Haiku Northwest is a very active group of poets based in the Seattle area of Washington State, USA. The group began in 1988 under the leadership of the celebrated haiku poet, Francine Porad. Each year, Haiku Northwest sponsors the Francine Porad Haiku Award. The Porad Award is open to entries from around the world, and… Read More 2017 Francine Porad Haiku Award
Mike Rehling, editor of Failed Haiku, and Steve Hodge, editor of Prune Juice, recently conducted the 2017 H Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest. The results of the contest can be found here. As many of you are aware, haiku are short poems that generally relate to nature, often refer to a particular season and usually involve a… Read More H Gene Murtha Senryu Contest
Down here in the Southern Hemisphere, the Australian Haiku Society (AHS) does a great job sharing information about haiku happenings in Australia. Of course, while many haiku writers around the world are currently enjoying mid-summer sunshine, we are in the depths of winter. To celebrate, the AHS last month sponsored a Winter Solstice Haiku String on… Read More AHS Winter Solstice Haiku String
Write like Issa: a haiku how-to is a recent release by translator, teacher and writer, David G Lanoue. David is a professor of English at Xavier University of Louisiana and is well known within the haiku community for translating thousands of haiku written by the Japanese master poet, Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828). The book is available as paperback… Read More Write Like Issa: David G Lanoue
Haiku is a genre of poetry that developed in Japan, but these days it is a poetic form practised around the world. Haiku are now written in many countries, and many languages. For example, since 2012 the Romanian Kukai Group has run an annual competition for haiku written in English: the Sharpening The Green Pencil Haiku Contest.… Read More Sharpening The Green Pencil: Romania
A big thank you to Charlotte Digregorio from the USA for including one of my haiku on her writer’s blog. Charlotte’s site offers tips and thoughts about writing in general, and haiku in particular. You can find her blog here. As part of her site, Charlotte runs The Daily Haiku which has to date featured haiku by… Read More Charlotte Digregorio: The Daily Haiku
Once a year, an important little publication arrives in my mailbox. That publication is Windfall, a journal showcasing Australian haiku by Australian poets. Each issue celebrates the experience of urban and rural life in Australia, bringing together haiku that depict our seasons, landscapes, flora and fauna. The new edition of Windfall is again beautifully presented due to the… Read More Windfall: Australian Haiku
Have you caught up with Issue 5 of Frameless Sky, Christine Villa’s twice yearly haiku and tanka DVD? Each issue showcases poets, artists and musicians in a 20 minute video. You’ve read Japanese short-form poetry in print, you’ve read poems in online journals, with Frameless Sky you can watch poetry in an engaging and entertaining video. Issue 5 features poets from… Read More Frameless Sky: Issue 5
Gregory Piko 