Well, here we are, with our bags packed and ready to depart after a happy time together. I know that at least some of you would like to team up for renku sessions, in addition to these THF sessions. I look for ways to encourage more English-language renku activity and, in that … [Read more...]
HAIKU DIALOGUE – The Haiku Mind – Water in Motion
Innocence and The Haiku Mind Recently, my five-year-old daughter was comforting her younger sister when she spontaneously composed this haiku as a source of solace: leaving all that’s left the fog I was shocked! I haven’t shared much haiku with her yet thinking it was a bit beyond her … [Read more...]
Book of the Week: A Compendium of Glimpses
Steve Dolphy is an English psychologist who has worked in Vietnam. While there, he learned of haiku, and began writing them, capitalizing on his Vietnam experiences as the main inspiration for this volume. His haiku are marked by keen observation, a lively sense of humour, … [Read more...]
World of Haiku Redux: United States
UNITED STATES We first featured poems and haiku history from around the world from January 2015 through the end of 2017, and are now sharing them again, both to remind you of the richness of the genre worldwide, and also to inspire you to update … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 45
Welcome to the forty-fifth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. The author of the week is Jamie Lickfold, aka sevenism. His album Saline Celestial was Naviar’s first solo publication: if you like this album, make sure you check out sevenism’s music on Bandcamp … [Read more...]