Archive for February, 2010

Periplum is a section that is devoted to 20th and 21st century haiku from around the world. Periplum is overseen by David G. Lanoue. For an introduction to this section, see Periplum.

Periplum #8: Ami Tanaka
BY David G. Lanoue

Ami Tanaka was born in Tokyo on October 8, 1970. I learned this fact from the introduction to [...]

Here is an update regarding additions to the Haiku Registry since February 3. Each poet’s page is accessible by last name: simply click on that initial in the search index on the opening page. To submit your own information, click the appropriate link on the Registry’s opening page.
NEWEST ADDITIONS: Rajna Begović, Mark Brooks, Seshu Chamarty, [...]

Sails is a section of troutswirl that is devoted to presenting questions for discussion and debate on the nature and possibilities of haiku. Sails is overseen by Peter Yovu. For an introduction to this section, see Sails.

. . . 9th Sailing . . .

BY Peter Yovu

How do you feel about emotion in haiku?

I’m going to [...]

Virals is a section in which one person choses a haiku by another person and comments on that haiku. Then the author of that haiku is invited to select a haiku by someone else and comment on that poem, and so on. For an introduction to this section, see Virals.

Viral 6.4

What Isn’t There, [...]

 Essences began as a column written by Carmen Sterba in  the North American Post in Seattle, WA, a bilingual  newspaper in Japanese and English. Its purpose is to go  back to the roots of the “haiku movement” in North America:  the major poets, the individual styles of haiku, the books, the  journals and conferences as [...]