Contemporary haibun 22.2 / AUGUST 2026

 

Verse Version Academic Journal, University of Shenzhen

 

 

 

Kray (Kray, 2016, 2023):

Kray, L. (2016). grass perfume – / a butterfly alights / on the scythe blade [Haiku].

Haiku by Lavana Kray. Haikuniverse. https://haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-lavana-kray/

Kray, L. (2023). ghost town / in the underground shelter / sprouting potatoes [Haiku].

Lavana Kray. Living Haiku Anthology.

https://livinghaikuanthology.com/index-of-poets/alphabetical-listings/221-k-poets/109-lavana-kray.html

 

 Simone Chiatante, a poet and researcher of poetics living in China and editor of the peer reviewed academic journal Verse Version at the University of Shenzhen.

DAILY HAIGA - July 17, 2026

 EDITOR: LINDA PILARSKI

 

Creative Inspirations -- Poetry publication. July / August 2026

 

 Maurice J. Reynolds, Owner-Editor

 

 

the grain of sand
knows it comes from a rock –
wounded sole
*
stormy picnic –
baby frog splashing
in the wine mug
*
childhood home –
side by side on the threshold,
two dry thistles

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