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Today's Feature:
Bonsai garden
speaking at length
about shortcuts
Lakshmi Iyer, India
haikuNetra, Issue 1.5, Feb 2024
Image: "Tea Party at Bonsai Garden", Toyohara Chikanobu (Ca. 1890s)
Bonsai garden
speaking at length
about shortcuts
Lakshmi Iyer, India
haikuNetra, Issue 1.5, Feb 2024
Image: "Tea Party at Bonsai Garden", Toyohara Chikanobu (Ca. 1890s)
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Today's Feature:
Bonsai garden
speaking at length
about shortcuts
Lakshmi Iyer, India
haikuNetra, Issue 1.5, Feb 2024
Image: "Tea Party at Bonsai Garden", Toyohara Chikanobu (Ca. 1890s)
Bonsai garden
speaking at length
about shortcuts
Lakshmi Iyer, India
haikuNetra, Issue 1.5, Feb 2024
Image: "Tea Party at Bonsai Garden", Toyohara Chikanobu (Ca. 1890s)
Today's Feature:
river walk
the frogs and katydids silent
at our presence
Anthony Lusardi
Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2025 issue
Image: "Katydid on Banana Leaf", Kono Barei (1844 - 1895)
river walk
the frogs and katydids silent
at our presence
Anthony Lusardi
Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2025 issue
Image: "Katydid on Banana Leaf", Kono Barei (1844 - 1895)
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today's Feature:
river walk
the frogs and katydids silent
at our presence
Anthony Lusardi
Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2025 issue
Image: "Katydid on Banana Leaf", Kono Barei (1844 - 1895)
river walk
the frogs and katydids silent
at our presence
Anthony Lusardi
Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2025 issue
Image: "Katydid on Banana Leaf", Kono Barei (1844 - 1895)
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
winter sun
the weight of a chickadee
in my palm
Lev Hart
2nd Place, Betty Drevniok Award, Haiku Canada, 2025
Image: "Beauty and Children in Winter", Kikugawa Eizan - recarved Edo period print.
winter sun
the weight of a chickadee
in my palm
Lev Hart
2nd Place, Betty Drevniok Award, Haiku Canada, 2025
Image: "Beauty and Children in Winter", Kikugawa Eizan - recarved Edo period print.
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
winter sun
the weight of a chickadee
in my palm
Lev Hart
2nd Place, Betty Drevniok Award, Haiku Canada, 2025
Image: "Beauty and Children in Winter", Kikugawa Eizan - recarved Edo period print.
winter sun
the weight of a chickadee
in my palm
Lev Hart
2nd Place, Betty Drevniok Award, Haiku Canada, 2025
Image: "Beauty and Children in Winter", Kikugawa Eizan - recarved Edo period print.
Today's Classic at MyHaikuPond.com
stupid in the dark
clutching a thorn
instead of a firefly
Matsuo Bashō
stupid in the dark
clutching a thorn
instead of a firefly
Matsuo Bashō
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Today's Classic at MyHaikuPond.com
stupid in the dark
clutching a thorn
instead of a firefly
Matsuo Bashō
stupid in the dark
clutching a thorn
instead of a firefly
Matsuo Bashō
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
morning light
a small Buddha
fills the room
Jon Hare
Modern Haiku, Volume 56:3, Autumn 2025
Photo: Small bronze Buddha by Mikō
morning light
a small Buddha
fills the room
Jon Hare
Modern Haiku, Volume 56:3, Autumn 2025
Photo: Small bronze Buddha by Mikō
October 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
morning light
a small Buddha
fills the room
Jon Hare
Modern Haiku, Volume 56:3, Autumn 2025
Photo: Small bronze Buddha by Mikō
morning light
a small Buddha
fills the room
Jon Hare
Modern Haiku, Volume 56:3, Autumn 2025
Photo: Small bronze Buddha by Mikō
Today's Find (25 Oct. 2025) at MyHaikuPond.com
charred earth
a dragon-shaped cloud
breathes smoke
Barbara Sabol
Under the Bashō, May 17, 2022. Reprinted on The NeverEndingStory Blog, October 24, 2025.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2025/10/biti...
charred earth
a dragon-shaped cloud
breathes smoke
Barbara Sabol
Under the Bashō, May 17, 2022. Reprinted on The NeverEndingStory Blog, October 24, 2025.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2025/10/biti...
October 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today's Find (25 Oct. 2025) at MyHaikuPond.com
charred earth
a dragon-shaped cloud
breathes smoke
Barbara Sabol
Under the Bashō, May 17, 2022. Reprinted on The NeverEndingStory Blog, October 24, 2025.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2025/10/biti...
charred earth
a dragon-shaped cloud
breathes smoke
Barbara Sabol
Under the Bashō, May 17, 2022. Reprinted on The NeverEndingStory Blog, October 24, 2025.
neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.com/2025/10/biti...
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
firefly trail
chasing a second
childhood
Jahnavi Gogoi
Fevers of the Mind, Poetry Showcase, September 15, 2024... AND...
Triveni Spotlight, October 19, 2025.
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
firefly trail
chasing a second
childhood
Jahnavi Gogoi
Fevers of the Mind, Poetry Showcase, September 15, 2024... AND...
Triveni Spotlight, October 19, 2025.
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
triveni spotlight: 19th October 2025
triveni spotlight
A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY
hosts: Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik
GUEST EDITOR: Rupa Anand19th October 2025triveni spotlight
October 2025firefly trailchasing a second childhood —...
www.trivenihaikai.in
October 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
firefly trail
chasing a second
childhood
Jahnavi Gogoi
Fevers of the Mind, Poetry Showcase, September 15, 2024... AND...
Triveni Spotlight, October 19, 2025.
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
firefly trail
chasing a second
childhood
Jahnavi Gogoi
Fevers of the Mind, Poetry Showcase, September 15, 2024... AND...
Triveni Spotlight, October 19, 2025.
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
settling into
a winter night
star after star
Joanna Ashwell
Akitsu Quarterly Winter 2022
Image: 'Shinobazu Pond at a quiet winter's night' by Kawase Hasui
settling into
a winter night
star after star
Joanna Ashwell
Akitsu Quarterly Winter 2022
Image: 'Shinobazu Pond at a quiet winter's night' by Kawase Hasui
October 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
settling into
a winter night
star after star
Joanna Ashwell
Akitsu Quarterly Winter 2022
Image: 'Shinobazu Pond at a quiet winter's night' by Kawase Hasui
settling into
a winter night
star after star
Joanna Ashwell
Akitsu Quarterly Winter 2022
Image: 'Shinobazu Pond at a quiet winter's night' by Kawase Hasui
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
New Year’s Day—
giving the etch-a-sketch
a good shake
Mary Stevens (USA)
The Heron’s Nest, 23.3, 2021 & Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Daily Haiku Special, Oct. 8, 2025.
Image: "Sunrise on New Year's Day at Susaki", Utagawa Hiroshige (1853)
New Year’s Day—
giving the etch-a-sketch
a good shake
Mary Stevens (USA)
The Heron’s Nest, 23.3, 2021 & Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Daily Haiku Special, Oct. 8, 2025.
Image: "Sunrise on New Year's Day at Susaki", Utagawa Hiroshige (1853)
October 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
New Year’s Day—
giving the etch-a-sketch
a good shake
Mary Stevens (USA)
The Heron’s Nest, 23.3, 2021 & Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Daily Haiku Special, Oct. 8, 2025.
Image: "Sunrise on New Year's Day at Susaki", Utagawa Hiroshige (1853)
New Year’s Day—
giving the etch-a-sketch
a good shake
Mary Stevens (USA)
The Heron’s Nest, 23.3, 2021 & Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog: Daily Haiku Special, Oct. 8, 2025.
Image: "Sunrise on New Year's Day at Susaki", Utagawa Hiroshige (1853)
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
after the sermon
the silent grace
of falling snow
Steve Hodge
Hedgerow, Issue #122, Winter 2017.
& The Midwest Haiku Traveling Rock Garden
after the sermon
the silent grace
of falling snow
Steve Hodge
Hedgerow, Issue #122, Winter 2017.
& The Midwest Haiku Traveling Rock Garden
October 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
after the sermon
the silent grace
of falling snow
Steve Hodge
Hedgerow, Issue #122, Winter 2017.
& The Midwest Haiku Traveling Rock Garden
after the sermon
the silent grace
of falling snow
Steve Hodge
Hedgerow, Issue #122, Winter 2017.
& The Midwest Haiku Traveling Rock Garden
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
beach umbrella
my shadow beneath
is digging a hole
Boryana Boteva
Issue 110 (July 2025) of Failed Haiku – a journal of English Senryu. Edited by Kelly Moyer.
Image: Seven-Mile Beach in Sagami Province, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1858)
beach umbrella
my shadow beneath
is digging a hole
Boryana Boteva
Issue 110 (July 2025) of Failed Haiku – a journal of English Senryu. Edited by Kelly Moyer.
Image: Seven-Mile Beach in Sagami Province, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1858)
October 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
beach umbrella
my shadow beneath
is digging a hole
Boryana Boteva
Issue 110 (July 2025) of Failed Haiku – a journal of English Senryu. Edited by Kelly Moyer.
Image: Seven-Mile Beach in Sagami Province, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1858)
beach umbrella
my shadow beneath
is digging a hole
Boryana Boteva
Issue 110 (July 2025) of Failed Haiku – a journal of English Senryu. Edited by Kelly Moyer.
Image: Seven-Mile Beach in Sagami Province, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1858)
Today's Feature:
school vacation
the sound of a horse race
down the stairs
Lakshmi Iyer, India
Failed haiku, Issue 98, Feb 2024
Image: "Meiji Emperor at Horse Race", by unknown (1885)
school vacation
the sound of a horse race
down the stairs
Lakshmi Iyer, India
Failed haiku, Issue 98, Feb 2024
Image: "Meiji Emperor at Horse Race", by unknown (1885)
September 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Today's Feature:
school vacation
the sound of a horse race
down the stairs
Lakshmi Iyer, India
Failed haiku, Issue 98, Feb 2024
Image: "Meiji Emperor at Horse Race", by unknown (1885)
school vacation
the sound of a horse race
down the stairs
Lakshmi Iyer, India
Failed haiku, Issue 98, Feb 2024
Image: "Meiji Emperor at Horse Race", by unknown (1885)
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
the heaviness
of an empty hand
fishing day
Ravi Kiran
Commended haiku, NZPS 2024 Contest.
the heaviness
of an empty hand
fishing day
Ravi Kiran
Commended haiku, NZPS 2024 Contest.
September 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
the heaviness
of an empty hand
fishing day
Ravi Kiran
Commended haiku, NZPS 2024 Contest.
the heaviness
of an empty hand
fishing day
Ravi Kiran
Commended haiku, NZPS 2024 Contest.
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
river walk
the frogs and katydids silent
at our presence
Anthony Lusardi
Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2025
Image: "Ono no Tofu Standing on the Bank of a Stream and Watching a Frog Leap to Catch a Willow Branch", Totoya Hokkei (1825)
river walk
the frogs and katydids silent
at our presence
Anthony Lusardi
Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2025
Image: "Ono no Tofu Standing on the Bank of a Stream and Watching a Frog Leap to Catch a Willow Branch", Totoya Hokkei (1825)
September 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
river walk
the frogs and katydids silent
at our presence
Anthony Lusardi
Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2025
Image: "Ono no Tofu Standing on the Bank of a Stream and Watching a Frog Leap to Catch a Willow Branch", Totoya Hokkei (1825)
river walk
the frogs and katydids silent
at our presence
Anthony Lusardi
Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2025
Image: "Ono no Tofu Standing on the Bank of a Stream and Watching a Frog Leap to Catch a Willow Branch", Totoya Hokkei (1825)
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
pesticide spray
a black moth clings
to my hand
Hifsa Ashraf
THF Per Diem: Haiku of the Day, Sept. 22, 2025
pesticide spray
a black moth clings
to my hand
Hifsa Ashraf
THF Per Diem: Haiku of the Day, Sept. 22, 2025
September 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
pesticide spray
a black moth clings
to my hand
Hifsa Ashraf
THF Per Diem: Haiku of the Day, Sept. 22, 2025
pesticide spray
a black moth clings
to my hand
Hifsa Ashraf
THF Per Diem: Haiku of the Day, Sept. 22, 2025
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
funeral day
between raindrops
falling darkness
Ron C. Moss
Triveni Spotlight, 21st September 2025
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
funeral day
between raindrops
falling darkness
Ron C. Moss
Triveni Spotlight, 21st September 2025
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
triveni spotlight: 21st September 2025
triveni spotlight
A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY
hosts: Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik
GUEST EDITOR: Anju Kishore21st September 2025triveni spotlight
September 2025funeral daybetween raindropsfalling...
www.trivenihaikai.in
September 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today's Find at MyHaikuPond.com
funeral day
between raindrops
falling darkness
Ron C. Moss
Triveni Spotlight, 21st September 2025
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
funeral day
between raindrops
falling darkness
Ron C. Moss
Triveni Spotlight, 21st September 2025
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
family dinner—
everyone chewing
on the unsaid
Neena Singh
Haikuniverse, September 18th. 2025.
haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-nee...
.
family dinner—
everyone chewing
on the unsaid
Neena Singh
Haikuniverse, September 18th. 2025.
haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-nee...
.
September 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
family dinner—
everyone chewing
on the unsaid
Neena Singh
Haikuniverse, September 18th. 2025.
haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-nee...
.
family dinner—
everyone chewing
on the unsaid
Neena Singh
Haikuniverse, September 18th. 2025.
haikuniverse.com/haiku-by-nee...
.
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
mother's wake
her special occasion dress
finally worn
Joseph P. Wechselberger, USA
Prune Juice, Nov. 2019, Issue #29
Image: “Hair Combing”, Torii Kotondo (1932)
mother's wake
her special occasion dress
finally worn
Joseph P. Wechselberger, USA
Prune Juice, Nov. 2019, Issue #29
Image: “Hair Combing”, Torii Kotondo (1932)
September 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
mother's wake
her special occasion dress
finally worn
Joseph P. Wechselberger, USA
Prune Juice, Nov. 2019, Issue #29
Image: “Hair Combing”, Torii Kotondo (1932)
mother's wake
her special occasion dress
finally worn
Joseph P. Wechselberger, USA
Prune Juice, Nov. 2019, Issue #29
Image: “Hair Combing”, Torii Kotondo (1932)
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
snowy pavements—
shop window mannequins
in bikinis
Caroline Ridley-Duff, UK
Haiku Foundation Dialogue, July 2023
Image: "Lovers Walking in the Snow (Crow and Heron)", Suzuki Harunobu (Edo Period)
snowy pavements—
shop window mannequins
in bikinis
Caroline Ridley-Duff, UK
Haiku Foundation Dialogue, July 2023
Image: "Lovers Walking in the Snow (Crow and Heron)", Suzuki Harunobu (Edo Period)
September 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
snowy pavements—
shop window mannequins
in bikinis
Caroline Ridley-Duff, UK
Haiku Foundation Dialogue, July 2023
Image: "Lovers Walking in the Snow (Crow and Heron)", Suzuki Harunobu (Edo Period)
snowy pavements—
shop window mannequins
in bikinis
Caroline Ridley-Duff, UK
Haiku Foundation Dialogue, July 2023
Image: "Lovers Walking in the Snow (Crow and Heron)", Suzuki Harunobu (Edo Period)
Today's Feature:
a farmer sets
the curve of his cap
prairie skyline
Chad Lee Robinson
The Deep End of the Sky (2015)
a farmer sets
the curve of his cap
prairie skyline
Chad Lee Robinson
The Deep End of the Sky (2015)
September 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today's Feature:
a farmer sets
the curve of his cap
prairie skyline
Chad Lee Robinson
The Deep End of the Sky (2015)
a farmer sets
the curve of his cap
prairie skyline
Chad Lee Robinson
The Deep End of the Sky (2015)
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
surface ripples
the plucked chord
of a bullfrog's call
Jay Friedenberg
Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2025
Image: "Two Mallard Ducks", Watanabe Seitei (Ca.1900)
surface ripples
the plucked chord
of a bullfrog's call
Jay Friedenberg
Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2025
Image: "Two Mallard Ducks", Watanabe Seitei (Ca.1900)
September 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
surface ripples
the plucked chord
of a bullfrog's call
Jay Friedenberg
Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2025
Image: "Two Mallard Ducks", Watanabe Seitei (Ca.1900)
surface ripples
the plucked chord
of a bullfrog's call
Jay Friedenberg
Wales Haiku Journal, Summer 2025
Image: "Two Mallard Ducks", Watanabe Seitei (Ca.1900)
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
funeral pyre
they're banning books again
at the Kremlin
Mikō (Michael Smeer), 31 Aug. 2025
Info: russiapost.info/culture/hybr...
funeral pyre
they're banning books again
at the Kremlin
Mikō (Michael Smeer), 31 Aug. 2025
Info: russiapost.info/culture/hybr...
Russia’s Hybrid Book Censorship and Propagandistic Agenda
Publisher Vladimir Kharitonov looks at rising book censorship in Russia, describing the tools used to get rid of “bad” books and explaining how current practices differ from Soviet times.
russiapost.info
August 31, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
funeral pyre
they're banning books again
at the Kremlin
Mikō (Michael Smeer), 31 Aug. 2025
Info: russiapost.info/culture/hybr...
funeral pyre
they're banning books again
at the Kremlin
Mikō (Michael Smeer), 31 Aug. 2025
Info: russiapost.info/culture/hybr...
Today's Feature (haiga) at MyHaikuPond.com
wind shift
a koala perched
in the moon
Ron C. Moss, 2025.
Author's Note: Original sumi-e art and haiku (haiga) by Ron C. Moss. Contains my red seal thumbprint, one of the traditional ways of signing an artwork.
wind shift
a koala perched
in the moon
Ron C. Moss, 2025.
Author's Note: Original sumi-e art and haiku (haiga) by Ron C. Moss. Contains my red seal thumbprint, one of the traditional ways of signing an artwork.
August 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Today's Feature (haiga) at MyHaikuPond.com
wind shift
a koala perched
in the moon
Ron C. Moss, 2025.
Author's Note: Original sumi-e art and haiku (haiga) by Ron C. Moss. Contains my red seal thumbprint, one of the traditional ways of signing an artwork.
wind shift
a koala perched
in the moon
Ron C. Moss, 2025.
Author's Note: Original sumi-e art and haiku (haiga) by Ron C. Moss. Contains my red seal thumbprint, one of the traditional ways of signing an artwork.
Today's Feature (sumi-e haiga) at MyHaikuPond.com
.
wetting my brush . . .
the blue fish scatters
ink-drop stars
.
Ron C. Moss, Tasmania
Kokako #43, September 2025
.
wetting my brush . . .
the blue fish scatters
ink-drop stars
.
Ron C. Moss, Tasmania
Kokako #43, September 2025
August 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Today's Feature (sumi-e haiga) at MyHaikuPond.com
.
wetting my brush . . .
the blue fish scatters
ink-drop stars
.
Ron C. Moss, Tasmania
Kokako #43, September 2025
.
wetting my brush . . .
the blue fish scatters
ink-drop stars
.
Ron C. Moss, Tasmania
Kokako #43, September 2025
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
night frost—
still searching
for my father's hand
Giuliana Ravaglia, Italy
The Mainichi, 11 February 2025
Image: "Mother and Daughter", Toshimine (ca. 1901)
night frost—
still searching
for my father's hand
Giuliana Ravaglia, Italy
The Mainichi, 11 February 2025
Image: "Mother and Daughter", Toshimine (ca. 1901)
August 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
night frost—
still searching
for my father's hand
Giuliana Ravaglia, Italy
The Mainichi, 11 February 2025
Image: "Mother and Daughter", Toshimine (ca. 1901)
night frost—
still searching
for my father's hand
Giuliana Ravaglia, Italy
The Mainichi, 11 February 2025
Image: "Mother and Daughter", Toshimine (ca. 1901)