Poet Profile

Luca Cenisi

Luca Cenisi is an independent scholar specialized in Japanese poetry, particularly in haiku. He’s founder of the Italian Haiku Association (Itaria haiku kyōkai イタリア俳句協会) and the European Haiku Society (EHS).
In 2012 he also founded the Yomichi Haiku School 夜道俳句学校 to promote the practice of haiku poetry for students and young people.
He’s the editor of Harusame 春雨 (‘Spring rain’), a project whose goal is to publish an English language haiku every week (along with a brief comment as a critic), giving visibility to beginners as well as to experienced poets.

Books Published:

summer lightning―
the pencil tip
breaks

light snowfall―
dancing around
her real question

cup of coffee
still warm to the touch―
May haze

scented ivy―
rising from the roots
the night sky

lightning flash
I cough away
a mosquito

bent by the sneeze of a dog	wild grass