Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a talk about presenting tanka poetry to an audience given by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton, editor of red lights tanka journal, to the Fireflies Tanka Group. Her advice was spot-on for reading haiku to others…
Today at New to Haiku, I wanted to share this overview of The Haiku Foundation with you, in case you haven't already seen it. This video will guide you through what THF has to offer. (A written transcription of the…
New to Haiku is pleased to interview M. Shane Pruett. An internationally award-winning haiku poet, Shane recently joined the team at Poetry Pea Journal as a haibun editor. Thanks for sharing your haiku journey with us, Shane! In Advice for…
New to Haiku is pleased to interview Jim Kacian, founder and president of The Haiku Foundation. Thanks for sharing your haiku journey with us, Jim! In Advice for Beginners posts, we ask established haiku poets to share a bit about…
New to Haiku is pleased to interview Vandana Parashar. Her debut e-chapbook, I Am, was published by Title IX Press in 2019, and her haiku was shortlisted for the 2020 Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems. She is currently part of…
New to Haiku is pleased to interview Lucia Cardillo. Her haiku have appeared in numerous publications and contests, including The Mainichi Haiku in English: Best of 2017. She won first place in the Italian haiku competition Gustavo Pece in 2018.…
New to Haiku is pleased to interview Lori A Minor, founder and editor of #FemkuMag and ubu.: small absurdist poems. Lori is also the co-founder and co-editor of Otoroshi Journal, along with Joshua Gage. Thanks for sharing your haiku journey…
One of the things that can be overwhelming as a new English-language haiku poet is trying to navigate the wealth of educational information out there. Even The Haiku Foundation can seem overwhelmingly large at first. One of my goals at…
Happy 2022! As our first post of the new year, New to Haiku is pleased to interview Deborah P Kolodji. A leader in both English-language haiku and science fiction short-form poetry, she is the California Regional Coordinator for the Haiku…
About a year ago, I recorded myself speaking about science fiction haiku (or scifaiku) for THF's new Haiku Outside of the Box. I've included that video, along with a transcript of my short speech, below. Some of you may have…
It's hard to believe that it's been a year since I started presenting weekly New to Haiku blog posts. My thanks to everyone who has helped me with this column -- from brainstorming ideas, to helping me create content and…
It's the holiday season, and I hope that you and yours are doing well during these difficult and crazy pandemic times. I was thinking today about the gift of haiku and what it means to me. I thought that I…
Once you begin your haiku journey, sooner or later you will experience déjà-ku. What is déjà-ku? Michael Dylan Welch, who coined the term, has this to say on his website, Graceguts, in an article entitled “An Introduction to Déjà-ku”: “[Déjà-ku…
This week, New to Haiku is pleased to interview Bona M. Santos. Bona began writing and publishing haiku in 2017. She is a member of the Haiku Society of America (HSA), the Southern California Haiku Study Group (SCHSG), and the…
This week, New to Haiku is pleased to interview Christina Sng. A two-time Bram Stoker Award winning horror poet, she has won numerous prizes for her haiku, including the Jane Reichhold International Prize. She is the author of two haiku…
This week, New to Haiku is pleased to interview Scott Mason, author of The Wonder Code. This book won a Touchstone Award from The Haiku Foundation as well as a Merit Award from the Haiku Society of America. Scott currently…
This week, New to Haiku is pleased to interview Ferris Gilli. She served as Associate Editor at The Heron's Nest for 18 years, and has won numerous prizes for her haiku and renku. Thanks for sharing your haiku journey with…
This week, New to Haiku is pleased to interview Bryan Rickert, co-editor of Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu and editor at The Living Senryu Anthology. Thanks for sharing your haiku journey with us, Bryan. In Advice for…
This week, New to Haiku is pleased to interview Brad Bennett, the current assistant haiku and senryu editor of Frogpond. Brad's first haiku collection, a drop of pond, won a Touchstone Distinguished Books Award from The Haiku Foundation in 2016.…
Recently, I attended a lovely Zoom meeting for beginners of haiku, hosted by the Poetry Society of New Hampshire. One of the topics that came up during the event was how different it is to write haiku than to write…