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no moon no stars at edge of forest hut’s light
-- Ross Coward

Last Chance to Vote in the THF Monthly Kukai — October 2020

Final day to vote in the THF Monthly Kukai . . .

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re:Virals 268

Meg Halls conjures a dream.

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The Renku Sessions: A Better Look – Week 10

The renku is half-full, half-potential.

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HAIKU DIALOGUE – Opposites Attract – destroy/create

powerful forces used for good & evil…

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Book of the Week: Prune Juice Book of Senryu: 2009 – 2019

  Senryu come in one size only. But if COVID 19 has you down in the mouth, try this collection on for a fit of laughter. Our Book of the Week is The Prune Juice Book of Senryu: Celebrating 10 Years: 2009-2019. corn fritter the way his belly parts his suspenders —Alan S. Bridges, USA…

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Current Renku Session

Join other poets in the composition of a renku, a collaborative poem whose starting verse, the hokku, gave rise to haiku.

Haiku Registry

Join our registry of poets who have published English-language haiku or senryu in an edited journal.

Digital Library

Explore our online collections of books and essays.

Haikupedia

Haikupedia endeavors to be a comprehensive online encyclopedia about all aspects of haiku everywhere in the world, past and present.

JUXTA

JUXTA is our peer-reviewed journal dedicated to haiku research and scholarship.

Forum

Workshop your haiku and exchange ideas in our forums.

Haiga Gallery

Haiga is haiku painting — the wedding of visual image to haiku.

Haiku Life

HaikuLife is The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Film Festival, in celebration of International Haiku Poetry Day.

Education Resources

Take advantage of our ready-to-use lesson plans for teaching haiku at various educational levels.

THF Haiku App

Our mobile app features over 1500 haiku from poets around the globe, showing the range of topics and form characteristic of today’s haiku.

Video Gallery

Visit our galleries of video haiga, haiku readings, and more.

Touchstone Awards

The Touchstone Awards series rewards excellence and innovation in the haiku genre.

The Haiku Foundation

Our mission is to archive our first century of English-language haiku; to expand possibilities for our second; and to seek active exchange with other haiku languages and cultures around the world.

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