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Friday, September 25, 2026

Reading More and Writing Better: Bookmarks Haiku by Julie Warther Schwerin

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his and her        bookmarks leapfrogging         through Bly Frogpond ,  44:3, Autumn 2021 Julie Warther Schwerin  FYI: The haiku's hin...
Thursday, September 24, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Childhood Tanka by Marion Alice Poirier

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English Original home again I walk childhood streets in morning fog. . . where cobblestones end a river flows to the sea Marion Alice Poirie...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Hot News: New Milestones, 7 M Pageviews & Adding 1 M Pageviews in 15 Days; Call for Submissions

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My Dear Friends: NeverEnding Story reached new milestones late last night: 7  M pageviews —a dding 1 million pageviews in 15 days  (FYI: On ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

A Room of My Own: Kraa-Kraa-Kraa Senryu

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Realm of Contagious Stupidity , IV For Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) neo-orthodox theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who wrote in Letters ...
Monday, September 21, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Fog Tanka by Susan Constable

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English Original the forest the stars, the moon all lost in fog ... how will he find his way from this life to the next The Eternity of Wave...
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Sunday, September 20, 2026

Poetic Musings: Seashell Haiku by Chen-ou Liu

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Commentary by The Solitary Daisy Columnist , Sean B. Wright. This is a resonant, memory-laden haiku that uses a familiar sensory gesture to ...
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Saturday, September 19, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Autumn Wind Tanka by Thelma Mariano

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English Original treetops sway                                     in a sudden autumn wind too fierce to last so, too, I bend tonight to the...
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Friday, September 18, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Solitude Haiku by Natalia Kuznetsova

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English Original solitude ... a nightingale's solo out of darkness  Enchanted Garden , 16, 2026 Natalia Kuznetsova Chinese Translation (...
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Thursday, September 17, 2026

Special Feature: Selected Poems for Reflections on Israeli "Gaza Genocide Documentary, NAZA"

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(FYI: Haaretz, September 17, 2026 : Netanyahu Vows to Revoke Israeli Citizenship Over Alleged IDF 'Defamation' in Response to 'N...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

A Room of My Own: Crimson Sunset Glow Haiku

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hospice garden crimson sunset glow across her face FYI: This could be read as a prequel to my haiku below: hospice garden the wishing founta...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

To the Lighthouse: Haiku and the Void (Śūnyatā)

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In Zen-inspired haiku, the Void (Śūnyatā) can be approached not as emptiness in the sense of nothingness, but as the absence of fixed bounda...
Monday, September 14, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Obituary Column Haiku by Pravat Kumar Padhy

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English Original obituary column messaging silence into the sky Under the Basho , August 28 2017 Pravat Kumar Padhy  Chinese Translation (Tr...
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Sunday, September 13, 2026

One Man's Maple Moon: Womb Tanka by Kala Ramesh

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English Original a sudden spurt of warm feeling ...               my blood          from a womb  I knew nothing about the unseen arc , 2017 ...
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Saturday, September 12, 2026

Butterfly Dream: Cliff Edge Haiku by Marion Clarke

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English Original cliff edge — a burning sky behind us Honourable Mention, IHS International Haiku Competition 2022 Marion Clarke  Chinese Tr...
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Friday, September 11, 2026

Special Feature: Selected Poems for Reflections on Remembrance of 9/11

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My Dear Friends: On this 25th anniversary of 9/11, I would like to share a few poems reflecting on how we—Americans and non-Americans alike—...
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Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐
Born in Taipei,Taiwan, Chen-ou Liu was a college teacher, essayist, editor,and two-time winner of the national Best Book Review Radio Program Award.In 2002,he emigrated to Canada and settled in Ajax,a suburb of Toronto. Featured in New Resonance 7: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, and listed as one of the top ten haiku poets for 2011(Simply Haiku, 9:3,4, Autumn/Winter 2011),Chen-ou Liu is the author of five books, including Following the Moon to the Maple Land (First Prize, 2011 Haiku Pix Chapbook Contest) and A Life in Transition and Translation (Honorable Mention, 2014 Turtle Light Press Biennial Haiku Chapbook Contest). His tanka and haiku have been honored with 171 awards,including First Prize Co-Winner, 7th and 8th International Tanka Festival Competition, 2012; Tanka First and Third Places, 2011 San Francisco International Competition; Grand Prix, 2010 Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest and First Prize Co-Winner, 2010 Haiku International Association Haiku Contest.
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