Simon Hanson from the Australian Haiku Society asked if I would like to write the back story to one of my haiku. I was happy to oblige and the AHS recently included the result in one of their postings. I have reproduced my haiku story here . . . In late 2016 I visited the… Read More The Story of a Haiku
Robert Epstein from California, USA, has edited a new collection of poetry titled They Gave Us Life: Celebrating Mothers, Fathers & Others in Haiku. While the book presents many haiku celebrating parents, and the bond between parent and child, it also includes a substantial number of haiga and tanka, plus several longer, free verse poems. Hence,… Read More They Gave Us Life edited by Robert Epstein
Each year the City of Kumamoto in Japan conducts an international haiku competition. The contest is named after the celebrated novel, Kusamakura, written by Natsume Soseki (1867-1916). I was honoured recently to receive a Second Prize award in the 22nd ‘Kusamakura’ International Haiku Competition. Being a poet who seeks to interpret a Japanese genre while… Read More ‘Kusamakura’ Haiku Competition
Scott Mason is a widely published haiku poet from the United States who has won many haiku awards over the past 15 years. Since 2010 Scott has also volunteered as an editor with the popular haiku journal, The Heron’s Nest. Scott’s new book, published by Girasole Press, is titled The Wonder Code. The Wonder Code… Read More The Wonder Code by Scott Mason
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
Gregory Piko 