Gerald Vizenor is an American writer of mixed Swedish and Anishinaabe heritage, author of fiction and poetry, including haiku, which he encountered in Japan as a serviceman after WWII. His haiku are marked by a quiet absorption in commonplace events that stand out because of … [Read more...]
This Week in Haikupedia — August 2, 2020
The Haiku Foundation welcomes you to Haikupedia! Each week for the next several months we will release a few new articles in our ever-expanding encyclopedia of haiku. These we hope will give you a sense of the potential scale of this enterprise, as well as entice you to become a part of the … [Read more...]
THF Galleries — Photo Haiku of Dian Duchin Reed
The Haiku Foundation features outstanding practitioners of the dual art of haiga (haiku + visual art) in The Haiga Galleries. This month’s presentation features the work of photo haiku artist Dian Duchin Reed. Each month we will add a new gallery of work devoted to haiga and related visual arts. … [Read more...]
THF Monthly Kukai — August 2020
Welcome to the THF Monthly Kukai. This month’s theme: do(ing) the right thing The THF Kukai Overview A kukai is a (usually quite casual) poetry contest. The administrator of the kukai (that’s us) assigns a theme for a given writing period and posts to Troutswirl (The Haiku … [Read more...]
Per Diem for August 2020: Crimes of Passion
When Rob Scott invited me to guest edit a Per Diem collection for the Haiku Foundation at the end of last year, I readily and gratefully accepted, choosing the theme 'Crimes of Passion' for the month of August 2020. I chose this theme because it fascinates me — the subject is ripe with possibility, … [Read more...]
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