Tag Archives: photo haiku

11th Setouchi-Matsuyama International Photo Haiku Contest

Posted on March 24, 2022 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Combining words and images to produce haiga and shahai (photo haiku) has grown to become one of my favourite creative activities. I’m a fan of short form poetry and enjoy taking photographs of the local landscape, so it’s an interesting … Continue reading →

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‘Garden Party’ on Haiku Masters

Posted on August 25, 2017 by seaviewwarrenpoint

  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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Photo haiku goes global

Posted on March 29, 2017 by seaviewwarrenpoint

Last year, poets from 96 countries and territories submitted 5,303 photo haiku to the NHK World TV web-based programme Haiku Masters. The photo haiku is a relatively new form of visual literature. Each month the Haiku Masters production team calls for entries from around the … Continue reading →

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‘Clock watching’ – interpreting photo haiku

Posted on March 1, 2017 by seaviewwarrenpoint

The dandelion seed head, or ‘clock flower’ in the photo below inspired the accompanying  haiku. I combined the image and words in Photoshop and submitted it to the photo haiku competition organised each month by Japanese TV NHK World’s HAIKU MASTERS. Episode … Continue reading →

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