Warp and Weft ~ Images and Words

Welcome to this archive of my published poetry, photography and art. Thank you for allowing me to share my creative passions with you, and for taking the time to visit. Please be kind, and do not copy any of the content on this site without permission and attribution. All rights reserved © Debbie Strange. I unfold my origami self / and swim into a lake of fire / washing my hair in ashes / the crane-legged words / of a thousand burning poems.

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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest, 2025

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17th Contest Selected Haiku Collection prayer vigil a ghost moth's wings begin to close mom's vital signs we decipher the code of li...

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Tokutomi Haiku Contest, 2025

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palliative care a branch of loquat flowers our light in the dark Honourable Mention Tokutomi Haiku Contest 2025 

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, 50th Anniversary Celebration Retreat at Asilomar, November 2025

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Honoured to contribute a haiku to recognize the dedication of Tokutomi Dojin, Patricia Machmiller, who has been with the Society from its be...

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Haiga Holiday Celebration, December 2025

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Delighted to have the following haiga included in the slideshow:

Geppo: The Haiku Work-Study Journal of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Volume L:3, August 2025

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May - July 2025 beach blankets waves chase each other back and forth the horses that got away . . . whitecaps Summer Challenge Kigo: Coolnes...

The Solitary Daisy, Issue 62, November 2025

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Grateful to have the following work reposted from a haiga pubished in Tinywords 25.2, October 2025: dawn chorus starlinging me out of night ...

The Solitary Daisy, Issue 57, July 2025

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Grateful to have the following work reposted from Charlotte Digregorio's blog: the peace that accompanies forgiveness after this long dr...

The Cicada's Cry: A Micro-Zine of Haiku Poetry, Winter 2025

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first snowfall the whinnies of horses kicking up their heels

Shadow Pond Journal, Issue 6, December 2025

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snow-eater wind an ensō forms around your headstone

Humana Obscura, Issue Number 15, Winter 2025

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wild ice we carve a path through the wind

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, December 2025

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Featured December 19, 2025: Featured December 20, 2025:  

Double Horizon: An International Haiku Anthology, The Fishing Cat Press, 2025

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Grateful to have work selected and translated by Jean Antonini and Gilles Fabre (and team) for this anthology! Translated into French cattle...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn 2025

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hummingbird you lose the point of your story battered dock the turtle with a snake in its mouth

Under the Basho, 2025

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Personal Best refugee train small hands starfished against the glass 1st Place, 2024 Triveni Awards Author's note: This poem arose out o...

The Haiku Foundation, Juxta 11 - Research and Scholarship in Haiku, December 2025

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Grateful to have the following haiku included in the article "A Multitude of Perspectives" by Mary Stevens (a review of "One ...

Silver Birch Press, December 2025

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Bugs & Insects Series: dead orchard the random blue sparks of woolly aphids 3rd Place, 2018 Irish Haiku Society International Competitio...

Quail Eggs: A Tanka Journal, Issue 3, December 2025

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seasons flash by quicker than lightning across this lake the family cottage falls to rack and ruin

Prune Juice, Issue 47, December 2025

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Delighted to have the following work selected by the new editors, Pippa Phillips and Orrin Préjean: hostas caught on the dilemma of a snail...

Presence, Number 83, November 2025

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narwhal migration a child spots her first unicorn equinox . . . when the sun forgets to shine, migrating goldfinches still remember how

Eucalypt, Issue 39, December 2025

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sunlight butters the prairie hills we gather to give thanks before our morning chores
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Debbie Strange
Manitoba, Canada
I write Japanese short form poetry in English (tanka, haiku, senryu) and tanshi (small poems). I also create haiga (haiku with art) and tanka/tanshi art. You are welcome to visit me on Instagram @debbiemstrange
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