Robert Epstein is a poet and psychotherapist living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has produced a series of poetry anthologies on topics such as grief, renewal and the afterlife. His anthology, All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku, was published by Middle Island Press in late 2019. The anthology contains a mix of… Read More All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku
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 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
As I mentioned in an earlier posting, the New Zealand Poetry Society runs an annual competition with sections for open verse and haiku as well as categories for younger writers under 18 years of age. Each year, winning and selected poems from the competition are published in an anthology. The 2019 anthology is The Perfect… Read More New Zealand Poetry Society: 2019 Anthology
Sandra Simpson and Margaret Beverland have edited Number Eight Wire: The Fourth New Zealand Haiku Anthology which was released earlier this year by Piwakawaka Press. Number Eight Wire presents poems by 70 New Zealand poets from the period 2008 to 2018. The third New Zealand anthology, The Taste of Nashi (2008), was a much-loved collection showcasing… Read More Number Eight Wire: New Zealand Haiku
Issue 10 of Christine Villa’s twice yearly video combining short-form poetry, art and music is now available from her Frameless Sky website. This current issue features black and white images by English photographer, Phil Openshaw, together with music by Tim Beek from the Netherlands and Benjamin Tissot from France. The music and art provides an… Read More Frameless Sky: Issue 10
Recent posts on this site have referenced haiku from Africa, Chinese translations of English-language haiku and poems from the Irish Haiku Society competition. This time the Aussies take a turn. Windfall is an annual haiku publication that portrays the landscapes and life of Australia. It is the premier publication for haiku about Australia, by Australians.… Read More Windfall Issue #7: Australian Haiku
Gregory Piko 