Category Archives: Haiku about human nature

Haibun by Roberta Beary (Ireland/USA)

inheritance       the funeral was months ago and i want the big buffalo plaid jacket which i find   gone from its usual place on a back hook in the dark of the front hall closet   maybe … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: Aug. 19, 2016

senryu   custody battle the divorce paper’s bullet points   by Brendon Kent Modern Haiku, 46.3, 2015      

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Daily Haiku: July 1, 2016

her urge to talk with Mother– bathroom mirror by D. Claire Gallagher   senryu People’s Poetry, 6:3, 2000

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Daily Haiku: April 3, 2016

senryu: making do with less another surgery by Peggy Bilbro Prune Juice, #12, March 2014

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It’s Official: The Haiku Exhibit in Chicago

Dear Readers and Followers: It’s official, and even a day early! My haiku exhibit (actually, “haiga,”–haiku combined with art) is at the Chicago Public Library, 400 S. State Street, in downtown. (Third Floor). It will run through May 1. If … Continue reading

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Senryu: Jan. 24, 2016

smitten— my swing partner’s pony tail by Christopher Patchel bottle rockets, #18, 2008

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Senryu Week: Human Nature at Its Best

am I holding them correctly? worry beads by George Dorsty, Author The Space Between: haiku by George Dorsty

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Attention: Haiku Contest for Students

Dear Teachers and Parents, If you have students/kids in grades 7 through 12 who like poetry, and specifically haiku, start getting them ready to enter a terrific haiku contest with a late March 2016 deadline. Co-sponsored by the Nick Virgilio … Continue reading

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Poets Need Recognition & Publicity

Out of all published writers, perhaps poets get among the least publicity. Many of the poets I’m familiar with tend to hide in the shadows. In a small way, perhaps, I like to give poets publicity through The Daily Haiku. … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku, Nov. 28, 2015

sipping champagne enjoying the tiny sounds of living alone by Susan Delphine Delaney bottle rockets, Vol. 4, #1

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