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This spring night
United under the same
Big moon
This is my first nontraditional haiku. This time I did not follow the 5-7-5 form, that I followed in my first collection of haiku: “Travel Haiku.”
How do you prefer to write your haiku? I welcome your feedback!
The British Haiku Society is dedicating the month of February to haiku books. Visit their Facebook page to discover new collections of haiku:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thebritishhaikusociety
Some include: Stepping Stones: a way into haiku, by Martin Lucas and Haiku: one breath poetry, by Naomi Wakan. What is your favorite book of haiku?
https://sites.google.com/site/worldhaikureview2/autumn-2020-issue/shintai-haiku-page-2
My haiku:
A pond full of mud
Above the water’s surface
The lotus flower
Travel Haiku is also available in paperback (on Amazon).
NaHaiWriMo (National Haiku Writing Month) will start in 2 days! Visit the following website for more information: http://www.nahaiwrimo.com
Do you write haiku? What inspires to write haiku?
My new book Travel Haiku is now available in Kindle format! It contains 40 of the haiku poems that I have written during my years in Japan, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the United States. I hope you will enjoy reading them.
Rising skyscrapers
Ancient towns and traditions
Kingdom of two seas
One of my haiku was featured in The Asahi Shimbun:
Snow falling quickly
On the bamboo tree forest
The red dragonfly
One of my haiku will appear in the next issue of the Asahi Haikuist Network (Jan 31). http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ202001170004.html
Should I self-publish my collection of haiku poems or find a literary agent? According to this article https://www.writersdigest.com/publishing-insights/how-to-find-a-literary-agent-finding-agents-appropriate-for-your-writing we should find a literary agent who represents our writing genre and follow his or her submission guidelines. I would like to publish my first collection of haiku, which are related to travel and culture, through the traditional publishing route. I will keep you posted!
