Our Roving Ambassador in England and Ireland
THF Roving Ambassador Roberta Beary visits the British Isles in late summer 2026 . . .
Book of the Week: seasoned with salt by Ravi Kiran
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.
Book of the Week – one-line twos by Kala Ramesh & Marlene Mountain
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.
Book of the Week – Fiddle in the Floorboards by Ben Moeller-Gaa
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.
Book of the Week – dogwood & honeysuckle by John Martone
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.
Book of the Week – Insect Haiku
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.
Book of the Week – Haiku: A Chapbook by Dan Campbell
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.
Book of the Week – Cuccagna: Italian Senryu selected and translated by Valeria Simonova Cecon
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.
Book of the Week – Petals on the Wind by Cezar Ciobîcă
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.
Book of the Week – tiny droppings by Zane Parks
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.
“Haiku that Move Us” – Limited-Enrollment Online Class with Scott Mason
This four-session Zoom class will focus on the reader’s experience of haiku
“Haiku that Move Us” – Limited-Enrollment Online Class with Scott Mason
This four-session Zoom class will focus on the reader’s experience of haiku
Book of the Week – Monkey’s Raincoat by Matsuo Bashō, translated by Maeda Cana
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 THF Archives: James W. Hackett
A gift of Hackett's books and papers to the Foundation's archives.
Book of the Week – blue balloon by Grant Caldwell
Spanning nearly three decades of writing, Grant Caldwell’s blue balloon brings together haiku and senryu shaped by Melbourne streets, travel, daily observation, and moments of wit and contemplation.
Book of the Week – Between Two Dates by Kwaku Feni Adow
Presented in English alongside Twi and French translations, Between Two Dates by Kwaku Feni Adow explores funerals, memorials, and human loss through haiku and senryu marked by tenderness and restraint.
Book of the Week – Cricket Song by Ludmila Balabanova
Presented in English alongside Irish and Scots versions, Cricket Song by Ludmila Balabanova gathers haiku that move through memory, war, family, and seasons while exploring how poetry changes and endures through language.
Book of the Week – Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things is more than a collection of ghost stories. Through haunted landscapes, folklore, and lyrical prose studies on butterflies, insects, and myth, Hearn reveals a way of seeing rooted in attention and atmosphere. This Book of the Week explores why Kwaidan remains an essential and inspiring read for haiku and Japanese short form writers.
Book of the Week – Too Small For Meat by Barnabas I. Adeleke
In Too Small For Meat, Barnabas I. Adeleke pairs haiku, senryu, and his own photographs to explore hunger, devotion, humor, and moments of tenderness shaped by contemporary Nigerian life.
Book of the Week – Gratitude in the Time of COVID-19: The Haiku Hecameron
Edited by Scott Mason, Gratitude in the Time of COVID-19 brings together one hundred poets whose haiku record moments of attention, connection, and reflection during lockdown.