Saturday, February 14, 2026

A Valentine's Day Senryu by Mariya Gusev

 

Valentine's Day hearts
at the Family Dollar
a dime a dozen

~

Mariya Gusev co-edits Haiku Pause, a formal haiku newsletter on Substack and will be teaching haiku at Orange:  coffee. art. music., a Yin Hoo Foundation for the Arts initiative this coming March. Her work has won awards and appears in local and international publications, most recently The Sciku Project, #FemkuMag, Wales Haiku Journal, Trash Panda, Asahi Haikuist Network, LEAF, Failed Haiku, and Tricycle:  The Buddhist Review. Her daily haiku practice serves as both witnessing and prayer.

https://orangecoffeeartmusic.com/residencies


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