This month, Per Diem features haiku selected by Dave Read that explores the complex relationship between parents and their children. As most parents would know, it can be a roller-coaster ride during which every imaginable emotion is experienced or endured. For that reason, … [Read more...]
Per Diem for May 2019: Wearable (Haiku)
This month, Marietta McGregor focuses our haiku lens on a practice which is uniquely human - wearing clothes. Her selection of haiku traverses the range of social functions and cultural norms of clothing. Clothing can be an agent of comfort, a form of adornment and an … [Read more...]
Per Diem for April 2019: Punjabi Language Haiku
This month, Arvinder Kaur introduces us to the world of Punjabi haiku. Collected and translated by Kaur herself, this is a wide ranging and modern selection that gives us a taste of yet another current in the ever-expanding pond of world haiku. Punjabi Haiku Punjabi … [Read more...]
Per Diem for March 2019: A Taste of Melancholy
This month, Sandi Pray takes us on a journey into the gloomy world of melancholy - that feeling of insidious sadness with no obvious cause. Sometimes in our lives, we are caught up in feelings of sorrow for no reason. They can be triggered by a memory, a piece of music, a period of isolation, or … [Read more...]
Per Diem for February 2019: Haiku Written in the Languages of Iberia
In the month of February, Per Diem:Daily Haiku will feature haiku in the languages of the Iberian Peninsula. The collection, arranged and translated into English by Danny Blackwell, features haiku in Spanish and Portuguese as well as Basque, Catalan, and Galician. Most of the poems originate from … [Read more...]