The Solitary Daisy 🌼
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A fortnightly journal of haiku. Co-editors Sally Quon and Michele Rule. thesolitarydaisy.ca
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Head out to the islands with our latest issue!
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Issue 76 – Island Haiku - The Solitary Daisy
moonlamps — the flow of a fluther island-blooming after ‘reef aquarium’ by Miko San Sheikha A., Dubai, United Arab Emirates
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/06/issue-76-island-haiku/
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This week’s Fallen Petals commentary post on Bluesky haiku and senryu. Featuring poets
@haikuforlife.bsky.social
@ashcapes.bsky.social
@hegelincanada.bsky.social
@oevermann.bsky.social
@gracemac.bsky.social
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Lazy dawns, foggy mornings and rust.
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Lazy dawns, foggy mornings and rust.
A fallen petals post
https://open.substack.com/pub/thesehaiku/p/lazy-dawns-foggy-mornings-and-rust?r=43e1w&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Kristin Houlihan, Writer
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Apparently it’s Issa’s birthday! Read some
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to celebrate Thanks to
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Submissions close on Sunday, June 14, on the theme of summer! Use a prompt from our calendar, which is on our website, or one of your own summer experiences!
#haiku
#submissions
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Head out to the islands with our latest issue!
thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/06/issu...
#haiku
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Issue 76 – Island Haiku - The Solitary Daisy
moonlamps — the flow of a fluther island-blooming after ‘reef aquarium’ by Miko San Sheikha A., Dubai, United Arab Emirates
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/06/issue-76-island-haiku/
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Kris Lindbeck
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Alan Summers
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comments on two outstanding experimental haibun, one by Kati Mohr
@pi-and-anne.bsky.social
, both on difficult topics, both quoted in full.
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Alan Summers: Two Favorite Haibun - contemporary haibun online
Alan Summers Two Favorite Haibun: Unsettling Clashes Photo by Steve Johnson from Pexels When two different genres appear in a single package, it can be unsettling. But the “clashing” genres of haibun—...
https://contemporaryhaibunonline.com/table-of-contents-20-3/articles-reviews-20-3/alan-summers-two-favorite-haibun/
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This week’s Fallen Petals, haiku/senryu commentary post. Featuring poets:
@wolftwinthomas.bsky.social
@nommkreyol.bsky.social
@jennfel.bsky.social
@joypops.bsky.social
@herbtate5.bsky.social
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Snails and the sound of water
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Snails and the sound of water
A Fallen Petals post
https://open.substack.com/pub/thesehaiku/p/snails-and-the-sound-of-water?r=43e1w&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Write along with Sally and Michele for the month of June! Check out and download your copy of the June prompt calendar here:
thesolitarydaisy.ca
#haiku
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Home - The Solitary Daisy
This journal began in early 2023 as a newsletter when haijin Sally Quon and Michele Rule wanted more friends to play haiku with.
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/
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Haiku Canada
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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.
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Write along with Sally and Michele for the month of June! Check out and download your copy of the June prompt calendar here:
thesolitarydaisy.ca
#haiku
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Home - The Solitary Daisy
This journal began in early 2023 as a newsletter when haijin Sally Quon and Michele Rule wanted more friends to play haiku with.
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/
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Submissions on an island theme end tonight at midnight Pacific time!
#haiku
#haikusubmissions
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Submission Guidelines - The Solitary Daisy
The Solitary Daisy Journal runs on a fortnightly schedule (every two weeks). In each issue there is a prompt. Haiku written to the prompt will be considered
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-guidelines/
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23 days ago
Happening at 5 30pm Pacific Time! Come join us!
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23 days ago
#haikuchallenge
Hello, good day to everyone.💙🦉 Here are the (optional)
#prompt
words for- 5/27-5/29 2026 5/27-Baroque 5/28-Basil 5/29-Bastion Definitions and notes are attached, just expand the thread to view them.
#haikuchallenge
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You are so welcome! Thanks for trusting us with your precious words 💖
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In the Eyes of a Child - enjoy Issue 75 of the Solitary Daisy!
#haiku
thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/05/issu...
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Issue 75 – In The Eyes Of A Child - The Solitary Daisy
After all the positive comments from our haiku month calendar, we thought we should share it with you! Remember, prompts are just a starting point.
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/05/issue-75-in-the-eyes-of-a-child/
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The Haiku Shack Magazine
about 1 month ago
The Haiku Shack Magazine is looking for poetry and microfiction for its eighth issue. Theme: "Summer" Complete guidelines at
creativeramblings.co...
#poetry
#fiction
#microfiction
#writing
#writingcommunity
#poetrycommunity
#poetrylovers
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about 2 months ago
Déjà Ku and the Discipline of Seeing
#Haiku
#poetry
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Déjà Ku and the Discipline of Seeing
Every haiku poet, if they write long enough, runs into it.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thesehaiku/p/deja-ku-and-the-discipline-of-seeing?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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The Haiku Shack Magazine
about 1 month ago
We are open for submissions again. This time, the theme is Summer. Complete guidelines at
creativeramblings.com/submit-magaz...
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#poetry
#writingcommunity
#fiction
#haiku
#tanka
#senryu
#poetsofbluesky
#blueskypoets
#micropoetry
#microfiction
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Sea Creatures! Enjoy this latest issue of the Solitary Daisy 🐟🐠🐡🦈🐚
thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/05/issu...
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Issue 74 – Sea Creature Haiku - The Solitary Daisy
This contains another column by our excellent commentator, Sean B. Wright. You may not know that Sean writes several columns on Substack. Sea Creature Haiku
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/05/issue-74-sea-creature-haiku/
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Here they are - the winners of the 2026 Solitary Daisy Haiku Contest!
thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/04/issu...
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Issue 73 – 2026 Haiku Contest Winners - The Solitary Daisy
Wow, wow, wow, is all we can say! Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2026 Solitary Daisy Haiku Contest!
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/04/issue-73-2026-haiku-contest-winners/
about 2 months ago
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Happy International Haiku Day to you all!
#internationalhaikuday
#haiku
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2 months ago
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Enjoy these haiku from under the microscope in issue 72!
thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/04/issu...
#haiku
#senryu
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Issue 72 – Under The Microscope Haiku - The Solitary Daisy
Can you even imagine what Loss of Signal would feel like? I have been following the Artemis II mission and have run out of descriptors for everything I have seen
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/04/issue-72-under-the-microscope-haiku/
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Frithjof
2 months ago
The next issue of the Haiku journal
@thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social
will drop on Saturday. This time the featured poems use the prompt "microscope" I thought I would play along and draw one.
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The 2026 Solitary Daisy Haiku Contest is now closed - 278 entries! Sally and Michele will be working their way through these with a (maybe too ambitious) goal of announcing the winners in the April 25th issue 😄🤞🏻🌼
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Last call for haiku in the 2026 Solitary Daisy Haiku Contest! Submissions close April 4th at midnight Pacific Time. Details and entry form here:
thesolitarydaisy.ca/haiku-contest/
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The Solitary Daisy Annual Haiku Contest - The Solitary Daisy
We are so excited to read your haiku. Please send us one or two haiku/senryu using the form below.
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/haiku-contest/
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Why do eggs like April Fool’s Day? ... They love practical yolks. Ba-dump-bump
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A delightful collection of bird haiku, along with three special Haiku Month collections makes this our most haiku filled issue yet!!
thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/03/issu...
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Issue 71 – Birds Of Spring Haiku - The Solitary Daisy
The Solitary Daisy 2026 Haiku Contest is well underway with over 175 haiku already received! Deadline is April 4th at midnight PT. Birds of Spring Haiku
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/03/issue-71-birds-of-spring-haiku/
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So, our webmaster is a painter but he is also a baker! If you like sourdough bread in all forms you will enjoy his bread baking adventures 😊
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3 months ago
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anne
3 months ago
syllables incoming! 🤯 today's
#haikufeels
#prompt
is breathe
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Eve Castle
3 months ago
tanka weekly
#poetry
challenge March 26, 2026 this week’s prompt: knot write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag
#TankaThursday
#TankaPoem
#micropoetry
#tanka
resources to develop your practice:
tankasocietyofamerica.org
Tanka Society of America
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
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Tanka Society of America
Welcome to the Tanka Society of America website. Here you can learn more about the society, its activities, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our print journal, Ribbons, our membe...
https://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
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Thank you for sharing!
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Today is the big day! Join us for the 2026 Solitary Daisy Haiku Contest! Please read the instructions carefully and submit using the form on the website by April 4th.
thesolitarydaisy.ca/haiku-contest/
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The Solitary Daisy Annual Haiku Contest - The Solitary Daisy
We are so excited to read your haiku. Please send us one or two haiku/senryu using the form below.
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/haiku-contest/
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Enjoy the signs of spring from these talented haikuists! Here is issue 70!
#haiku
#senryu
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Issue 70 Signs Of Spring Haiku - The Solitary Daisy
This is a deft spring haiku that links natural fluctuation with a small domestic moment. Its strength lies in the quiet mirroring between climate and sound.
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/03/issue-70-signs-of-spring-haiku/
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Reminder: submissions close tomorrow (Sunday, March 8) on the theme of Signs of Spring. Details here:
thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-g...
#haiku
#senryu
#haikusubmissions
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Submission Guidelines - The Solitary Daisy
The Solitary Daisy Journal runs on a fortnightly schedule (every two weeks). In each issue there is a prompt. Haiku written to the prompt will be considered
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-guidelines/
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The prompt for our next issue is Signs of Spring! What does that mean to you in your part of the world? Submission deadline is Sunday, March 8. Full details here:
thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-g...
#haiku
#senryu
#haikusubmissions
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Submission Guidelines - The Solitary Daisy
The Solitary Daisy Journal runs on a fortnightly schedule (every two weeks). In each issue there is a prompt. Haiku written to the prompt will be considered
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-guidelines/
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I few years ago I wrote a tongue-in-cheek guide to writing literary haiku called "How to Write Bad Haiku." It also has a picture of the late great Jabberwok, who was tortoiseshell with white patches, and whom I miss. Enjoy!
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How to Write Bad Haiku
A humorous guide to writing "bad" haiku -- mediocre and boring ones -- whose goal is to help people write and edit haiku better.
https://discover.hubpages.com/literature/How-to-Write-Bad-Haiku
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The prompt for our next issue is Signs of Spring! What does that mean to you in your part of the world? Submission deadline is Sunday, March 8. Full details here:
thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-g...
#haiku
#senryu
#haikusubmissions
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Submission Guidelines - The Solitary Daisy
The Solitary Daisy Journal runs on a fortnightly schedule (every two weeks). In each issue there is a prompt. Haiku written to the prompt will be considered
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-guidelines/
4 months ago
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oi, todos! today's
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More haiku from the Solitary Daisy Haiku Month prompts!
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Issue 69 – Calendar Haiku Part Two - The Solitary Daisy
Last month, I attended an on-line workshop put on by Angela Leuck of Haiku Canada on creating your own haiku chapbooks.
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/02/issue-69-calendar-haiku-part-two/
4 months ago
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4 months ago
If You Want to Write Better Haiku, Read Beyond Haiku
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If You Want to Write Better Haiku, Read Beyond Haiku
Haiku is a generous form.
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Don't forget the new deadline for the Solitary Daisy submissions is the Sunday before the upcoming issue. That's this Sunday, February 22! Please send us one or two haiku based on the prompts in our Haiku Month calendar
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4 months ago
Me being indecisive about Kigo in haiku
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#haiku
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On the Fence About Kigo
Why I’m Not Ready to Abandon Season — or Enforce It
https://open.substack.com/pub/thesehaiku/p/on-the-fence-about-kigo?r=43e1w&utm_medium=ios
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Today's issue is out! Welcome to
@sbwrightpoet.bsky.social
, our new columnist! Also congrats to our two choices for senryu -
@thehaikutec.bsky.social
and
@haikuhawk.bsky.social
! Enjoy, everyone 😊
thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/02/issu...
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Issue 68 – Calendar Haiku - The Solitary Daisy
I'm really pleased to announce that we have a new team member here at the Solitary Daisy! Join me in welcoming Sean Wright.
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2026/02/issue-68-calendar-haiku/
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4 months ago
Haiku Horror Writing Prompt no. 1664: huge maw Craft a horrifying haiku inspired by the prompt and share your work with
#haikuhorrorprompt
. Big thanks to Randy Graf
x.com/RandyGrafCanada
for sparking this month's terrors!
#RandyGraFebruary
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The Hoolet’s Nook
4 months ago
We want to see more
#microfiction
and
#shortpoetry
with a speculative edge. Check out our Fables & Folklore and Mystic & Magic tags for inspiration. We'd love it if you shared this post—it helps a lot! ✍️🦉💫🧜♀️
www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issu...
#submissioncall
#writingcommunity
#fables
#folklore
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Category: Fables & Folklore
by Sarah Rodgers Sealskin does burn, it turns out. She was sleeping in our bed when I slipped away to do the deed. She didn’t know I had found the secret skin she had...
https://www.thehooletsnook.com/current-issue/category/fables-folklore
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4 months ago
insert friendly greeting today's
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is ideal insert witty quip clip 👉 less than ideal
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It's been quiet so far. Send us something beautiful 🔮
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Don't forget, the Solitary Daisy new submission deadline is the Sunday before the next issue! The prompt for the upcoming issue is to pick from the Haiku Prompt Calendar on our website. All submission details can be found here:
thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-g...
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Submission Guidelines - The Solitary Daisy
The Solitary Daisy Journal runs on a fortnightly schedule (every two weeks). In each issue there is a prompt. Haiku written to the prompt will be considered
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-guidelines/
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How are you doing with Haiku Month? Did you know we have a prompt list to help you along? Find it here:
thesolitarydaisy.ca
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Home - The Solitary Daisy
This journal began in early 2023 as a newsletter when haijin Sally Quon and Michele Rule wanted more friends to play haiku with.
https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/
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