Category Archives: haiku

Three Drops from a Cauldron – Samhain Issue

Posted on October 29, 2018 by

Thanks to writer and editor Kate Garrett,  my poetry and artwork feature in this spooky issue of Three Drops from a Cauldron. It’s good to be in the company of such fine writers and artists at Halloween. Thanks also to editors Chase Gagnon and … Continue reading →

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More than just music at the Fiddler’s Green festival

Posted on July 18, 2018 by

UPDATE!

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Daily Haiku: June 7, 2018

Posted on June 7, 2018 by

Originally posted on Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog:
on the mend . . . this long afternoon stitched by swallows by Marion Clarke  (Northern Ireland) tinywords, Issue 17.1, May 31, 2017 ?

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Published this week on the Africa Haiku Network …

Posted on June 4, 2018 by

 

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EarthRise Rolling

Posted on April 26, 2018 by

The Haiku Foundation’s EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration with the theme ‘Year of the Bird’  received a record 779 responses this year – that’s 779 breathtaking, poignant, humorous and beautiful haiku. I have a few in there. Once I started, it was … Continue reading →

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Greetings from the east coast! A couple of haiga from these parts…

Posted on March 2, 2018 by

For those unfamiliar with this term, a haiga is a combination of short form poetry such as haiku or tanka and artwork. Welcome to those of you who are visiting this blog via Rattle Poetry. I look forward to reading your … Continue reading →

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Of giants and dwarves…

Posted on November 7, 2017 by

UPDATE! My haibun, ‘Finding Narnia’ inspired by this grove of twelve redwoods in Kilbroney Forest Park, Rostrevor, is featured in the January edition of Contemporary Haibun Online. Original Post… HAIKU MASTERS in Kyoto Broadcast live on NHK World, Japan, December … Continue reading →

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Scryptic Magazine – a trip to the dark side

Posted on November 1, 2017 by

Why not take a look at the deliciously dark material that is Scryptic Magazine… Much obliged to editors Chase Gagnon and Lori A Minor for selecting my haibun as runner up in the journal’s inaugural Halloween competition. I had been researching … Continue reading →

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Strange goings-on in the stationery cupboard

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

Back in 2014, an on-going poetry competition started up in the Financial Times called ‘Workplace Haiku.’ Despite it’s name, this column which ran for 18 months mainly featured senryu – haiku’s more humorous cousin – which I assume was because … Continue reading →

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‘Garden Party’ on Haiku Masters

Posted on August 25, 2017 by

  Feedback on a shahai or photo haiku is always appreciated, particularly when a reader has interpreted a particular combination of words and images in a different way to that which inspired it. Often this happens when someone with a … Continue reading →

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