First Place in the Magic of Maples Haiku Competition

 Started my day with the biggest smile! I still can't believe I won FIRST PLACE (over 18s category) in the Magic of Maples Haiku Competition. There were more than 550 haiku submitted from around the world. My haiku and other winning poems will be part of an outdoor exhibition at Westonbirt Arboretum - Forestry England during the autumn season (September–November) 2026.

Huge thanks to the organizers and judges! Congratulations to all the winners and HMs!

More details here- https://www.forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/maple-haiku

  

Neighborhood Haiku in Lexington, Massachusetts

My haiku is painted on the entrance door of the Lexington Historical Society building, which used to be a train station. Poetry reading and celebration were held last night in this building. Thank you so much, Brad Bennett, for reading my haiku and for taking these pictures. So thrilled and grateful! So grateful to your, Lord!!! You make all these things possible!

If you want to know more about this haiku project, Neighborhood Haiku in Lexington, click here. 

Last Train Home: an anthology of contemporary haiku, tanka, and rengay

 Almost missed the train! So glad there was still one more "seat" for my tanka.

Thank you so much,

Jacquie Pearce

! Last Train Home: an anthology of contemporary haiku, tanka, and rengay is now available on Amazon.

Stardust Haiku Issue 31 July 2019

Indian Kukai # 28 May 2019

Frameless Sky Issue 3

     Frameless Sky Issue 3 is hot off the press and available to purchase! - http://framelesssky.weebly.com/purchase.html

     I thank all the 40 contributors turning this issue into a successful poetry video. I wouldn't have done it without their support, patience, and cooperation.

 

 

     And of course, I haven't forgotten my team.

 

 

      I am also thrilled to announce that there is a special feature added to the array of poetic gems. In this current issue, you'll be able to watch the video recording of Claire Everett and David Terelinck's tanka sequence, "Whispered Vows," being read by the poet Beverley George and her husband.

     I can't wait for those who are interested in getting a copy to see the full video. For the meantime, here's a sneak peek ~ https://youtu.be/DgHgIhO528Y

     By the way, I've created a Frameless Sky account on Pinterest. So if you are one of those hook on Pinterest, start pinning away! I'm in the process of updating it.

 

     I've also created my own dvd covers. Shades of violet with butterfly stickers. :-)

    

  

Frameless Sky Issue Two

     It's great to be back blogging again. I know I keep promising to update my blog, but life gets in the way. To make up for it, I'm back with a big bang! I'm here to announce that the 2nd issue of Frameless Sky is now available! Thank you so much to the team who worked with me and to all the contributors:

 

Frameless Sky team:

 
Artist:

Rick Daddario

art blog: http://19planets.wordpress.com

website: http://www.rickdaddario.com

 

Musicians:

 

Alex Bett

https://www.youtube.com/user/AlexBettMusic

 

David Hollandsworth

website: http://davidhollandsworth.com

 

Proofreader:

 

Shloka Shantar

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shloka-Shankar-a-rasikas-musings/745965042120215?fref=ts

 

 

Contributors:

Traci Barlow (US), Willie R. Bongcaron (Philippines), Helen Buckingham (England), Anne Curran (New Zealand), Stephen Chase Gagnon (USA), Hazel Hall (Australia), Devin Harrison (Canada), Josie Hibbing (USA), Judit Hollos (Hungary), Mary Holman (USA), Alegria Imperial (Canada), Violette Rose-Jones (New Zealand), Annie Juhl (Denmark), Arvinder Kaur (India), Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy (UK), David Kuhlmann (USA), Vibeke Laier (Denmark), Chen-ou Liu (Canada), Kumarendra Mallick (India), Jayashree Maniyil (Australia), Elizabeth Moura (USA), Archana Kapoor Nagpal (India), Kathy Uyen Nguyen (USA), Veronika Zora Novak (Canada), Rita Odeh (Israel), Sandi Pray (USA), Kala Ramesh (India), Shloka Shankar (India), Debbie Strange (Canada), André Surridge (New Zealand), Paresh Tiwari (India), Julie Warther (USA)

For those who haven't heard of it, Frameless Sky is a biannual haiga and tanka art video journal showcasing poets, artists, and musicians in a collaborative project. It seeks high quality tanka—either as stand-alone poems or poems that would be paired with artwork—and artwork that would be paired with tanka. There are three different submission categories. To find out more about the submission guidelines, please click this link http://framelesssky.weebly.com/submissions.html.

 

   Here is the sneak preview of Frameless Sky Issue 2.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t7Z1j2rct8

 

 

NaHaiWriMo January 2015 prompter

     I had an enjoyable task as prompter in NaHaiWriMo on Facebook. I'm glad I was able to leave a little mark through an interview by Michael Dylan Welch. Please click the link below to find out how I got started with haiku, what NaHaiWriMo means to me, my three favorite haiku, and many more.

    

     http://www.nahaiwrimo.com/home/meet-the-prompters/chrissi-villa

31 Different NaHaiWrimo Prompters in August 2012

     Something new and exciting is going to happen this coming month! To find out, read the announcement of Michael Dylan Welch, founder of National Haiku Writing Month.

Dear NaHaiWriMos,

I’m pleased to let you know that, for the month of August, 2012, I’ve asked 31 different people to provide a single writing prompt for reach day of the month. I’ll be announcing the prompts each day, so you’ll discover not only a new writing prompt, but also learn who the day’s prompter is for each day. These 31 prompters include many of our past monthly prompters, plus a number of new folks. The prompters and prompts have all been selected, and the prompts are varied and fun, so August should be a particularly enjoyable month -- and hopefully a little different, to shake things up a bit.

Now, to make this idea even more fun, I’ve asked each of the 31 daily prompters to monitor all poems posted and to select at least five favourite poems written in response to their prompt. I’ve asked them to select haiku and senryu only (no haiga, but poems used in haiga can be considered). To be selected, poems should be previously unpublished (we'll assume so). So please post your best haiku and senryu, because the daily prompt providers will be on the lookout for their favourite poems from what you post (prompters, please also include one of your own poems if you write about your own prompt). If all goes well, I’d like to turn this into a PDF-format book that everyone can download for free. How does that sound?

In case you were wondering, I’m still working on the February book, which will be a grander and much larger print production. I plan to get that wrapped up by the end of August, but there are still a lot of variables. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for your patience on that project -- I’m making progress.

Meanwhile, regarding the August project, I’m mentioning it now in case any of you have questions. Ask away! And maybe mentioning it now will also build anticipation. Shucks, you might even want to encourage friends to join us. Please do!

Thanks to all of you for your enthusiastic ongoing participation in NaHaiWriMo! Isn't this place a hoot?

Michael Dylan Welch

Join the NaHaiWrimo community Facebook page here.