An Interview with THF President Jim Kacian
An interview with THF founder and president Jim Kacian by the group that presented the film The Cold Lands, in celebration of International Haiku Poetry Day 2015.
HaikuNow! Contest for 2014
It's time to take your best poems out of the drawer, folks. The HaikuNow! Haiku Contest for 2014 is up and running. You may enter one poem in each of our three categories: traditional, contemporary, and innovative. You may enter…
New Version of THF Haiku App Available
We’ve had so much going on lately that we forgot to mention that we've updated THF Haiku App, our app for the Apple platform. The latest version includes almost 400 new poems that we selected from the Haiku Registry. Early…
Support Haiku and Take Home These Haiga
Here's the latest from Mark Harris about The Haiku Foundation Video Archive . . . * Hi all, We’re well on our way to reaching our goal! Over the halfway mark now. Thanks so much for your help. Special thanks…
THF Tech Update: We Lost Some Data
Today, one of our technical consultants accidently deleted a folder that should not have been deleted. As a result, some of our applications lost data that was added between Sat Jan 28th at 4AM to Tues Jan 31 at about 12:00…
HaikuNow! Contest Opens Today
We are pleased to announce the start of our third annual HaikuNow! contest today! Prizes will be awarded for English-language haiku in three categories: traditional, contemporary and innovative. Please see the main HaikuNow! page for deadlines and other requirements. Our…
Hope You Like Our New Design
Welcome to the spiffed-up web site of The Haiku Foundation! Our main goal for the new design was make it easier for you to find our content--especially our haiku collections and discussion areas. We reorganized the main menu and added…
THF Haiku: Our New iPhone App
We’re happy to announce THF Haiku, The Haiku Foundation’s app for the Apple iPhone! THF Haiku brings contemporary haiku to your mobile device with a shake of your hand—literally. Shake your phone or other mobile device and a new poem…
The Haiku Foundation Contest Archive
I'm posting this on behalf of Paul Miller, who created the Contest Archive. Paul writes: "English-language haiku has grown substantially over the last forty years, both in the number of poets, as well as in the number of haiku organizations…
Sails, a Discussion Led by Peter Yovu
We're happy to announce that Sails, which began as a regular series on our blog, will continue as a discussion in our forum. Peter Yovu will continue to lead the discussion. Sails is an ongoing exploration into the nature and…
HaikuNow! Contest for 2011
We are pleased to announce the start of our second annual HaikuNow! contest today! Prizes will be awarded for English-language haiku in three categories: traditional, contemporary and innovative. Anyone is free to enter one unpublished haiku per category. Please see…
Forum Update: Mystery
David Grayson has started a discussion about mystery in the Religio section of our forum. The topic begins: "Religion tells us that the world is grounded in mystery—and cannot be wholly understood rationally or empirically. The Muslim scholar Muhammad Asad…
Update on The Haiku Foundation Forum
Over 200 people have registered with The Haiku Foundation forum since we launched it two weeks ago. The discussions are going well, and many people are having their say about haiku. Here are some highlights from this week: Mentoring —You'll…
New Forum Board: Religio
Today we launch Religio, David Grayson's new board on our forum. David writes: "Religio is devoted to the intersection of haiku and religious tradition. It will focus on multiple religious traditions, and present a different topic each month for discussion…