Earlier this year, I suggested things to consider after your first haiku publication. To recap: celebrate your publications (always!), support the journal in which your poem appeared and make plans to submit again, start and keep good records of your…
Attending a haiku conference can feel intimidating. Even if you've been to one before, each conference has a different flavor, depending upon the location, focus, speakers, and attendees. Many poets tend to be introspective, and the thought of mingling with…
Today's column is a guest post about how to read one-line haiku from Kat Lehmann and Robin Anna Smith, co-editors of whiptail: journal of the single-line poem. This post is the third in a series of articles, which have been…
So, you are new to haiku and have just placed your first haiku in a journal or other edited publication. Congratulations on your acceptance! But after the shine of birthing a new poem wears off, you may be wondering, now…
One fun way to challenge yourself as a haiku poet is to enter contests. However, there are a great number of contests out there. How do you know where to begin? Here are some tips for getting the most out…
Hello, haiku friends! I’m sitting here in the kitchen of my parents’ house, thinking about the haiku community and what it means to me. I am not a life-long haiku poet. I started writing English-language haiku in 2009, after first…
Today's column is a guest post about how to read one-line haiku from Kat Lehmann and Robin Anna Smith, co-editors of whiptail: journal of the single-line poem. This post is the second in a series of articles at New to…
Today's column is a guest post about how to read one-line haiku from Kat Lehmann and Robin Anna Smith, co-editors of whiptail: journal of the single-line poem. This post is the first in a planned series of articles, which will…
As you begin writing haiku, you will likely find that you want to meet up with other poets and discuss the craft of writing these small poems. There are a number of English-language haiku meet-up options out there, from small…
So, you've written a haiku, edited it to the best of your ability, and you'd like to send it to a contest or a journal. Yet, somehow, you can't bring yourself to submit. Maybe you aren't able to recapture the…
For today's New to Haiku, I chose to reprint an article from the late James W. Hackett. These suggestions previously appeared in World Haiku Review, March 2002, Vol 2-1. (Older issues of WHR can be found here.) Hackett prepared an…
Writers are often encouraged to engage in social media. Unfortunately, that’s where the advice usually stops. How do you determine which social media platform is right for you? My best advice is to try each of them out and choose…
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a talk about presenting tanka poetry to an audience given by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton, editor of red lights tanka journal, to the Fireflies Tanka Group. Her advice was spot-on for reading haiku to others…
Once you begin your haiku journey, sooner or later you will experience déjà-ku. What is déjà-ku? Michael Dylan Welch, who coined the term, has this to say on his website, Graceguts, in an article entitled “An Introduction to Déjà-ku”: “[Déjà-ku…
Recently, I attended a lovely Zoom meeting for beginners of haiku, hosted by the Poetry Society of New Hampshire. One of the topics that came up during the event was how different it is to write haiku than to write…
This week, New to Haiku presents a portion of beginner's handout on haiku compiled by Terri L. French, board member of The Haiku Foundation and the co-editor of contemporary haibun online. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, Terri! This…
Recently, I was organizing notes on my iPhone and ran across an early draft of a poem that I had written, complete with a list of publications that had rejected it. I love my most recent version of this science…
Are you brand-new to haiku? Want to write one but you have no idea where to even begin? Welcome to New to Haiku! This blog post is for you. Today, New to Haiku is pleased to welcome Jessica Tremblay, creator…
New to Haiku is pleased to share a recent talk given to the Ohio Haiku Facebook group by Joshua Gage, co-editor of Otoroshi Journal and the author of breaths and Origami Lilies. When asked why he chose this topic, Josh…
You’ve been reading haiku widely and you’re writing and editing your own poems. You’ve found a journal that seems to be the perfect fit for your work. Congratulations! It’s time to prepare your first haiku submission. It can be intimidating…