The winners are in — now read the commentaries…. Our judges reflect on what made each #Summer Competition winning #haiku rise to the surface www.waleshaikujournal.com/blog

The results are in! www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025re...

Like the many varied cicada calls in this haiku, we look forward to celebrating the myriad voices we’ve already encountered as we delve into the entries for our Summer Competition ☀️. If you’d like to enter, you can find all the details @ www.waleshaikujournal.com/summercompetition2025

As well as our haiku competition running until August 15th, so is this one over at the Society of Classical Poets. A free entry comp for those working within the 5-7-5 format with a $200 prize! classicalpoets.org/2025/06/soci...

Just 3 days left to submit!😍 #haiku #summercompetition

Passiflora, also called passionflowers, bloom in intricate starbursts, drawing every eye to their fleeting display. A striking botanical term used to vivid effect in this #haiku. waleshaikujournal.com #summerpoem #waleshaikujournal #micropoetry

Vernal pools — also called ephemeral pools — are seasonal wetlands that appear in spring, teem with life, and vanish as the weather warms… Another fascinating phrase from the natural world used effectively to create a deeply reflective #haiku. www.waleshaikujournal.com

A haunting, twilight-haiku by Gavin Austin. A moment where nature's mysteries unfold in the fading light, capturing the essence of place and sound. You can find this and more in our Summer Edition—link in bio☀️ #haiku #haikucommunity #poetrycommunity #summervibes #micropoetry #waleshaikujournal

A sky unfolds in miniature in this graceful #haiku by Adrian Bouter. Part of our Summer Edition: waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025

Honoured to have a couple of #haiku* in the beautiful Summer 2025 issue of @waleshaiku.bsky.social. Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse & @loverpoetic.bsky.social. Congrats to all who appear. Available to view free at www.waleshaikujournal.com * Great to have a Welsh poem in there! 1/2

‪Mike Fainzilber‬ ‪ prayer flags footsteps in the wind 🙏 to editors Joe Woodhouse and Luci Turner for including this one in the Summer 2025 issue of @waleshaiku.bsky.social #SenryuSunday www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025

Very much enjoyed reading @WalesHaiku summer issue. Grateful to editors, @loverpoetic.bsky.social and @joewoodhouse.bsky.social for including these two #haiku

A vivid, rain-soaked #haiku from Antoinette Cheung. A haiku that imaginatively encapsulates our deep connection with nature and its cycles. You can read this and many others in our Summer Edition @ www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025

So glad to be submitting again and extremely pleased to feature in Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2025 with a plethora of incredibly talented poets. #haiku #poetry #micropoetry @waleshaiku.bsky.social

The elision of joy found both in nature and nurture, expressed in a memorable #haiku. This gem from JonMcInerney is nestled amongst many others in our Summer Edition, which you can find here: www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025

This transportive #haiku from Srinivasa Rao Sambangi takes us into the middle of a lullaby. This is one of the many Summer haiku gathered for our latest journal, which you can read here www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025 #poetrycommunity

☀️ It's here! 
The Summer 2025 Edition of Wales #Haiku Journal is live, filled with global voices and unique evocations of Summer. Like this one by Bryan Rickert. Join us, and celebrate summer in every line… www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025 #HaikuCommunity #poetrycommunity #newissue

Reading through this wonderful online haiku journal curated by @waleshaiku.bsky.social . When you have time, look through it (you may also find one of my haiku!). www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025 #haiku #senryu #haibun #poetry #micropoems #waleshaikujournal

☀️ New haiku, new voices, new season.
The WHJ Summer 2025 Edition is out today. 
📖 Dive in: www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2025 #haiku #PoetryCommunity #Newissueday

Our Summer Edition is out tomorrow! Meanwhile, here’s a meditation on our relationship with the natural world. Missed the deadline for this Summer’s Edition? No worries! Our Summer #Haiku Competition is open until August 15th… www.waleshaikujournal.com/summercompetition2025

A #haiku about family and the protection loved ones provide. Our thanks to Jo McInerney for this heartening haiku 😍 For more moments like this, and for information about our Summer Competition, head over to #poetrycommunity www.waleshaikujournal.com

A #haiku about growing up; about pushing yourself out of your comfort zone; about resilience, all encapsulated in a rather adorable moment. Our thanks to Stephanie for this one, featured in our Spring Edition ‘25 🦩

There are just a few days left to #submit to our Summer Edition, but if that’s a bit of a squeeze, there’s still a solid six weeks left to enter our inaugural Summer #haiku #competition ☀️. To discover more details, head to waleshaikujournal.com

There are just a few days left to #submit to our Summer Edition, but if that’s a bit of a squeeze, there’s still a solid six weeks left to enter our inaugural Summer #haiku #competition ☀️. To discover more details, head to waleshaikujournal.com

Happy Friday haiku poets, new and experienced! This week’s #prompt: poppy / poppies Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖 We’re ready to follow wherever your creativity goes. #haiku #senryu

Our community has now grown to over 5,000 across our social media. We’d like to thank you all for your support, your words, your time, your care for our #journal and this wonderful form. Thanks to Kevin Valentine for this #haiku which encapsulates our feeling on the journey…

Happy Friday haiku poets, new and experienced! This week’s #prompt: green breeze Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖 We’re ready to follow wherever your creativity goes. #haiku #senryu

Sharing another #haiku from our Spring Edition: a haiku that offers a unique expression of that feeling I'm sure we've all experienced at some point! Thanks to Suraja Menon Roychowdhury for sending this memorable piece our way. for more haiku, head to waleshaikujournal.com

a child’s first library card seed packets #WalesHaikuJournal #HaikuSaturday #haiku

#haiku #senryu #monoku #summer #competition #prizes www.waleshaikujournal.com/summercompet...

Sharing another #haiku to dive into from the Spring #journal. Happy Sunday all ☀️ For the rest of our Spring Edition, and information about #submissions for #Summer, come and see us at waleshaikujournal.com

It's a paid competition, which I don't usually do, but it is in support of one of the best online haiku journals out there, so I may go for it -- it's not a lot of $ (or rather £) either. Open until August 15th.

Happy Friday haiku poets, new and experienced! This week’s #prompt: seed packet Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖 We’re ready to follow wherever your creativity goes. #haiku #senryu

We are delighted to invite haiku #writers from around the world to take part in the Wales Haiku Journal 2025 Summer Competition. We welcome you to join us in celebrating the season, wherever you are, through the meditative form of #haiku. www.waleshaikujournal.com/summercompet...

We are seeking #reviewers for 4 haiku collections, to be featured in our next issue. If you have an eye for seasonal nuance, emotional depth, and the craft of short-form poetry, we'd love to hear from you. Each reviewer will be assigned one book & provided with a digital copy.

digging deeper into what ails us spring soil #WalesHaikuJournal #HaikuSaturday #haiku

Happy weekend haiku poets, new and experienced! This week’s #prompt: poppy/poppies Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖 We’re ready to follow wherever your creativity goes. #haiku #senryu

Summer submissions are open until 30th June. Please send 5-10 haiku via email to waleshaikujournal(at)gmail(dot)com We also accept other short-form poetry as part of your submission of 10 (ten) pieces in total including #haibun #haiga #senryu #waleshaikujournal

Happy Friday haiku poets, new and experienced! This week’s #prompt: spring soil Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖 We’re back from a brief break, ready to follow wherever your creativity goes.😍 #haiku #poetrycommunity

A quietly visceral haiku from the Spring '25 issue 🌟. Enjoy the rest of the issue here: www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring2025 #haiku #senryu #haibun #haiga #waleshaikujournal #haikupoetry #micropoetry *WHJ have added the image to the poet's words

Sharing a beautifully still moment, this #haiku shimmers with quiet presence and subtle tension. Enjoy the rest of the Spring '25 issue here: waleshaikujournal.com/spring2025 #haiku #senryu #haibun #haiga #waleshaikujournal #haikupoetry #micropoetry *WHJ have added the image to the poet's words

Sharing another beautiful haiku from the Spring '25 issue 🌟. Enjoy the rest of the issue here: www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring2025 #haiku #senryu #haibun #haiga #waleshaikujournal #haikupoetry #micropoetry *WHJ have added the image to the poet's words

Sharing some of the highlights from the Spring '25 issue 🌟. Please read the rest of the issue here: www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring2025 #haiku #senryu #haibun #haiga #waleshaikujournal #haikupoetry #micropoetry (WHJ have added the image to the poet's words)

in the peel of another hiker's orange first spring rain Sam Renda This is just one of many #haiku featured in our new Spring Edition, released today. We are so happy to be sharing this collection of Spring thoughts with you all! www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring2025

dolphins calling I dive into my screensaver with 🙏 to Joe Woodhouse and C.X. (Luci) Turner for featuring this one in the latest @waleshaiku.bsky.social www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring2025

It's Here ☀️! The Spring Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal is now live. Join us for a selection of #haiku, #monoku, #haiga and #haibun gathered from all over the world, which explore what this season represents, and what it means, to all of us. www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring2025

Happy Weekend haiku poets, new and experienced! This week’s #prompt: verdant green Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖 We can’t wait to see where this takes you 😍 #haiku #poetrycommunity

* cleaving its way through the morning mist a muezzin's call #waleshaikujournal #haiku

Happy Weekend haiku poets, new and experienced! This week’s #prompt: spring soil Tag #WalesHaikuJournal and please read/share others that participate💖 We can’t wait to see where this takes you 😍 #haiku #poetrycommunity

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN! Looking forward to receiving your seasonal #haiku, #senryu, #haibun and #haiga. Check out our submission page for more information: www.waleshaikujournal.com/submit #waleshaikujournal