is currently pursuing his PhD studies in New Zealand. Earlier in 2022, Buttonhook Press released Adjei’s new haiku chapbook:… Read More Adjei Agyei-Baah: Scaring Crow
Gregory Piko 