Snowman

     What a joyous way to start the New Year! The award-winning haiku poet and haiga artist, Kuniharu Shimizu, created a delightful haiga for my snowman haiku!

     You can view this here and while you're there on his blog, enjoy his collection of illustrated haiku. Kuniharu posts one haiga each day. The haiga is a collaborative effort between him and other haiku poets from different parts of the world.

     He is currently one of the advisors to The World Haiku Association and the judge of the WHA Monthly Haiga Contest. I'm hoping he'll pick my "maple leaf" haiga for this month's haiga contest. Everyone is welcome to submit one haiga by the 20th of each month. The submission guidelines may be found here.