farther and farther into the blue swallows #haiku

Contemplating #hiraku Thanks for the info @nommkreyol.bsky.social Hiraku: ordinary verse. No season required. No punchline required. Just the flat, open space where nature and humans meet with lightness, laughter, tenderness, and truth.

Today's brushwork in the notebook...

For a #haiku book to be best seller, it sells 50. niche grades on a curve.

Always good to think, contemporary haiku will crossover both its haikai cousins and other art forms. Little grey cells vibrating.

For #haiku 5 retweets is viral.

Join us for Prune Juice's 2nd Senryu Slam! Thanks to @cinnatus.bsky.social, we're opening up a zoom link so we can have a watch party when the slam begins! DM him or @pippaesque.bsky.social for an invite! #senryu #poetrysky #WritingCommunity #writingprompts #SenryuSunday

#haikuchallenge Hello, good day to everyone.💙🦉 Here are the (optional) #prompt words for- 6/14-6/16 2026 6/14-Handsel 6/15-Harmony 6/16-Haven Definitions and notes are attached, just expand the thread to view them. #haikuchallenge

#haiku & related forms journals that reopened to submissions 6/1: - horror senryu journal - Only Human: A Senryu Journal - Prune Juice - Post-ku - Triya links to their guidelines here: haiku-and-horror.blogspot.com/p/haiku-mark...

- 7/26: Flowers & Greenery Niigata Prefecture Haiku Competition - 7/31: Basho Memorial English Haiku Contest - 7/31: Snapshot Press eChapbook Awards - 8/31: International "Kusamakura" Haiku Competition - 10/15: Penumbra Haiku Contest - 10/31: SF International Competition for Haiku, Senryu, & Tanka

- 6/20: EJCA Spring Haiku Contest - 6/30: HSA Haibun Award Contest - 6/30: HSA Haiku Award Contest - 6/30: HSA Senryu Award Contest - 7/1: Triveni Haiku Awards - 7/15: "Shigureki" National Haiku Competition - 7/24: Issa Village Haiku Competition (2/3)

current #haiku, #senryu, #haibun & #tanka contests: - 6/5: Murakami Kijō Commemorative National Haiku Competition - 6/5: Murakami Onijo Prize - 6/15: Hexapod Haiku Challenge - 6/15: Marlene Mountain Memorial Haiku Contest - 6/19: Oku no Hosomichi Kisakata National Haiku Competition (1/3)

A recent outing at the new Cornflower Journal: morning light a thin white cloud where my hair was Lead editor Michael Pappafava and a team of selection editors have made an interesting first outing here: haikudingen.be/magazine/ #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

#HaikuTip Issa often asked questions of small creatures in his haiku, like: evening lark— which pine island’s good for sleeping? Try writing a haiku that incorporates an asked question, or an implied one like in this poem by Liz Fulton: winter walk half a robin egg at my feet #haiku

Thinking of submitting #haiku? here’s a list. thehaikufoundation.org/new-to-haiku...

Lastly for now, the Haiku Foundation is on YouTube and here's a film for the haiku film festival by Debbie Strange www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldtm...

Haiku Canada has a YouTube channel as well although it has been dormant. www.youtube.com/@HaikuCanada...

@thepoetrypea.bsky.social Poetry Pea has released S9 Ep 21 on Flashku, Tiny Poems and One-line haiku www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkAp...

KaDo had a slot at VERSeFest Ottawa in March, www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGj9...

P.h. Fischer's gingko walks is at episode 3. www.youtube.com/@GinkoWalks

Haiku Talk is at its 140th episode. www.youtube.com/@HaikuTalk

Murney Tower Kingston has an exhibit of Haiku Canada haiku from a gingko walk there and a chance for you to write your own.

Touchstone nominations are open: thehaikufoundation.org/nominations-...

I'm happy to answer this! 🥰 Hydrangea is the kigo (seasonal word), it's listed in the saijiki (Haiku World: An International Poetry Almanac) under summer. You can also use door as a regular word in haiku or senryu. For every prompt, going forward, the first word option will always be a haiku kigo.

Wonder what you can with a subscription to a paper journal of Haiku Canada? Here's an archived issue from 2024. www.haikucanada.org/publications...

Catalogue of B.C. member books: www.haikucanada.org/publications...

The Haiku Shack Magazine is looking for poetry and microfiction for its eighth issue. Theme: "Summer" Complete guidelines at https://creativeramblings.com/haiku-shack-magazine/ #poetry #fiction #microfiction #writing #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers

Our inbox is officially open! Give us your best shot and send us you #senryu, #kyoka, #haibun, #haiga! We're looking for work that pushes boundaries and buttons! #WritingCommunity

*The Heart of Haibun* new #haibun chapbook / free download 🙏 Pamelyn Castro & Jeff Streeby editors O:JA&L 2026 Master Series Mixed Forms: Haibun Buttonhook Press & 🙏 my brother Kevin Beary for the cover art! ojalart.com/buttonhook-p...

Le week-end annuel Haiku Canada aura lieu le long week-end de mai 2027 à l'Université de la Saskatchewan, à Saskatoon. The annual Haiku Canada Weekend will the long weekend in May 2027 at the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon.

Looking forward to reading for issue 1.2 next month!

It was a privilege to serve as judge for the Betty Drevniok Award 2026, organized by Haiku Canada. Congratulations to all the winners and honourable mentions. My sincere thanks to Pearl Pirie and Haiku Canada for this honour. www.haikucanada.org/contests/dre... #haiku #micropoetry