2019 New Zealand Haiku Contest

Each year, the New Zealand Poetry Society runs an international poetry competition with sections for haiku and for longer poems. This year I had the pleasure of judging the haiku section of the competition. More than 500 haiku were submitted for consideration. As many of the entries were from New Zealand writers, it was common… Read More 2019 New Zealand Haiku Contest

September 14, 2019January 3, 2023 gregorypiko

Sandra Simpson Reviews BUB

New Zealand poet, Sandra Simpson, has posted a review of Blowing Up Balloons (BUB) by Vanessa Proctor and Gregory Piko on her website. You can read the review here. Sandra’s haiku have been widely published around the world and appear in many prestigious anthologies. Her haiku collection, Breath, was published in 2011. Sandra’s site always has… Read More Sandra Simpson Reviews BUB

July 25, 2017January 3, 2023 gregorypiko