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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 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 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 (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)
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
an ash cloud
in the river...
letting go of papa
Neena Singh
LEAF, August 2024, and Triveni Spotlight, June 17, 2025.
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
an ash cloud
in the river...
letting go of papa
Neena Singh
LEAF, August 2024, and Triveni Spotlight, June 17, 2025.
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
August 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
an ash cloud
in the river...
letting go of papa
Neena Singh
LEAF, August 2024, and Triveni Spotlight, June 17, 2025.
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
an ash cloud
in the river...
letting go of papa
Neena Singh
LEAF, August 2024, and Triveni Spotlight, June 17, 2025.
www.trivenihaikai.in/post/triveni...
Today's Feature:
meteor shower . . .
a gentle wave
wets our sandals
Michael Dylan Welch
First Prize: 2000 Haiku Society of America H. G. Henderson Haiku Contest & Frogpond XXIV:1, April 2001.
Image: Meteor over Izu Oshima island & Mt. Fuji by Itou (@orecola)
www.graceguts.com/commentary/m...
meteor shower . . .
a gentle wave
wets our sandals
Michael Dylan Welch
First Prize: 2000 Haiku Society of America H. G. Henderson Haiku Contest & Frogpond XXIV:1, April 2001.
Image: Meteor over Izu Oshima island & Mt. Fuji by Itou (@orecola)
www.graceguts.com/commentary/m...
August 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today's Feature:
meteor shower . . .
a gentle wave
wets our sandals
Michael Dylan Welch
First Prize: 2000 Haiku Society of America H. G. Henderson Haiku Contest & Frogpond XXIV:1, April 2001.
Image: Meteor over Izu Oshima island & Mt. Fuji by Itou (@orecola)
www.graceguts.com/commentary/m...
meteor shower . . .
a gentle wave
wets our sandals
Michael Dylan Welch
First Prize: 2000 Haiku Society of America H. G. Henderson Haiku Contest & Frogpond XXIV:1, April 2001.
Image: Meteor over Izu Oshima island & Mt. Fuji by Itou (@orecola)
www.graceguts.com/commentary/m...
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
lovingly placed
by the open window
caged birds
Marco Fraticelli (Canada)
In My Life: Happy Birthday, Volume 1. -&- Daily Haiku Special, June 30, 2025, at Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog.
Image: "Two ladies with Birdcage", Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912)
lovingly placed
by the open window
caged birds
Marco Fraticelli (Canada)
In My Life: Happy Birthday, Volume 1. -&- Daily Haiku Special, June 30, 2025, at Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog.
Image: "Two ladies with Birdcage", Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912)
July 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Today's Feature at MyHaikuPond.com
lovingly placed
by the open window
caged birds
Marco Fraticelli (Canada)
In My Life: Happy Birthday, Volume 1. -&- Daily Haiku Special, June 30, 2025, at Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog.
Image: "Two ladies with Birdcage", Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912)
lovingly placed
by the open window
caged birds
Marco Fraticelli (Canada)
In My Life: Happy Birthday, Volume 1. -&- Daily Haiku Special, June 30, 2025, at Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog.
Image: "Two ladies with Birdcage", Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912)