POETRY PACIFIC, a literary publication for true lovers of words & wisdom, 5 May 2026

 

GINYU HAIKU MAGAZINE NO.110

 Edited by  Ban’ya Natsuishi

opt martie –

înfloresc vânzările

de implant mamar

 

March 8th –

flourishing sales

of breast implants

2

înaltul cerului –

pictat, sculptat, venerat,

nevăzutul

 

height of the sky –

painted, sculpted, idolized,

the unseen

3

sufletul lutului,

în ulcior, ulcică, groapă –

nimeni nu-i singur

 

the soul of clay,

in a jug, a cup, a pit –

no one is alone

4

împachetați

cu nămol terapeutic –

flirt

wrapped

in therapeutic mud –

flirting

5

petrecere cu măști –

în sfârșit, poți fi

tu însuți

 

masquerade party –

you can finally

be yourself

 

6

zodie de foc –

doi brazi frați, separați

de-o nouă graniță

 

fire zodiac sign –

fir tree brothers separated

by a new border

 

 7

fereastră la drum –

aceiași oameni singuri

de ambele părți

 

walkside window –

the same lonely people

inside and out

 

KO / HAIKU MAGAZINE IN ENGLISH / SPRING-SUMMER 2026

 

 

 RUNNER-UP

 

migration time -

the sky grows darker

without birdsong

 

    *****

 

two cages –

such cheerful trills, 

such sad poems

 

    

 

Creative Inspirations -- May / June 2026

 

 Maurice J. Reynolds, Owner-Editor

 

might I
have been a tree, or human
at first?
*
a cup of water
daily on the window sill –
thirsty shadows
*
seeking a place
close to Lord's table –
check point line

Contemporary haibun online / Issue: 22.1 , 2026

 

Haiga im Focus - April 2026 / Curated by Claudia Brefeld

 

The Kyoto x Haiku Project / Writing on the “Peace” / Écrire sur la « Paix » / 「平和」を詠む

  

 crane flocks – weapons standing / at ease 

2

 open door / by the whirlwind of leaves / mom calls them children 

3

 military trenches – a whiff of hot apple pie / from across the border 

4

war echoes – baby’s first walk / through the wild mint 

5

ticklish times – mending lady liberty / with sticky tape  6  burnt orchard / flying starlings scatter / cherry pits  7  hatching eggs / caught in the crossfire / the mother bird

民句 folk ku journal / Issue 6: trees

Jodie Hawthorne

King River Press - owner, publisher, editor

 

 

 

leafless trees -
mom's shadow shivers
hanging by the cane

Kokako 44, a Haiku Journal based in Aotearoa NZ,

 

The scent of shadows

How fragrant is the cemetery fence! Long ago, mother wove it with climbing flowers. It’s not very relaxing to live nearby. Every day, the bell reminds you about death. Sometimes, the gravediggers laugh and no matter what your  mood  is, a  thought always flies over this fence. But children don’t feel like this, they tell each other stories by the roadside to while away the time until mom will come home again. To them, death is a honeysuckle-scented garden.

mother’s portrait –

ink is running down

the right eye

Creative Inspirations / Poetry publication March / April 2026

GPS failure –
on their well known way
the man, the tree
*
one robot, two, three...
the scent of spring,
ever more wasted
*
man in the woods –
the stag roar vanishing
in its own echo

Cantos: A Literary and Arts Journal

 

Société littéraire de Laval - Canada - Revue Entrevous 30, février 2026

 

TRIYA, a bilingual journal of haiku, tanka and micro poems, Feb. 2026

 Editor’s Note

 

 

spring celebration -

birds returning to their nests

except for the peace dove

~ Lavana Kray

 

This haiku by Lavana Kray does more than capture a seasonal moment. It speaks to the poignancy of absence. In its delicate balance of presence and absence, homecoming and exile, this haiku distills the ache of what is missing into a single, unforgettable stroke. Look out for Lavana’s haiku, beautifully transformed into a haiga in the haiga section, and discover the poet’s story behind its creation.

Teji Sethi

 

 HAIGA NO.2