Haiga im Focus - Juni 2026

 

Cafe Haiku, 2026 May

 

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

 

GINYU HAIKU MAGAZINE NO.110

 Ginyu Haiku Gallery - 110

Selected and commented 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

 

 Commnetary:

 Mulțumesc pentru aceste haiku-uri minunate. 

Your haiku are filled with sharp inside and longing for the sublime.

I am delighted to see how deeply you have refined your artistry as a haiku poet.

Your style in the 1st and 6th haiku, which critically portrays reality, is as remarcable as your work in the third, 5th and 7th, which sings of human loneliness and solidarity.

 

 

 

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