Daily Haiku: April 18, 2021

path to my dogs’ grave
mulch deep
with memory

 

 

 

by Donna Bauerly (USA)

 

Daily Haiku: April 17, 2021

first day of spring

this longing to be

a butterfly

 

 

 

by Eufemia Griffo (Italy)

cattails, April 2020

Daily Haiku: April 16, 2021

the light
showing so many paths
through the woods

 

by Tom Clausen (USA)

Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2019

Daily Haiku Special: April 15, 2021

Special by Roberta Beary: Two Haiku

 

 

shooting star 

we stay up to watch

the baby sleep

 

 

dementia ward
the knotted string
of paper cranes

 

 

 

by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA)

seashores journal, Vol. 6, April 2021

 

Daily Haiku: April 14, 2021

closing day

one last goodbye

at the dog’s grave

 

by Bryan Rickert (USA)

Frogpond, Vol. 44.1, Winter 2021

 

 

Daily Haiku: April 13, 2021

senryu

free haircut . . .

homeless veteran

sits tall

by Roberta Beach Jacobson (USA)

bottle rockets, #39, 2018

Daily Haiku: April 12, 2021

solitary walk

the rhyming couplets

of a brown thrasher

 

 

 

by Robyn Hood Black (USA)

bottle rockets, #43, 2020

Daily Haiku Special: April 11, 2021, 2 Haiku by Debbie Strange

rippling waves

you teach me how

to film the wind

 

Grand Prix

10th Setouchi-Matsuyama Int’l Photo-Haiku Contest, 2020

 

 

ripening pear the bruises that never heal

 

Longlisted

Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems, 2020

 

 

 

by Debbie Strange (Canada)

 

 

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 Read the Great  Reviews of Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All:

An altogether brilliant work that must be read by anyone with so much as a passing interest in haiku. Charlotte Digregorio has penned a masterpiece! She has written the definitive guide to one of poetry’s most fascinating genres. This work belongs on the bookshelf of any poet who is serious about writing the kind of haiku that editors want to publish.

-–John J. Dunphy, Author and Poet, Touching Each Tree 

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This book is overall the best one out there on the subject. The amount of information is extraordinary and exceeds that found in any other book. In particular, the commentaries on selected poems are very good, intelligent, and sensitive, and really place keys into the hands of readers for unlocking the mysteries and joys of haiku literature–from its roots in Japan to its present robust evolution in English and other languages.

-–Michael McClintock, Award-Winning Author/Editor of Haiku & Tanka Books

Former President of The Tanka Society of America

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If a book about haiku inspires the reader to create haiku, then Charlotte Digregorio’s Haiku and Senryu guide has done its job bountifully. Digregorio calls this “A Simple Guide for All” and she isn’t kidding. Her basic instruction simplifies the process of writing haiku without sacrificing the beauty and the pleasure that are essential. The examples of well-known haikuists shimmer with perfection! If you are interested in pursuing this lovely, subtle art form, THIS is the guide you need. Fantastic guide! I can’t believe how much I learned.

-–Robin Stratton, Editor, Boston Literary Magazine

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Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All is exactly what it says it is: a way into the reading, writing and publishing of the world’s favorite genre. Premised on the idea that one doesn’t need to be a professional poet to enjoy it, Haiku and Senryu will inform you on why poets and non-poets alike love the genre; how to read them for maximum enjoyment; where they came from; how to organize them; and how to get them into print and other people’s heads. Whether a newbie or a seasoned veteran, you’re sure to come away with a deeper appreciation of the genre. And it’s also a considerable anthology of some of the best English-language haiku to be found.

–The Haiku Foundation

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A strong overview of haiku. A wealth of material on how to introduce and teach haiku to children, college students, and interested adults. For busy teachers the material will make it easier to provide guidance to their students. Any teacher would be thrilled for the helpful guidance, examples, and tools for presenting the form to the next generation. The pain and work involved in creating one’s own lesson plans is gone with the author’s well-honed presentations. The bibliography also contains a wealth of material. Buy a copy for teachers, students, or interested poets and just tell them to read it. This volume will not steer them wrong, and gives any reader something with meat to hang their hat on while they discover or further explore haiku. It will remain on my shelf.

–Mike Rehling, Book Reviewer, United Haiku and Tanka Society

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Marvelous book! Marvelous insight. I truly enjoyed this book, being wonderfully surprised by the new information I didn’t know. The chapter on teaching haiku was especially great, since I’ve taught it, but by a different method. And, Charlotte Digregorio’s haiku often evoke a chuckle of wry recognition or stop you dead in your tracks from awe. She seems well acquainted with the quotidian’s variety of her days, from homeless folk, to nature’s evocation and to loss and sorrow.

-–Donna Bauerly, Professor Emeritus, Loras College

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An energetic and comprehensive guide by a prolific writer and educator with insightful perspectives and a generous sampling of published haiku and senryu. This practical guide is delivered in a relaxed, conversational tone so that the lessons and examples are informative and easily accessible. Extensive appendices and bibliography.

–Frogpond, Journal of the Haiku Society of America

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This book will hook the beginning reader and leave them wanting more. The book demystifies the genre. It offers haiku that are accessible and doable. The “Getting Published” section offers some good tips on submitting to and building a relationship with editors. The large reference section with bibliography of educational books, anthologies, collections, journals, and websites will be of great value to beginning readers.

–Paul Miller, Editor of Modern Haiku journal

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I honor the work Charlotte Digregorio has done on behalf of English-language haiku in Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All. She has a gift for writing clearly, concentrating on what matters beyond passing controversy.

–Dr. Robert Epstein, Psychologist

Author, Checkout Time is Noon: Death Awareness Haiku 

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I highly recommend Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All. Comprehensive!

-–Denis Garrison, Author, Fire Blossoms: The Birth of Haiku Noir

 Editor, Modern English Tanka Press

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A great beginner’s guide that presents/explains the spirit and essence of haiku.

-–Mike Montreuil, Haiku and Tanka Publisher, Editions des petits nuages

First Vice President, Haiku Society of America

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Anyone can benefit from this book’s simple, clear advice. Digregorio offers time-tested, yet fresh and flexible pedagogy–actual lesson plans for those who wish to teach haiku. Intermediate and advanced practitioners will benefit from reminders of simple concepts long forgotten or never learned. We are given new ways to think about the poetry we read.

—Speed Bump Journal

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Offers excellent advice on haiku writing. It is a great book and has helped many of us in our haiku journey, and doubtless will for many years to come.

–Andy McLellan, Poet and Author, birth/stones: Selected Haiku and Haibun

117 Seats Filled: Free Poetry Workshop

Hurry and Register! Three Seats Left! Charlotte Digregorio will give a free ZOOM poetry workshop, sponsored by the Winnetka (IL) Public Library. “Write & Publish Great Poetry” is slated for Sunday, April 18, 2 to 3:30 p.m. (Chicago-USA Time).

For information and registration, (free workshop for all from everywhere), click this Library link: https://winnetkalibrary.libcal.com/calendar/events/…. Charlotte is the author of two poetry reference books: Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing and Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All, along with five other books.

In the workshop, we will analyze various poems by famous poets. Among them, a few short poems– three haiku and one tanka, but mostly long poems. There will be lecture: what is poetry; why does it matter; poetry as a healing art; important elements that poems should have; finding ideas for poems; poetic voice; how to submit poems and specific suggestions of journals for beginning/experienced poets to send work to. There will also be a “short poem” writing exercise. Those who wish may read their poem out loud (or a previously written one), as time allows. And, questions will be answered.

Daily Haiku: April 10, 2021

wildfires–

in the falling ash

my neighbors’ homes

 

 

by Ce Rosenow (USA)

Frogpond, Vol. 44.1, Winter 2021

 

Daily Haiku: April 9, 2021

senryu

 

 

 

the cacophony

of slot machines

white lightning

 

 

 

by Sharon Rhutasel-Jones (USA)

bottle rockets, #43, 2020

Daily Haiku: April 8, 2021

senryu

 

 

 

crime meeting

i learn the names

of my neighbors

 

 

 

 

by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA)

Modern Haiku, Vol. 43.2, Summer 2012

Daily Haiku: April 7, 2021

senryu

 

 

 

family reunion

no one notices

when I say goodbye

 

 

 

by Barbara Tate (USA), Author

far more than I ever was, 2021

Daily Haiku: April 6, 2021

social distance

learning to love

being alone

 

 

 

by Lynne Jambor (Canada)

Haiku Canada Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, February 2021

 

Poem by Roberta Beary

Domestic Poem: After Reading Omens by Danusha Laméris

Because we can’t know what’s next, I say,

the dandelions multiplied overnight,

but you mowed the lawn yesterday,

or was it last Thursday?

The days are melting into one another.

I thought today was Friday but it’s Sunday.

I know because you cooked sausages for breakfast.

Today on our walk you say, what a lovely afternoon. 

It’s only 11:30 in the morning, I mumble.

Surreptitiously I lift my sleeve. 

My moonface watch shows 2:30.

 

Because we can’t know what’s next, I say,

You were right and I was wrong. 

Something I never would before all this.

It starts to rain, we turn around for home.

I stare at the dandelions. You read the paper.

Rain turns to mist turns to sunshine. 

 

Because we can’t know what’s next 

you plug in the lawn mower. 

Its bright orange cord cuts us in two

me seated at the kitchen table

you on your patch of green, headphones on.

 

Because we can’t know what’s next 

The Times is open to page 23.

I wait till mower faces shed

to turn the paper to page one.

When you ask me why I say,

because we can’t know what’s next. 

 

 

by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA)

The Phare, Spring 21

Write Words Competition Issue

https://www.thephare.com/domesticpoemafterreadingomens

Daily Haiku: April 5, 2021

breath and ocean

all the stories

of our tides

 

 

 

by David Kāwika Eyre (USA), Author
The Nothing That Is

Daily Haiku: April 4, 2021

senryu

 

 

sha do be do be do
band bus rumbling home
through the night

 

 

 

by Pris Campbell (USA)

brass bell: a haiku journal, April 2021

 

Almost All 99 Seats Taken for This Free Workshop

Hurry and Register! Charlotte Digregorio will give a free ZOOM poetry workshop, sponsored by the Winnetka (IL) Public Library. “Write & Publish Great Poetry” is slated for Sunday, April 18, 2 to 3:30 p.m. (Chicago-USA Time). For information and registration, (free workshop for all from everywhere), click this Library link: https://winnetkalibrary.libcal.com/calendar/events/…. Charlotte is the author of two poetry reference books: Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing and Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All, along with five other books.

In the workshop, we will analyze various poems by famous poets. Among them, a few short poems– three haiku and one tanka. There will be mostly lecture: what is poetry; why does it matter; poetry as a healing art; important elements that poems should have; finding ideas to write poems about; poetic voice; and how to submit poems and specific suggestions of journals for beginning/experienced poets to send work to. There will also be a short poem writing exercise. Those who wish may read their poem out loud (or a previously written one).

Daily Haiku: April 3, 2021

senryu

three thousand feet . . .
now I bank the glider
and dive

   

by Paul Beech (Wales)

brass bell: a haiku journal, April 2021

 

Daily Haiku: April 2, 2021

senryu

 

 

 

miscarriage

the silence between them

darker tonight

 

 

 

by Robert Epstein (USA)

The Temple Bell Stops: Contemporary Poems of Grief, Loss and Change, 2012

 

Daily Haiku: April 1, 2021

senryu

 

self-portrait
getting to know myself
a little better

 

by Karen Harvey (North Wales)

Haiku Dialogue, Dec. 23, 2020

Daily Haiku: March 31, 2021

marigolds

mother’s planter filled

with sunlight

 

 

 

by Rick Daddario (USA)

https://19planets.wordpress.com/

 

Daily Haiku: March 30, 2021

years since his death

his toothbrush

still in its holder

by Seren Fargo (USA)

The Temple Bell Stops:

Contemporary Poems of Grief, Loss and Change, 2012

Daily Haiku: March 29, 2021

flag-draped coffin:

one who set out in a crowd

returns home alone

 

 

 

by Mike Dillon (USA)

Modern Haiku, 35.3, 2004

 

Daily Haiku: March 28, 2021

senryu

 

touchdown . . .

the atheist beside me

stops praying

 

by Carole MacRury (USA)

Haiku Canada Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, February 2021

Daily Haiku Special, March 27, 2021: New Book by Robert Epstein!

Many of you know the prolific work of Robert Epstein, psychologist and haiku author, editor, and anthologist, from reading this blog. Epstein has a new book out, Contemplating Nature: Pictures, Passages & Haiku. It’s another winner among his dozens of titles.

Below, are four samples of haiku from this book:

tall summer grass

so dry it hums

Dad’s death day

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it’s all over 

now that she named it

yarrow

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zen tea garden –– 

taking a long sip

of the red bridge

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uncertain future

I rest my head on a stream

of moonlight

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• ASIN : B08X65NM3Z
• Publisher : Independently published (February 9, 2021)
• Language : English
• Paperback : 229 pages
• ISBN-13 : 979-8701616118
• Item Weight : 11 ounces
• Dimensions : 6 x 0.52 x 9 inches

Note: This book is available through Amazon, as are some of Epstein’s others.

Daily Haiku: March 26, 2021

bookmarking

mother’s prayerbook

a four-leaf clover

 

 

 

by Jocelyn Ajami (USA)

Frogpond, Vol. 44.1, Winter 2021

 

Daily Haiku: March 25, 2021

vanishing point
where the road disappears
the hospice

 

by Maxianne Berger (Canada)

Wales Haiku Journal, Spring 2020

Daily Haiku: March 24, 2021

senryu

 

 

 

one day at a time lottery ticket

 

by S.M. Kozubek (USA)

Frogpond, 40:2, 2017

Daily Haiku: March 23, 2021

cool spring rain–

on the edge of memory

the scent of his collar

 

by Sari Grandstaff (USA)

A Winner

Golden Haiku Contest, 2018

Daily Haiku: March 22, 2021

 

melting snow

walking on last year’s

worn grass

 

 

 

by Barbara Eaton (USA)

Free Verse by Barbara Kaufmann

Joy Ride

think how your body moved down the avenue of fourteen
hips swaying into tomorrow and the next day

how you curl your tongue around the idea of chocolate
consumed by it even as your body consumes it

how your eyes connect with other eyes,
locking you into that inevitable, unforgettable dance

and feel how your body shudders and utters delight
when you share its secrets

how Beethoven ravaged, savaged your heart
invading, vibrating a joyous ode across tiny ear drums

how your skin felt like silk when you dove into the ocean,
and the salt-flecked water blessed, caressed and ate you

how your body worked to roll out another and another body,
sweating and pushing, pushing and sweating you bore them out

then swooned at the scent of brand new-born
pouring into every open door your body owns

how you are stunned when you rise from a daydream
and your eyes run across the sky, immense, intense with clouds

how you glow when a little boy stops playing
to touch your cheek lightly, politely planting a kiss

how a river of pleasure runs through your nose when a rose
shrugs off its holy fragrance

and oh,
feel how your heart pumped as you jumped on your bike
willing your eight year old legs to ride forever

how you soared, when you stopped on the road to Yosemite, awed
and had to lie on the hood of the car to keep from falling into the stars

and how your heart sings in time with the birds
when spring arrives to banish, vanish winter

your body convulses and pulses with laughter,
tears flowing, you fall down on the floor

when you think what an impossible joy-ride it has given you
ever since you climbed aboard at your naked, gasping birth.

 

by Barbara Kaufmann (USA)

Bards Annual 2014 – A Poetry Anthology

Daily Haiku: March 21, 2021

birdsong

lifting the sun up

in three notes

 

 

 

by Barbara Kaufmann (USA)

brass bell: a haiku journal, Aug. 1, 2015

 

Daily Haiku Special: March 20, 2021–New Poetry Collection by Barbara Tate!

Barbara Tate, a very accomplished writer and author of many genres, has just published “far more than I ever was: haiku, tanka and haibun.” It’s a very attractive, generous, and endearing collection by someone whose work is often featured on this blog, and whose poems appear worldwide.

As the author states in the Introduction, “To me haiku, senryu and tanka are an awareness either from a memory or a moment that strikes like a flash of lightning and begs to be written . . .”

As all great haiku, tanka, and haibun, Tate’s pieces place you right in the moment. Below are just a few fresh and succinct samples of her inspiring and relatable poems that you’ll come back to again and again:

taking a walk

the old dog in my shadow

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sunset walk

a pool of gold

at the rainbow’s end

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Niagara Falls

a bride’s bouquet pitched

in the rapids

• • •

early snow

catching the sky

on my tongue

• • •

trade winds

half the argument

left for later

Tate’s work will inspire you to write more thoughtfully. This book is highly recommended for beginning and experienced poets. It’s a treasure, exquisitely designed by bottle rockets press. And, it makes a great gift, too!

For more information about this title and how to order it, you may contact Barbara Tate at: dbandr2006@gmail.com

Daily Haiku: March 19, 2021

dust motes 

in a shaft of sunlight 

we’re losing her

by Lew Watts (USA)

Presence, Issue 63, 2019

Daily Haiku: March 18, 2021

a glass vase spilling sunlight

 

 

 

 

by Billy Antonio (The Philippines), Author

spilling sunlight, 2020

New Book by Eufemia Griffo!

Many of you read Eufemia Griffo’s haiku on this blog that is written in English. She is Italian and a prolific writer of several books. This is her latest historical novel above.  In English, it means “From Afar, Venice: The Travels of Marco Polo.” While the book isn’t translated into English, we mention it here because many of the haiku poets on this blog are Italian.

Here is a promotional video of this title:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14FxfCwoGtLwIYnusDjwFS8AiWu7rMmCA/view?usp=drivesdk

We congratulate Eufemia for her prolific work and wish her success with her many book projects!

Daily Haiku: March 17, 2021

father’s whistle in a blade of grass

 

 

 

by Mary Jo Balistreri (USA)

The Heron’s Nest, #17, 2015

Daily Haiku: March 16, 2021

senryu

 

 

 

 

Comicon–

every Darth Vader

says he’s my father

 

 

 

by Susan Burch (USA)

Grievous Angel, 2015

 

Daily Haiku: March 15, 2021

senryu

 

 

 

 

first alimony check

her reclaimed family name

misspelled

 

 

 

by John J. Dunphy (USA)

RawNervZ, 4, 1999

 

Daily Haiku: March 14, 2021

senryu

graveside

her persian lamb coat

resurrected

 

 

 

by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA)

Modern Haiku, 42:1, 2011

 

Daily Haiku: March 13, 2021

intimate talk
an onion cut
in half

 

 

 

 

by Nikolay Grankin (Russia)

Under the Basho, 2021

Almost All 99 Seats Taken for This Free Workshop!

Hurry and Register! Charlotte Digregorio will give a free ZOOM poetry workshop, sponsored by the Winnetka (IL) Public Library. “Write & Publish Great Poetry” is slated for Sunday, April 18, 2 to 3:30 p.m. (Chicago-USA Time). For information and registration, (free workshop for all from everywhere), click this Library link: https://winnetkalibrary.libcal.com/calendar/events/…. Charlotte is the author of two poetry reference books: Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing and Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All, along with five other books.

In the workshop, we will analyze various poems by famous poets. Among them, a few short poems– three haiku and one tanka. There will be mostly lecture: what is poetry; why does it matter; poetry as a healing art; important elements that poems should have; finding ideas to write poems about; poetic voice; and how to submit poems and specific suggestions of journals for beginning/experienced poets to send work to. There will also be a short poem writing exercise. Those who wish may read their poem out loud (or a previously written one).

Daily Haiku: March 12, 2021

senryu

 

 

after the movie

my car becomes

the Millennium Falcon

 

 

by Mary Stevens (USA)

Frogpond, Vol. 42:2, spring/summer 2019

Daily Haiku: March 11, 2021

silence falls

on the colours of the lawn

the snow is falling

 

 

 

Scende il silenzio

sui colori del prato

Cade la neve

 

 

 

 

by Nicoletta Ignatti (Italy)

eu.eufemia.wordpress.com

 

Daily Haiku: March 10, 2021

autumn stroll

I let the trees teach me

to let go

 

by Pat Davis (USA)

Asahi Haikuist Network, Oct.19, 2018

Daily Haiku: March 9, 2021

 

does she still hear

the blue pool at her ear

aquamarine

 

 

 

by Donna Bauerly (USA)

 

(For Poet Bill Pauly’s mother at her wake)

 

Daily Haiku: March 8, 2021

 

distant sail

a breeze lifts

the hairs on my neck

 

 

 

by Chuck Brickley (USA)

earthshine, Snapshot Press, 2017

Daily Haiku: March 7, 2021

daybreak–
the spider centered
in its web

 

by Tom Clausen (USA)

Dim Sum