James Kirkup
James Kirkup April 23rd, 1918 - May 10th, 2009 - Poet, Translator, Writer, Teacher - Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature - First President of the British Haiku Society - Poetry Advisor, Kō Haiku Magazine (Japan) I switched off…
haiku meets twitter in a station
Commuters arriving at London's King’s Cross station are being invited to submit haiku-style poems on the subject of the "British Summer" from their mobile phones, using Twitter, the free social blogging site. The competition will run between Monday, May 18th,…
Montage #11
I am a few days late on this but there is a new installment of Montage up here on The Haiku Foundation website. It is #11, and the entire series is archived. Montage is a series presented by Allan Burns…
Envoy 1 (part 2)
Envoys is a section that is devoted to looking at individual, non-English haiku from the 20th and 21st centuries. For an introduction to this section, see Envoys. • Envoy 1 (part I) .............................................................................................................................................................................. Envoy 1 (part 2) 銀行員ら朝より蛍光す烏賊のごとく ginkōin-ra asa…
Periplum #1
Like Envoys, Periplum is a section that is devoted to 20th and 21st century non-English haiku. Periplum, however, is overseen by David G. Lanoue. For an introduction to this section, see Periplum. .............................................................................................................................................................................. Periplum #1 by David G. Lanoue Keiji…
Simply Haiku (Summer 2009, vol 7 no 2)
The new issue of Simply Haiku (Summer 2009, vol 7 no 2) is now up.
Envoy 1 (part 1)
Envoys is a section that is devoted to looking at individual, non-English haiku from the 20th and 21st centuries. For an introduction to this section, see Envoys. .............................................................................................................................................................................. Envoy 1 (part 1) by Scott Metz When it came to my…
Welcome to troutswirl
Welcome to troutswirl, the official blog for The Haiku Foundation. Since this is my first posting for troutswirl, I would like to share a number of my own personal wishes and goals for the blog, as well as my reasons…