Category Archives: David McMurray

Daily Haiku: May 2, 2023

Street raccoon scowls at leftovers washing hands by David McMurray (Japan) Haiku International, No. 47, May 2002 Haiku International Association, Japan   Invitation from David McMurray: The Asahi Haikuist Network invites Charlotte and her followers of “The Daily Haiku” to … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: Jan. 9, 2023

sharing a futon in temporary shelter snow-covered windows by David McMurray(Japan)Grand Prize Winner75th Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest,2021

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Daily Haiku: Oct. 1, 2022

dark side of the moon across the winter ocean your half of the moon       by David McMurray (Japan), Author Teaching and Learning Haiku in English

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Don’t Miss These Submission Opportunities: Asahi Haikuist Network

David McMurray, Editor/Columnist for the Asahi Haikuist Network (Japan), writes to us below about his invitation for online submissions: Charlotte Digregorio’s  blog readers will be heartily welcomed on the Twitter site for the Asahi Haikuist Network column. Fellow writers love … Continue reading

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Review: Haiku Scholar David McMurray’s Latest Book

New Book by Haiku Scholar David McMurray Instructs Teachers/Professors David McMurray, acclaimed haiku scholar and professor at the International University of Kagoshima, has just published another book, “Teaching and Learning Haiku in English.” It’s an invaluable resource for teachers and … Continue reading

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Important News: Don’t Miss Prof. David McMurray’s New Book!

David McMurray, acclaimed haiku professor and scholar in Japan, has just published a significant book in haiku studies for an international audience: “Teaching and Learning Haiku in English.” I quote McMurray from Chapter One:  I have been teaching and learning … Continue reading

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Daily Double Haiku: June 9, 2022– 2 Poems by David McMurray, Haiku Prof. & Scholar (Japan)

Symphony maestrowith a quick tap, tap, tapVivaldi’s first spring   by David McMurray (Japan)Frogpond, xxiv: 2, Summer, 2003       Reaching outacross the Milky Wayno answers     by David McMurray (Japan), AuthorHaiku Composed in English as a Japanese … Continue reading

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Are You Reading & Submitting Poems to the Asahi Haikuist Network?

If you’re not regularly reading and submitting poems to the insightful online journal, the Asahi Haikuist Network, you’re missing out. It features a treasure of global haikuists, twice-monthly. https://www.asahi.com/ajw/special/haiku/ David McMurray has been writing the Asahi Haikuist Network column since … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: March 22, 2022

Summer moon– light echoes across the canyon by David McMurray (Japan) World Haiku Series, 2019 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14569670 .  Don’t forget to read and submit your haiku to the longtime Asahi Haikuist Network, (David McMurray, Editor)

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Important Announcement from The Asahi Haikuist Network

Readers and Followers, We hope you are enjoying The Daily Haiku  and all the other features of this blog. Those of you who read or write haiku, please be sure to check out the Asahi Haikuist Network. It is celebrating … Continue reading

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