Jump Start You jump-started my heart. It beats a forgotten rhythm. Resurrected are old passions, hid behind that fake indifference I ...

Full Bloom Renga Paul Conneally sent this: Our Web Renga for the Full Bloom Renga will run over the two weeks between our live renga session...

Thomas Heffernan has been making haiku since the mid-1980s in Okinawa where he co-founded the bilingual haiku magazine Plover/Chidori . His ...

Raffael de Gruttola sent the wonderful reading below. He writes: This is the piece that Judson Evans, Karen Klein , and I cross-adapted fro...

Flowers on the Roof of Hell in this world we walk on the roof of hell gazing at flowers                 —Issa (1763–1828) Today Issa came ov...

Just a quick reminder about the 31st annual Haiku Holiday on Saturday, April 24th. I plan to attend. If you're in the neighborhood, ple...

Ellen Olinger has been writing poetry since high school. She lives with her husband, Karl, by Lake Michigan. She recently began a poetry b...

Carolyn Hall sent this update : The Spring issue of Acorn is hot off the presses. For ordering information and sample poems from this issue...

I was recently reproached by a family member about my church-going. This person's assessment of me was that my life isn't or was nev...

Directions Let us walk for awhile. Bring along the pick ax, spade and knapsack hanging in the shed. You will find them on your right just ...

Here is a message from Kuniharu Shimizu: Collaborating with more than 250 haijin, I made more than 1000 haiga. From the stock of haiga, I...

Nora Wood grew up near the Tetons in Wyoming. She is a writer and poet living in Atlanta, Georgia with her two daughters. She took up haiku-...

A message from David G. Lanoue: Dear Haiku Friends, This May will mark the 10th year anniversary of my Haiku of Kobayashi Issa website. A...

pen and ink drawing from an open window a woman watches the world of butterflies transparent waves of sun and air in her gaze a ce...

I received this wonderful message from Angelee Deodhar : Dear Curtis, Here's wishing you,your dear family and the readers of Tobacc...

Gillena Cox, lives in St James, Trinidad in The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She is a retired library assistant. Her poems have been pub...

Nepal a stray dog chases his own tail prayer wheels rattle sunset losing time at every toll booth village square bustle the f...

Darlington Richards are proud to announce the launch of their first title, containing 115 haibun from this master of the poetic form which c...