HaikuNow! 2013: Anon
Anon was a winner in the 2013 HaikuNow! International Haiku Contest. See all the results in the HaikuNow! Archives.
I have a question about linked verse
I am curious. Are there poets you know of who write poems with verses that hold up as stand alone haiku or senryu? I don't mean renku or haikai no renga, or haiku that follow a theme under a title, but…
HaikuNow! Contest for 2014
It's time to take your best poems out of the drawer, folks. The HaikuNow! Haiku Contest for 2014 is up and running. You may enter one poem in each of our three categories: traditional, contemporary, and innovative. You may enter…
The Haiku Foundation Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary
January 6 marks the 5th anniversary of the chartering of The Haiku Foundation in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As a celebration of this event, we offer you this skillful video haiga from artist and poet Ron C. Moss of Tasmania.…
If you're looking to keep track of your blog hits…
If you're looking to keep track of your blog hits, that is the topic of the latest .Haiku column. I am going to get more and more poets on the web if it will be the death of me! I…
The THF Haiku App Updated for 2014
The THF Haiku App, available for Apple mobile devices, has been updated to include more than 1000 haiku, with a new graphic interface. It's still a free down-load—go to the iTunes store and update yours today. Read more about it…
THF Fundraiser 2013 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 28 – December 6) fifty-five haiku aficionados gifted us a total of…
2013 THF Fundraiser Release: New THF Social Site Pinterest and a Video Haiga
Foundation readers have a new way to share their favorites as of today, as THF adds Pinterest to its list of social media offerings. The Haiku Foundation on Pinterest Pinterest is a pinboard-style photo-sharing website that allows users to create…
2013 THF Fundraiser Release: THF Reading: Peter Yovu, and Book of the Week
Today’s new release is a reading by renowned poet, critic and theoretician Peter Yovu, filmed at his home in Vermont in 2012. https://youtu.be/znJ05U0ngps Peter’s haiku career dates back to the early 1990s, and has seen him traverse several styles and…
2013 THF Fundraiser Release: THF Interview: Beverley George
Today's new release is an interview with haiku and tanka poet, editor, publisher and organizer Beverley George, filmed in New Zealand at the Aotearoa Haiku Festival in 2012. https://youtu.be/2hjDDaLeRiI Beverley won the W.B. Yeats Poetry Prize for Australia and New…
2013 Fundraiser Release: The New Haiku Foundation Omeka Digital Library Interface
The Haiku Foundation Digital Library now offers over 100 titles for your perusal, and as of today, accessing these materials is easier and more pleasant than ever. THF announces its new Digital Library Interface, utilizing Omeka software. Omeka is a…
2013 THF Fundraiser Release: The Cor van den Heuvel Library and Archive
The Haiku Foundation truly enters into a new role of responsibility with the acquisition of the personal library, manuscripts, correspondence, awards and memorabilia of haiku pioneer Cor van den Heuvel. Part of the mission of the Foundation is to archive…
The Haiku Foundation Annual Fundraising Drive, November 28 – December 6
Dear Haiku Lovers: Let us begin by thanking 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…
Field Notes 4
For Field Notes 4, panelists were asked to take a look at Haiku in English: the First Hundred Years and to speak to the question of what the book tells us about where haiku has been, where it is now,…
Event Calendars–With Thanks for Help
The event calendars (see Features) have been updated with many thanks to everyone who takes the time to let me know when a particular bit of information in the calendars needs to be added, removed, or updated. I express…
How about some baseball haiku in honor of the World Series?
extra innings a runner's shadow down the third base line - John Stevenson * sunday afternoon as the ball game ends geese return to the outfield - Alan Pizzarelli Does anyone have baseball haiku to share that's not from the Norton Anthology?
Jim Kacian: An Interview
THF founder and director Jim Kacian was recently interviewed by host Merry Gangemi on her program “Women Stirred Radio” for WGDR, based at Goddard College in Vermont, in honor of the release of his book (with co-editors Allan Burns and…
Haiku Registry and Event Calendars Updated
Several new poets have been added to The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Registry and many poets update their pages on a regular basis. Each poet’s page is accessible by last name: simply click on that initial in the search index on…
Haiku in honor of the Jersey Shore after its recent fire
The New Jersey Shore had yet another setback after this week's fire tore through 50 Seaside Heights businesses. This is of course just one year after Hurricane Sandy. According to NJ.com, this second blow was even more devastating to the…
Field Notes 3
The Haiku Foundation announces the third in our series of Field Notes: Explorations in Haiku is now available. Members of a panel of invited writers were asked chose one or more poems which strongly influenced them. To find out more,…