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Uma Padmanabhan - loosening the strings: commentaries on " puppet theater/someone calls me by/my childhood nickname" by Cezar Ciobica
Book of the Week – small events by w.f. owen
In small events, w.f. owen blends narrative prose and haiku to explore childhood, war, illness, and loss through a series of reflective and restrained haibun.
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Jonathan Epstein — listen to the grace notes: comments on "memorial bench. . . / she shares her chit-chat / with the pigeons" by Annie Wilson
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The newest Haiku Foundation interactive feature is haiku::photo, curated by internationally renowned photographer M.H. Rubin.
Book of the Week – The Red Moon Anthology 1996
Edited by Jim Kacian, The Red Moon Anthology 1996 gathers selected haiku, senryu, haibun, and linked forms, offering a snapshot of English-language haiku at a pivotal moment.
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David Cox—the genie is out of the bottle:enlightenment! Commentaries on "speechless this evening I'm a lamp" by Ella Aboutboul
Book of the Week – Basho’s Haiku (Volume 1) by Toshiharu Oseko
Toshiharu Oseko’s Basho’s Haiku: Literal Translations presents Bashō’s poems with Japanese text, literal English, and detailed notes, offering readers a clear view of the language, context, and aesthetics behind the work.
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Yibo Xu—the reader's own awareness: commentaries on "kuma in a coma in a cave" by Roberta Beach Jacobson
Book of the Week – Stone Frog: American Haibun & Haiga Volume 2 (eds. Jim Kacian & Bruce Ross)
Edited by Jim Kacian and Bruce Ross, Stone Frog: American Haibun & Haiga, Volume 2 collects contemporary haibun and haiga that blend narrative prose, haiku, and image, highlighting the form’s range and evolving practice.
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The newest Haiku Foundation interactive feature is haiku::photo, curated by internationally renowned photographer M.H. Rubin.
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Orense Nicod—poetry as witness: commentaries on "TWIN CITIES / NO(T)ICE" by Petra Schmidt
Book of the Week – Mount Gassan’s Slope by Ann Newell (translated by Kenichi Sato)
A bilingual collection by Ann Newell with translations by Kenichi Sato, Mount Gassan’s Slope combines haiku, senryu, and sumi-e, drawing on themes of nature, travel, and inner attention.
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Supplementary essay by Orense Nicod based on this week's verse: "Show me the sutra / In which the Buddha praises / The colors of beer." by Barry Foy
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Dan Campbell—wisdom without ceremony, with a smile: commentaries on "Show me the sutra / In which the Buddha praises / The colors of beer." by Barry Foy
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The newest Haiku Foundation interactive feature is haiku::photo, curated by internationally renowned photographer M.H. Rubin.
Book of the Week – Favorite Haiku: Brief Essays 1975-1998, Volume 3 by H. F. Noyes
H. F. Noyes’s Favorite Haiku: Brief Essays 1975–1998, Volume 3 pairs selected haiku with brief critical commentary, offering a reflective look at how haiku communicates meaning and experience.
THF Galleries: Haiga of Melanie Alberts 2
Melanie Alberts’s haiga is a product of her second immersion in the Eastern arts . . .
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Ashoka Weerakkody —haunting us in cyberspace: commentaries on "the box to check / that I'm not a robot— / winter rain by Cherie Hunter Day
Book of the Week – How to Haiku by Jim Kacian
How to Haiku is Jim Kacian’s guide to understanding haiku as a poetic practice, exploring how moments of experience are shaped into literature.
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Orense Nicod—an embodied sense of duration: commentaries on "still attached / to the old days / a watch on a chain" by Ernest Wit