A new word has been placed on the shelf of the Haiku Emporium: Saijiki - a seasonal almanac of haiku. A quiet catalogue of the year: plum blossom, cicada hush, first frost. You can view this and the rest of emporium below. waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium #haiku #saijiki #wordoftheday

Want to submit your work this month? Here are some great opportunities: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s... Including @theargylelitmag.bsky.social @pictura.bsky.social @januaryhouselit.bsky.social & more

Sharing this #haiga from the latest issue of #waleshaikujournal. Please enjoy more #haiku #senryu #haibun here: www.waleshaikujournal.com #haikupoetry #micropoetry

a bullfrog
in dense fog
that recurring dream - Robert Witmer From the Winter 2025–2026 edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. 
Winter as atmosphere, not explanation. www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

flu season … refilling the bucket of free lemons A #haiku by Jenny Polstra, from our Winter 2025-2026 edition. Winter, noticed through care and habit. www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

The Winter 2025-2026 edition of @waleshaiku.bsky.social is out and includes this: gunmetal skies in the crow’s morning call an iron hawser Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and Luci C.X. Turner for the inclusion. Link: www.waleshaikujournal.com #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

a doe’s eyes the briefest part in the other’s story Doug Belleville, from our Winter 2025–2026 edition. A #haiku that pauses with a fleeting moment, then lets it go. waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

~ dawn moon and star the walker follows his dog ~ freezing cold the conifer absorbs a delicate sunrise ~ With gratitude to Joe and Lucy Wales Haiku Journal Winter 25/26 @waleshaiku.bsky.social #haiku #WalesHaikuJournal

Happy to be back in @waleshaiku.bsky.social winter issue. Thanks to the editors, Joe Woodhouse and C.X. Turner. #haiku Read the issue here: waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

hunger moon trying not to swallow this single grain of rice 🙏 to editors Joe Woodhouse and C.X. Turner for publishing this one in Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social Winter 2025/26 issue www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

And thank you @farahauthor.bsky.social , for sharing your poignant pieces with us.

The Winter 2025–2026 edition of Wales Haiku Journal is now available, gathering #haiku from poets across the world - each poem shaped by attention, care, and the quiet textures of the season. www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

Whilst we wait for our Winter Edition to be released on Friday, we’ve added a word to our Haiku Emporium: Compresence. A word for being there together. For being part of the whole. You can find this, amongst many other words @ www.waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium #words #language #humanity

deep winter dawn the lingering notes of hu mantra Punlished in Wales Haiku Journal, Winter 2022-23

“A simple, powerful way to express love and gratitude to the Divine.” - @hifsays.bsky.social We loved this description shared with us by Hifsa, so we’ve added Hu Mantra to the Haiku Emporium - a #word rooted in devotion, simplicity, and #stillness. waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium

A new word has found its way into the Haiku Emporium - Hibernacle. Many thanks to @thehaikutec.bsky.social for this wonderful, wintry suggestion. You can find this and more words at www.waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium #haiku

A new mini journal is live, celebrating the poets nominated by Wales Haiku Journal for the 2025 Touchstone Awards. Thank you to everyone who continues to write, read, and support the journal. www.waleshaikujournal.com/touchstone2025

There are just two days left to share your #haiku, #haibun, or #haiga for our upcoming issue - the end of the window always comes sooner than we expect! Please send submissions to: [email protected] Our submission guidelines can be found @ www.waleshaikujournal.com/submit

Discover the full Haiku Emporium here: waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium

The Haiku Emporium is now open - a collection of words curated through curiosity, shaped by weather, landscape, and tradition, each one placed to invite moments of noticing. Step inside when you have a moment... www.waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium

Another highlight from the recent Autumn issue... Soft rain, tender ghosts — a quiet reckoning beneath the turning leaves. Tim Daly’s #haiku lingers in the new #WalesHaikuJournal: Amber • Auburn • Ash. 🌧️🍃 Find moments like this here: waleshaikujournal.com #micropoetry #autumnpoetry

A highlight from the recent Autumn issue... Night deepens, and something ancient stirs — feather, thought, reply. Kristen Lindquist’s #haiku listens into the dark in the new #WalesHaikuJournal: Amber • Auburn • Ash. 🌙🦉 Find moments like this here: waleshaikujournal.com

A highlight from the recent Autumn issue... Dust, memory, and the quiet crackle of what remains. Alvin B. Cruz offers an autumn of secrets in the newest #WalesHaikuJournal 🍂📖 #haiku Find moments like this in the new #WalesHaikuJournal: 🍂✨ #micropoetry #autumnpoetry

Another highlight from the recent Autumn issue... A glint of the season in motion with Barrie Levine's #haiku — gold drifting, light unravelling. Find moments like this in the new #WalesHaikuJournal: 🍂✨ waleshaikujournal.com #micropoetry #autumnpoetry

Sharing another highlight from the Autumn issue... Warm light, trembling wings — a quiet moment where daybreak meets migration. Laurie Greer’s #haiku glows in the new #waleshaikujournal: Amber • Auburn • Ash. 🦋🌅 waleshaikujournal.com

Sharing another highlight from the newly released Autumn issue... The storm holds its breath with warm soil, ripe fruit, and the promise of rain. Taste the turning season in Glenn G. Coats’ #haiku, featured in the latest #WalesHaikuJournal 🌧️🍅 waleshaikujournal.com

Sharing some highlights from the newly released Autumn issue... A new taste of the season...crisp air, citrus light, and the slow turning of leaves. Sink into Tony Williams’ #haiku in the latest #WalesHaikuJournal: Amber • Auburn • Ash 🍊🍁 waleshaikujournal.com

A glimpse of autumn’s glow through Brad Bennett’s #haiku: slanted sunlight
a trickle of amber
from the cider press Discover more in the new Wales Haiku Journal - Amber • Auburn • Ash 🍁 
waleshaikujournal.com

We’re thrilled to share our Autumn 2025 Edition 🍂 - With 334 voices from 38 countries, this collection captures autumn’s glow, hush, and turning light. Take a moment, #read, and connect. #haiku #newpoetry waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025

This season’s issue will arrive a little later than planned — now publishing on Friday, November 7th. We’ve had a record number of submissions this time, and we want to give every haiku the care and attention it deserves. Thank you for your patience and understanding ☺️

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