Curated by Lavana Kray
March 16, 2026
(note: this haiku was shortlisted for the Best-of-Issue Award in Presence 78)
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Our Best Haiga: Black and White Haiga/Haisha, February 2026
Curated by Lavana Kray
February 2, 2026
(note: this haiku was voted as one of the best in Geppo L:1, February 2025, for the previous issue, & the haiga appeared in colour in the December 2025 YTHS Holiday Haiga Celebration)
February 7, 2026
Honoured that this haiga was selected as one of the best haiga/haisha submitted in February, 2026!
(note: this senryu received an Honourable Mention in the 2024 H. Gene Murtha Contest, and the haiga first appeared in colour in The Abstractaphy Initiative, August 2024)
February 14 - "door" feature
(note: this haiga first appeared in colour in Failed Haiku, Vol. 6, Issue 62, Feb/21)
February 18, 2026
(note: this haiku received 3rd place in the 2025 New Zealand Poetry Society International Competition)
Our Best Haiga: Black and White Haiga/Haisha, January 2026
Curated by Lavana Kray
January 9, 2026
(note: this tanka received a Commendation in the 2020 Climate Change, the Burning Issue Contest)
January 15, 2026: "stone" feature
(note: this haiga first appeared in colour in Fireflies' Light 25, 2022)
Waka Society of America, Songbirds Anthology, 2026
misty blue
nigella sways against
a stone wall . . .
the seeds of love we kept,
and those we gave away
barred owls
pair-bonded for life
sometimes
the eyes say everything
that needs to be said
Tsuri-doro: A Small Journal of Haiku and Senryu, Issue #32, March/April 2026
the vee
of an osprey's wings . . .
peace talks
Tsuri-doro: A Small Journal of Haiku and Senryu, Issue #31, January/February 2026
raku tea bowl
a crack in the one
that was yours
Triya Mag: Basant Edition, February/March 2026
Translated into Hindi
palliative care
a branch of loquat flowers
our light in the dark
Honourable Mention, 2025 Tokutomi Haiku Contest
how fragrant
this parched earth
after rain
I can almost
hear the roses
growing
Cherita Lighthouse Award, The Cherita, Book 94
Trash Panda, Volume 10, Winter 2026
badlands
I step on the tail
of a dinosaur
Haiku Canada Review 19.1, 2025
food bank
the chipmunk's cheeks
half-full
Creatrix 70, 2025
Time Haiku, Number 63, February 2026
waterfalls
tumble onto the beach . . .
a sea wolf
catches my eye between
veils of shadow and light
lumber camp
a wood tick burrows
deeper
puddingstones
the heirlooms passed
from parent to child
meteor showers
our faces wet
with dew
koyo there is no other name for it
Onions in Moonlight: Tanka Society of America Members' Anthology 2025
withered leaves
filigreed with frost . . .
all the time
it takes to transform
tarnish into silver
The Take 5ive Journal, January 2026
we slip
into drab mourning clothes
recalling how
you loved the aspens
and their mantles of gold
time
is of the essence
they say . . .
I did not know what
that meant until now
sepia hills . . .
all that remains is this
stone stairway
connecting the present
to a stranger's past
driving by
our old homestead to see
what remains . . .
bullet-riddled windows
shatter me to the bone
softened
by bluestem grasses
the sharp edge
of this prairie bluff
where we laid you down
Sommergras: Magazine of the German Haiku Society, Issue 151, December 2025
Translated into German
Honoured to have the following collaborative haiga included in this issue:
photograph: Claudia Brefeld
haiku: Debbie Strange
Turtle Dreams: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2025
eulogy
the blur of water
over stones
Frogpond 48.1, 2025
Quail Eggs: A Tanka Journal, Issue 4, March 2026
we pop the top
of our old campervan
on this still night
not a hint of wind, yet
every star is twinkling
Modern Haiku, Vol. 57.1, Winter-Spring 2026
a rabbit's skull
between the furrows . . .
aftergrass
Honoured to have the following poems mentioned by Brad Bennett in his essay "Hot Words in Haiku":
Freshness:
stormlight
a pronghorn outruns
the rain
Peonies Haiku Anthology, 2019
Word Length:
mallard flock the iridescent sound of morning
Acorn 37, Fall 2016
Laurels: Tanka Society of America Online Journal, Number 5, February 2026
My thanks to guest editor Tom Clausen for including the following tanka on the theme of "travel"!
an appaloosa
canters along the ridge
one taste
of sagebrush wind is all
it takes to carry me home
Kokako, Number 44, April 2026
graveside eulogy
a crow competing
with the cleric
our terrier
living her best life . . .
skunk musk
at last,
something unnamed
begins to lift . . .
evergreens emerge
from a blur of snow
a house sparrow
lights upon my table
I am happy
to offer the crumbs
of this day to her
(collaboration with Graham Bates)
Ink Sweat and Tears - The Poetry and Prose Webzine - January 2026
The Twelve Days of Christmas Feature
January 1, 2026
(note: this haiku received 3rd Place in the 2024 Irish Haiku Society Competition)
Ink Sweat and Tears - The Poetry and Prtose Webzine - December 2025
The Twelve Days of Christmas Feature
December 25, 2025
(note: this haiku was first published in Geppo, February 2023)
Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 6, December 2025
theme: trees
lodgepole pine
the bear's coat sticky
with resin
tuckamores
are moaning outside
the window . . .
I remember it all,
and then some
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, March 2026
bus(k) stop no one paying to get on board
a flood of lies we lose the (moral) high ground
social media all the time we spend quiddling . . .
Daily Haiku: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, February 2026
Daily Haiku Special and Tanka Special - February 23, 2026
northern lights
a man on skates twirls
his baby's pram
Shortlisted for Best-of-Issue Award
Presence, No. 79, 2024
lady's tresses
speckling the downs
this autumn night
your fingers untangle
what's left of my hair
Winner
Linda Jeannette Ward Tanka Award, British Haiku Society, 2024
Dadakuku: The 2025 Anthology
My thanks to the editor, Petro C.K.!
Clothing Does Not Equal Consent
they say it's her fault the (basal) cleavage (of mica)
inner pinna
that song in my earwigging
Daily Haiga: An Edited Journal of Traditional and Contemporary Haiga, March 2026
Featured Artist: March 4, 2026
Note: this tanka was first published in Time Haiku 61, 2025
Daily Haiga: An Edited Journal of Traditional and Contemporary Haiga, February 2026
Featured Artist: February 12, 2026
Note: this tanka was first published in Cattails, October, 2024
Daily Haiga: An Edited Journal of Traditional and Contemporary Haiga, January 2026
Featured Artist: January 31, 2026
Note: this tanka was first published in Ribbons 21.1, 2025
Creatrix: Poetry and Haiku Journal, Number 72, March 2026
beekeeping
the racetrack between
my ears
first cold day
the birds and I fluff up
our down
Cantos: A Literary and Arts Journal, March 2026
Happy to have the following haiga included in this annual issue:
Bottle Rockets, Vol. 27, Number 2 (or #54), February 2026
lungwort lichen my air quality index improves
Blithe Spirit, Volume 36, Number 1, February 2026
icicles tinkle
in my horse's mane . . .
solar winds
suspending
silver wedding rings
from a branch
we bathe in the blessed
sacristy of moonlight
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