Curated by Lavana Kray
August 6, 2026: "fan" feature
(note: this haiku was included in the 16th Yamadera Basho Contest Selected Haiku Collection, 2024)
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Thursday, August 13, 2026
Our Best Haiga: Black and White Haiga/Haisha, July 2026
Curated by Lavana Kray
July 6, 2026: "cobweb" feature
(note: this haiku first appeared in Akitsu Quarterly, Winter 2018)
July 13, 2026: Honoured that this haiga was selected as one of the best haiga/haisha submitted in July!
(note: this tanka first appeared in Presence 72, March 2020)
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Triya Mag: Monsoon Edition, July/August 2026
Translated into Hindi
Honoured to have the following haiku selected as Editor's Choice:
cloudfall
mother's face softens
into sleep
Acorn, Number 56, Spring 2026
Commentary by Teji Sethi:
This haiku achieves its subtle power through contrast. The fragment, cloudfall suggests heaviness, thunder, and the forceful descent of rain. Yet in the very next phrase, the image shifts to the mother's face, softening into sleep—a gesture of quiet tenderness.
This haiku by Debbie distills a moment into three lines, embodying the essence of haikai aesthetics. It carries karumi, the lightness that allows the verse to breathe and zoka, the vital energy of nature that makes the image striking. The interplay of a storm's intensity with the gentleness of rest, creates a layered resonance. It reminds us that even within life's turbulence, there is repose.
With this evocative haiku, we open the Monsoon Edition to our readers...
Also included in this edition:
distant slopes
turning blue at twilight
the soft folds
of this tweed blanket draped
around father's shoulders
Runner-up, The Linda Jeannette Ward Tanka Award
British Haiku Society Awards, 2025
Prune Juice, Issue 49, August 2026
Honoured to be the cover artist for this issue with "Imaginarium"!
The following haiga was also included in this issue:
Leaf Journal, Issue 10, August 2026
crumbling cliffs this loss more than words
seaside fireworks
herring shoals disperse
the light
4-H Club
woolly clouds fluff up
the sky
Haiku Girl Summer, 2026
Curated by Allyson Whipple
July 2, 2026 - Guest Editor, Richa Sharma
tidal surge this wave of something unutterable
beach-tumbled
the agates that will become
my earrings
July 20, 2026 - Guest Haiga Editor, Melanie Alberts
Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective, July 2026
Curated by Eric A. Lohman
Featured Artist: July 28, 2026
note: ku-kyo = hollow emptiness
Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, July 2026
hurricane cone(head) of uncertainty
paleo dig
the waste chamber
of a whistle-pig
#FemkuMag, Issue 42, Summer 2026
crushing
juniper berries between
our fingers
the scent of gin conjures
unwelcome memories
this world
is unsafe for innocents . . .
a crow
shakes its tail feathers
once, twice, three times
Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 16, Lunae Feeria, July 2026
Translated into Romanian
a child's eyes
full of lightning bugs . . .
mason jars
Daily Haiga: An Edited Journal of Traditional and Contemporary Haiga, July 2026
Featured Artist: July 5, 2026
Note: this haiku was first published in Seashores 14, April 2025
Contemporary Haibun Online, Issue 22.2, August 2026
Honoured that the following haiga was selected for the cover of this issue, and was also included in the Haiga Gallery. My thanks to Ron Moss!
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective, June 2026
Curated by Eric A. Lohman
Featured Artist: June 9, 2026
(note: this haiku first appeared in Mayfly 62, 2017)
Sunday, June 07, 2026
Upstate Dim Sum, Route 9 Haiku Group - A Biannual Anthology of Haiku and Senryu, Number 1, Spring 2026
Honoured to be the guest poet for this issue of Upstate Dim Sum!
bowed lyre
a willow shouldering
the wind
an obituary
I did not expect to see . . .
frost smoke
someone's mitten
frozen to the slough . . .
fallow fields
empty beach
gulls have lost their reason
to squawk
whale bones
snow makes a church
of them
inky caps
make their own puddles . . .
valley rain
Special thanks to Ion Codrescu for creating this lovely haiga for inclusion in the issue:
Sommergras: Magazine of the German Haiku Society, Issue 152, March 2026
Translated into German
Honoured to have the following collaborative haiga included in this issue:
photograph: Claudia Brefeld
haiku: Debbie Strange
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