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Daily Haiku Special: May 3, 2024 – Louise Carson’s Latest Book

Louise Carson of Canada has authored a generous and very thoughtful collection of haiku and senryu titled The Truck Driver Treated for Shock. Carson is a contributor to this blog, and a prolific writer with fifteen books published in poetry, … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: April 21, 2024

all the way from Paris!– but at the homecoming  she is who she was by Michael McClintock (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. XXXII, No.2, Summer 2001

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Daily Haiku Special: March 25, 2024 – Debbie Strange

marsh marigolds dark waters patched with light by Debbie Strange (Canada) Highly Commended New Zealand International Poetry Competition, 2023 drifting sands sometimes the poem writes itself by Debbie Strange (Canada) Winner Drifting Sands Wearable Art and Haiku Contest, 2023 and … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: Feb. 11, 2024

lawn mowing – my neighbor kindly tells me where our yards meet by John J. Han (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. 46.1, Winter-Spring 2015

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Daily Haiku: Feb. 7, 2024

election day . . . the air filled with profanities     by Michael Henry Lee (USA)

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Daily Haiku: Feb. 5, 2024

eagle feather I could not find you at the wake     by Jerome Berglund (USA) Wales Haiku  Journal, Winter 23/24

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Daily Haiku: Feb. 2, 2024

pallbearers’ palms turn butterfly white when they let go by Mike Dillon (USA) Modern Haiku, Vol. 40.2, Summer 2009

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Daily Haiku: Jan. 22, 2024

blue jay song . . . the length of a raindrop by Dorna Hainds (USA)  haikuNetra Issue, 1.2, 2023

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Haibun by Rich Youmans

Below is a haibun by Rich Youmans, selected from the new book, “Haibun: A Writer’s Guide,” featuring work by worldwide haibun writers. The book guides readers toward writing excellent and publishable haibun. Youmans is a co-author. I’m giving this book … Continue reading

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Daily Haiku: July 18, 2023

familiar trail . . .meandering alongside mememories of dad by Al Gallia (USA)https://alecwgallia.comMarch 29, 2023

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