Haiku Harvest 2000–2006 brings together seven years of international haiku writing, offering a fascinating glimpse into a tradition that embraces close observation, personal experience, humour, social realities and experimentation in English.
Ravi Kiran’s seasoned with salt brings together haiku shaped by rivers, footprints, flowers, birds and small creatures. The poems find unexpected connections between environmental change, human experience and the details of everyday life.
The newest Haiku Foundation interactive feature is haiku::photo, curated by internationally renowned photographer M.H. Rubin.
Written across continents, one-line twos brings together Kala Ramesh and Marlene Mountain in an inventive collaboration of alternating one-line haiku. The collection demonstrates how a single unbroken line can open multiple possibilities of rhythm, meaning, and shared poetic discovery.
In Fiddle in the Floorboards, Ben Moeller-Gaa brings music and haiku into quiet conversation. Drawing on jazz, blues, and folk traditions, the poems explore memory, improvisation, and the rhythms that continue to resonate long after the music has ended.
John Martone's dogwood & honeysuckle invites readers into a world where birds' nests, clay pots, woodland paths, and garden plants become occasions for careful observation. Blending haiku, prose, and visual experimentation, the collection rewards slow and attentive reading.
The newest Haiku Foundation interactive feature is haiku::photo, curated by internationally renowned photographer M.H. Rubin.
What happens when a butterfly, a firefly, or a caterpillar becomes the centre of a poem? Insect Haiku, translated by Harold J. Isaacson, invites readers into the intricate world of classical Japanese insect haiku, where close observation transforms the smallest lives into enduring poetry.
The newest Haiku Foundation interactive feature is haiku::photo, curated by internationally renowned photographer M.H. Rubin.
In Haiku: A Chapbook, Dan Campbell brings together haiku, monoku, and haiga that find wonder in everyday moments, balancing wit, compassion, and imaginative insight with remarkable economy of language.
Bringing together the work of several Italian poets, Cuccagna celebrates the art of senryu through poems that are witty, poignant, and sharply observant. From family dynamics to moments of loss, these poems reveal the comedy and complexity of ordinary life.
In Petals on the Wind, Cezar Ciobîcă transforms blossoms, birds, village landscapes, and family memories into haiku of quiet emotional depth. This bilingual collection reminds us that the most enduring poetry often emerges from attentive observation and heartfelt simplicity.
The newest Haiku Foundation interactive feature is haiku::photo, curated by internationally renowned photographer M.H. Rubin.
In tiny droppings, Zane Parks moves between tenderness and grit, gathering poems about family, city life, addiction, weather, and memory. This Book of the Week explores how seemingly small moments accumulate into a vivid portrait of contemporary experience.
This four-session Zoom class will focus on the reader’s experience of haiku
This four-session Zoom class will focus on the reader’s experience of haiku
More than a collection of poems, Monkey’s Raincoat introduces readers to the collaborative art of renku. Through Bashō’s celebrated anthology and Maeda Cana’s insightful translation, the book offers a rich glimpse into the foundations of Japanese short form poetry.
The newest Haiku Foundation interactive feature is haiku::photo, curated by internationally renowned photographer M.H. Rubin.
Pamela Garry has turned an interest in watercolors taken up as a retirement project into a love and exploration of haiga . . .