International Haiku Poetry Day

HaikuLife Haiku Film Festival

This collection of short films, created by individual poets, groups, and organizations, celebrates the diversity of haiku around the world. It features some of the most creative work ever done in film, as well as the creation and presentation of chapbooks, group readings, announcements of special events, and much more.

Click the link to view the entire history of the HaikuLife Haiku Film Festival.

EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration

The world’s largest collaborative poem, this interactive shared event features poets’ responses to a “seed poem,” or to the responses of other poets, or even to the introduction of new threads aligned with the theme.

All Earthrise collaborations are a feature of The Haiku Foundation’s blog, Troutswirl, and can be accessed by typing “earthrise” into the search bar, or simply clicking this link.

Haiku Gatherings

Even in our digital age, the heart of haiku is meeting with fellow poets to read, write, and share poetry together, often in the context of a nature walk (ginko), a café reading, a museum presentation, or other public gathering). Nevertheless, we have not promoted live events since the COVID pandemic, though we will continue to highlight local events held on or around IHPD when information is supplied to us. As such, there is no archive of past IHPD local events, but here are some highlights from our early years.

• International Haiku Poetry Day Gatherings 2019
• International Haiku Poetry Day Gatherings 2017
• International Haiku Poetry Day Gatherings 2016
• International Haiku Poetry Day Gatherings 2015
• National Haiku Poetry Day Gatherings 2014
• National Haiku Poetry Day Gatherings 2013
• National Haiku Poetry Day Gatherings 2012