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Showing posts with label senryu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label senryu. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Tsuri-doro: A Small Journal of Haiku and Senryu, Issue #34, July/August/September 2026
the tip
of a leveret's tongue . . .
school recess
Suspect Device Punkzine, Number 18, June 2026
Turning Japanese: War Crimes and Propaganda
My thanks to the editor, Tim Gardiner, for nominating the following poem for a Touchstone Award:
doomsayer
spitting out bile . . .
flecks of sea foam
Prune Juice, Issue 49, August 2026
Honoured to be the cover artist for this issue with "Imaginarium"!
#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
Daily Haiku: Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog, July 2026
Senryu Feature - July 25, 2026
memorial service
our tea sweetened
with sympathy
Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 13, 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
Haiku Canada: Marianne Bluger Awards, 2026
Thrilled to receive joint 1st Place in the 2026 Marianne Bluger Book Awards for Random Blue Sparks! My thanks to the judges.
Judging Commentary:
We were looking for haiku and related forms that ring true; a book or chapbook that demonstrates coherence and flow; and a book design that enhances the poet's work. A tall order, as all of these features work together to engage a reader.
—Terry Ann Carter and Philomene Kocher
Museum of Haiku Literature, Japan
I'm honoured to know that Masako Kakutani will introduce "Random Blue Sparks" to haiku poets in Japan who are interested in English-language haiku, and that Haijin Kyokai (Tokyo, Japan) will include my book in the Museum of Haiku Literature collection!
Haiku Girl Summer: A Picnic Sky, 2023 - 2025, 2026
splash pad
bubbles run away
with the light
sun dress
the clear margins
of her biopsy
sand dunes
this path leading
to the clouds
Sunday, June 07, 2026
Frogpond, Vol. 48, Number 3, Autumn 2025
Honoured that this issue contains a lovely review of Random Blue Sparks by Allyson Whipple which can be accessed under the book's tab of this blog. Also featured in this issue are the results of the 2025 Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards in which Random Blue Sparks placed third. The judges' report can also be found under the book's tab of this blog.
Haiku Page, Issue 12, 2026
Delighted to appear in this senryu-themed issue!
cold wave
the time it takes to find
our ice legs
active shooter
fawns are taught
to go to ground
Cattails, April 2026
food insecurity
the empty throat pouch
of a nutcracker
fifth instar the nymph i once was
hospice window
the see-through skeletons
of by-the-wind sailors
shafts of light
flicker across the floor . . .
my kitten
never quite captures
her elusive enemy
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Our Best Haiga: Black and White Haiga/Haisha, April 2026
Curated by Lavana Kray
April 9, 2026: "onion" feature (included among Selected Best/Onion for April)
(note: this haiku first appeared in Akitsu Quarterly, Summer 2018)
April 25, 2026: collaboration - photo by Claudia Brefeld/senryu by me
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