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Nicholas Klacsanzky
@haikuforlife.bsky.social
An editor at Haiku Commentary and Frogpond journal. Author of “Transported" and “Zen and Son.” See my poetry at https://nicholasklacsanzkyspoetry.wordpress.com/poetry/
Yule stroll . . .
each stone on the walkway
lit by a dead star



Modern Haiku, issue 56:3, 2025

#haiku #poetry #poem
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
walking room to room
the no one around the corner
says nothing

#wss366 #room
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
thick snowflakes . . .
one last whiff
of grandpa’s library

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Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn issue, 2025

#haiku #poetry #poem
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
wrong turn
right sunrise
and nothing to fix
#haiku #poetry
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
abandoned tracks
the whistle
of a saw-whet owl



Jersey Devil Press, #123, 2024

#haiku #poetry #poem
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
At this year’s Seabeck Haiku Getaway I invited the attendees to Complete the Haiga with “haiga squares.” I have selected three to feature.

Congratulations to: Lisa Gerlits, Nicholas Klacsanzky, and Kristen Lingquist for their haiga linked below!

www.completethehaiga.org/featured-hai...
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Honored to have a haiga published on completethehaiga.org:
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
crisp blue sky
a pair of chuck taylor's
hanging from a wire

- Deborah A. Bennett
Tsuri-Doro Haiku/Senryu, Issue 25
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
dogwood blossoms
wind rushes through
my chakras



Kokako, issued #38, 2023

Upside Down: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, 2024

#haiku #poetry #poem
November 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
tsuri-dōrō
November 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
the career
of the wolf spider
early autumn wind



Modern Haiku, issue 54.1, 2023

#haiku #poetry #poem
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
autumn maples
a grazing deer
lost
in gold

#haiku
October 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
cedar bark—
I forget the feel
of father’s hand



Mayfly, issued #74, 2023

#haiku #poetry #poem #micropoetry
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
A new verse from returning contributor Michael Dylan Welch:

correction
this poem is really
about kimchi

— Michael Dylan Welch
correctionthis poem is reallyabout kimchi — Michael Dylan Welch
dadakuku.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
heart surgery . . .
on the hometown map
another crease



Uncharted Territory: 2024 Seabeck Haiku Getaway Anthology

#haiku #poetry #poem
October 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
Many thanks to Tanya McDonald for selecting my monoku for the latest issue of Kingfisher. Wonderful to see her and others at Seabeck Haiku Getaway right now. It's been so fun catching up, learning new things, and just getting to see everyone in person that I only usually see in the online world.
October 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
forest walk . . .
the moss hides
my footprints



Transported, Red Moon Press, 2022

#haiku #poetry #poem
October 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
#haiku
the stars
impersonated
by helicopters
October 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
railroad walk . . .
another stretch of self
around another bend



Transported, Red Moon Press, 2022

#haiku #poetry #poem
October 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
old dog
guarding nothing
faithfully
#dogs #poetry #haiku
October 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
family picnic . . .
the forest enters
our conversation



The Heron’s Nest, June 2022, Volume XXIV, Issue 2

#haiku #poetry #poem
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
that one rock in the field:
someone's always lying
on it in the summer

Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902)
#haiku #micropoetry
October 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Featured on Haiku Commentary

starlit pond…
a paper boat floats
for light years

— Srini

the mosquito mesh
pixelating
the night

— Danny Blackwell

emergency room
an elderly patient
rocking back and forth

— Tuyet Van Do

#haiku #senryu #poetry #poem
Haiku and senryu by Srini, Danny Blackwell, and Tuyet Van Do
starlit pond…a paper boat floatsfor light years— Srini (India)Tinywords, 25:2, October 3, 2025Commentary from Hifsa Ashraf:This haiku transports us into a quiet, enclosed space—perhaps a park…
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October 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
October sun—
a blotch of blood
on the dollar bill



Frogpond, summer/spring issue, 2022

#haiku #poetry #poem
October 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
#haiku
you leave your
thoughts among
the salt grains
October 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM