This week, New to Haiku is pleased to interview Chuck Brickley, author of earthshine, and a panelist for The Haiku Foundation Touchstone Awards. Thanks for sharing your haiku journey with us, Chuck. In Advice for Beginners posts, we ask established…
This week, New to Haiku is pleased to interview Ellen Compton, co-editor of Wishbone Moon and author of Gathering Dusk. Thanks for sharing your haiku journey with us, Ellen. In Advice for Beginners posts, we ask established haiku poets to…
You’ve been reading haiku widely and you’re writing and editing your own poems. You’ve found a journal that seems to be the perfect fit for your work. Congratulations! It’s time to prepare your first haiku submission. It can be intimidating…
This week, New to Haiku completes our interview with Mike Rehling, co-editor and founder of Failed Haiku. Thanks for sharing your haiku journey with us, Mike. You can read the first part of this interview here. In Advice for Beginners…
This week, New to Haiku is pleased to interview Mike Rehling, co-editor and founder of Failed Haiku. Thanks for sharing your haiku journey with us, Mike. In Advice for Beginners posts, we ask established haiku poets to share a bit…
This week, New to Haiku is pleased to interview Julie Warther Schwerin, associate editor at The Heron's Nest and member of the Red Moon Anthology editorial team. Thanks for sharing your haiku journey with us, Julie. In Advice for Beginners…
Haiku contests can be a fun way to challenge yourself when writing haiku. There are several haiku contests with upcoming deadlines specifically for teens or with categories for teens. I found most of these on the New Zealand Poetry Society's…
This week, New to Haiku sits down with Tia Haynes, author of leftover ribbon and the new editor of Prune Juice: Journal of English Senryu and Related Forms. Welcome to New to Haiku, Tia! Thanks for your behind-the-scenes role in…
When you are New to Haiku, you may not know anyone who shares your interest in this little poetry form. We asked established haiku poets to share a bit about themselves so that you can meet them and learn more…
When you are New to Haiku, you may not know anyone who shares your interest in this little poetry form. We asked established haiku poets to share a bit about themselves so that you can meet them and learn more…
One of the most confusing things when you are new to haiku is discovering that what you may have learned in school - haiku is a short poem from Japan written in 3 lines with 17 syllables - is not…
When you are New to Haiku, you may not know anyone who shares your interest in this little poetry form. We asked established haiku poets to share a bit about themselves so that you can meet them and learn more…
When you are New to Haiku, you may not know anyone who shares your interest in this little poetry form. We asked established haiku poets to share a bit about themselves so that you can meet them and learn more…
When you are New to Haiku, you may not know anyone who shares your interest in this little poetry form. We asked established haiku poets to share a little about themselves so that you can meet them and learn more…
When you are New to Haiku, you may not know anyone who shares your interest in this little poetry form. We asked established haiku poets to share a little about themselves so that you can meet them and learn more…
When you are New to Haiku, you may not know anyone who shares your interest in this little poetry form. We asked established haiku poets to share a little about themselves so that you can meet them and learn more…
You’ve written the perfect poem! Now is the time to dash it off to an editor, right? Hold on! Here are ten tips to help you edit your own haiku to make them stronger. This first tip is the hardest.…