Bookstories 5: Ed Baker’s The City
"I sent my first book (The City) to Cid Corman in 1974. Two copies of it turned up in a package of "stuff" that I bought off of the internet, about 3 months after Cid died..."
Book of the Week: Winter Sunlight
David Burleigh has made a consistently strong argument for a longer (Irish) line and more nearly formal (Japanese) approach to English-language haiku through his own mellifluous poetry. These, handsomely self-published in 1992, are more evidence to that end. You can…
Bookstories 4: Miriam Chaikin's Don't Step on the Sky
Every book tells its story, but what of the other story, the story behind the book? Bookstories offers an opportunity to tell that story. If you have a story about a book or poem you would like to share, contact…
Book of the Week: Snow Man
David Lloyd’s charming book (No Press, 1999) is dedicated to Raymond Roseliep but in fact was intended for his children and grandchildren. It’s a combination of haibun and haiku, all on the theme of the title. You can read the…
Bookstories 3: Stephen Addiss's A Haiku Menagerie
Every book tells its story, but what of the other story, the story behind the book? Bookstories offers an opportunity to tell that story. If you have a story about a book or poem you would like to share, contact…
Second International Haiku Conference in Poland
Feeling the need to practice your Polish? Charles Trumbull brings this opportunity to our attention: Dear Haiku Friend: On May 16–18, 2015, we will be convening the Second International Haiku Conference in Kraków, Poland. We hope you will consider participating.…
2014 THF Fundraiser Release: Fundraiser a Success
Dear Haiku Lovers: Thanks again for your continued support of The Haiku Foundation and our many programs. We're pleased to announce that during this year's fundraising period (November 27 – December 6) we have taken in $3772.00 in…
Book of the Week: Far As The Eye Can See
Sister Mary Thomas Eulberg was perhaps the most talented of the many Catholic nuns who have advocated haiku, especially in the 1970s and ’80s. Eulberg was particularly interested in people, as is evidenced by this attractive chapbook from wind chimes…
2014 THF Fundraiser Release: A Reading by the Paideia School
We conclude our 2014 Fundraiser offerings with this THF Report, a reading by students of the Paideia School in Atlanta, Georgia, under the direction of Tom Painting. https://youtu.be/9zyMgbXjQNU This reading concluded the program of the Haiku Society of…
Bookstories 2: Raffael de Gruttola’s Where Ashes Float
Every book tells its story, but what of the other story, the story behind the book? Bookstories offers an opportunity to tell that story. If you have a story about a book or poem you would like to share, contact…
2014 THF Fundraiser Release: Assignment of Copyright
Today’s release is something outside the usual offerings of The Haiku Foundation, addressing as it does a matter that is personal and legal, rather than public and poetic. We feel it is of paramount of importance to you as…
2014 THF Fundraiser Release: An Interview with Tom Clausen
Today's new release is an interview with beloved haiku poet Tom Clausen, filmed at Mann Library on the campus of Cornell University in 2012. https://youtu.be/6j5WUFWfcGo Besides his work as a poet, Tom created the Mann Library Online Poetry…
2014 THF Fundraiser Release: The Ticket-Taker’s Shadow
In 2012 the Foundation acquired, among others, Cor van den Heuvel’s archival materials. It is out intention not only to house and protect these materials, but to make them available to research and scholarship, as well as to…
Book of the Week: Where Pelicans Fly
Nina Wicker’s oversize letterpress volume (Honeybrook Press, 1991) is a study of fragility and resiliency, and one of the handsomest haiku chapbooks ever produced, a scant 14 poems in two-color printing on subtly coordinated sheets. You can read the entire…
Per Diem for December 2014: Light & Dark
For the December Per Diem, Stella Pierides selected a set of haiku on the themes of light and dark, as winter comes to the northern hemisphere.
2014 THF Fundraiser Release: The THF Online Digital Essay Collection
Garry Eaton, Haiku Foundation Digital Librarian, has created a new collection for the Foundation: The Haiku Foundation Online Digital Essay Collection. As Garry writes: In the last few decades, a great deal of informed writing about haiku in…
2014 THF Fundraiser Release: HaikuLife
Submit your video to HaikuLife, a program of haiku videos offered on International Haiku Poetry Day.
Bookstories 1: Rod Willmot’s Haiku
Every book tells its story, but what of the other story, the story behind the book? Bookstories offers an opportunity to tell that story. If you have a story about a book or poem you would like to share, contact…
2014 THF Fundraiser Release: Pilgrims’ Stride—A Final Reckoning
The Renku Sessions, inaugurated in 2014 through the capable ministrations of renku leader John Stevenson, has proved to be one of the most popular features on our site, not only in terms of views, but also participation. Stevenson…
The 2014 Haiku Foundation Annual Fundraising Drive November 26 – December 6
Dear Haiku Lovers: Thank you all for your continuing support. The Haiku Foundation has grown incredibly fast, and has far outpaced our expectations. What began as a few ideas for projects that we felt would help people find…