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Thursday, June 4, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kelly Sargent

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dream walker the tightrope between me and my self ~ Kelly Sargent is a poet, editor, and devoted tea drinker residing in Vermont. Though she...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026

An Esoteriku by M. R. Pelletier

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rope bridge the narrow stream of being ~ M. R. Pelletier lives in Kansas, but his haiku poetry travels the world. He has published in multip...
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

An Esoteriku by Vandana Parashar

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gusts of freezing rain she speaks in my silence ~ Vandana Parashar is an associate editor of haikuKATHA and one of the editors of Poetry Pe...
Monday, June 1, 2026

An Esoteriku by Hifsa Ashraf

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distant shooting ellipses of starlings scattered in the sky ~ Fueled by a healthy dose of caffeine, Hifsa Ashraf from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

An Esoteriku by Arvinder Kaur

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the soundtrack of my solitude: wind chimes ~ Arvinder Kaur believes in a superpower that lives within each one of us, whose presence she fee...
Saturday, May 30, 2026

An Esoteriku by Anne Fox

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rusted rainbow the monochrome of pain ~ Anne Fox, considered a witch-child from birth, is an off-planet soul doing psychopomp work behind th...
Friday, May 29, 2026

An Esoteriku by John Hawkhead

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natural magic enraptured by a charm of goldfinches ~ John Hawkhead has been writing short-form poetry for over 30 years, publishing three bo...
Thursday, May 28, 2026

"Zip" by Nolcha Fox

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Zip The mural on the building at 3rd and Main appeared that morning from nowhere. The whole town gathered, gawking at the seascape. "Al...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

An Esoteriku by Colleen M. Farrelly

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Giant's Causeway a sea spray rainbow covers the fairy tree ~ Colleen M. Farrelly is a mathematician and haibun poet who's been explo...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

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a cup of coffee with the mountains primal screaming ~ Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature...
Monday, May 25, 2026

"Of the Sea" by Colleen M. Farrelly

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Of the Sea Moonlight shimmers on the beach as we race towards his Naval base. Sand dollars dot the surf line, relics of the Paleocene. At ch...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

"Magpies on the Chimney" by Ma Yongbo

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Magpies on the Chimney At the top of the red-brick square chimney on the roof, a few magpies form a circle, motionless for a long time. The ...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

"Hoops with Heads" by Jerome Berglund

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Hoops with Heads Play ball. Ball park. Take me out to the ball game. Ball is in your court. Wanna be a baller, shot caller. Lucille Ball. Ba...
Friday, May 22, 2026

An Esoteriku by Anne Fox

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  first butterfly for a moment I forget about death ~ Anne Fox, considered a witch-child from birth, is an off-planet soul doing psychopomp ...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

An Esoteriku by Randy Brooks

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  woods spirit oak leaves scratch hold on ~ Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University, where he teaches a haiku c...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

An Esoteriku by Patrick Sweeney

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dendrites cease-fire under the left eye of Jerry's third tour
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

"Playgrounds of Yesteryears" by Graeme Needham

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Playgrounds of Yesteryears Pick up, discard. Ouch!! That one pricked. Pick up, discard. Aha, a champion!! Children huddled in a corner of th...
Monday, May 18, 2026

An Esoteriku by Arvinder Kaur

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  Ganga aarti incense curls into dusk ~ Arvinder Kaur believes in a superpower that lives within each one of us, whose presence she feels in...
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Sunday, May 17, 2026

An Esoteriku by unc

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  fog retreat somewhere unholy ~ unc lives in Pennsylvania, and he is drawn to the magic of short haiku. He can often be sighted in coffee s...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

A Tanka by Ron Scully

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  loose strands of the dust broom she swept up and burned smudging the new moon
Friday, May 15, 2026

An Esoteriku by Princes Rose Manuel

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  sakura blossoms still midway falling only in his mind ~ Princes grew up watching the moon and stars until the moon became plenty and the s...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

An Esoteriku by Gordon Brown

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  three white ravens on your grandma's rocking chair picking at her bones ~ Gordon Brown grew up in the deserts of Syria and now lives i...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

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  honey lingers golden in the open wound ~ Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is add...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

"SOS" by Shloka Shankar

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  ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled poet, editor, and visual artist from Bangalore, India. A Best of the Net nominee and widely published haiku...
Monday, May 11, 2026

An Esoteriku by M. R. Pelletier

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  a woodland path what the flowers know of my blooming ~ M. R. Pelletier lives in Kansas, but his haiku poetry travels the world. He has pub...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

An Esoteriku by Lucas Weissenborn

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  his army trousers in rags . . . triangle of doves ~ Lucas Weissenborn is a researcher, musician, and poet based in Norway. His haiku and s...
Saturday, May 9, 2026

"Bone of My Bone" by Kaitlyn Downing

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  Bone of My Bone The Witch in the Woods could only be found on All Hallow's Eve, the wisewoman said, when the veil between the worlds i...
Friday, May 8, 2026

A Tanka by Jackie Chou

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  the pond is placid now until you come like a red dragonfly rippling the water ~ Jackie Chou is a writer from Southern California who has t...
Thursday, May 7, 2026

"Boundary" by Ma Yongbo

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  Boundary When a boundary emerges in the dark, metaphysics becomes important. Children know this even before the falling snow makes the hed...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

"Death's Not Proud" by Nolcha Fox

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  Death's Not Proud Death pursues me, wants to date me, says he loves my attitude. He drives behind me in his junker to let me know he...
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

#How to Hex a Haibun by Colleen M. Farrelly

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  #How to Hex a Haibun def literary_target(haiku_or_prose):      if haiku_or_prose==“prose”:           print ("""I gather t...
Monday, May 4, 2026

An Esoteriku by Charles Trumbull

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  apron-clad scarecrow blowing in the late spring wind Emily's ghost ~ Dr. Charles Trumbull is retired from research, writing, editorial...
Sunday, May 3, 2026

An Esoteriku by Anne Fox

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  star window night shapes an opening around you ~ Anne Fox, considered a witch-child from birth, is an off-planet soul doing psychopomp wor...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

A Haiga by John Hawkhead

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  ~ John Hawkhead has been writing short-form poetry for over 30 years, publishing three books of haiku & senryu in that time. He lives ...
Friday, May 1, 2026

An Esoteriku by Patrick Sweeney

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  deep night tangelo moon between the fourth and fifth slat
Thursday, April 30, 2026

An Esoteriku by Roberta Beach Jacobson

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  excluded from her tell-all memoir the spells she used ~ Roberta Beach Jacobson, a woman of few words, is a daydreamer who publishes poetry...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

An Esoteriku by Vandana Parashar

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  inter alia the universe within us ~ Vandana Parashar is an associate editor of haikuKATHA and one of the editors of Poetry Pea and #Femk...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

A Tanka by Jackie Chou

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  like Mona Lisa I can only manage a half-smile my life confined inside a frame ~ Jackie Chou is a writer from Southern California who has t...
Monday, April 27, 2026

"Big Fight" by Zach Lance

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  ~ Zach Lance creates imaginary friends and new worlds in the post-modern kindergarten style. Painting these worlds with his new friends en...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

An Esoteriku by Ron Scully

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  nana's whisk broom hung over the front door she had her reasons
Saturday, April 25, 2026

An Esoteriku by Martina Matijević

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  hazy moon—scratches on my horoscope ~ Martina Matijević is a poet from Croatia whose work has appeared in Tsuri-doro , Under the Basho , M...
Friday, April 24, 2026

"Relativity" by Ma Yongbo

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  Relativity The winter sun, an unfillable pit,  at the crossroads, between stance and doubt, between movement and action— you must turn off...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

"Expiration" by Shloka Shankar

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  Expiration We gather our grievances like grains of gimlet dust, blowing on them until they line my lungs. ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled p...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

An Esoteriku by Lucas Weissenborn

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  polar night— she cups an avens flower to her womb ~ Lucas Weissenborn is a researcher, musician, and poet based in Norway. His haiku and s...

An Esoteriku by Princes Rose Manuel

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  explosions destroyed the crops then finally a massive mushroom blooms ~ Princes Rose grew up watching the moon and stars until the moon be...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

An Esoteriku by Patrick Sweeney

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  aneurysms in the back pockets of sorrow's long hallways
Monday, April 20, 2026

An Esoteriku by Anna N. Jennings

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  casting a spell the shadow dance of sunbeams ~ Anna N. Jennings believes in the magic of poetry. A semi-retired creative expressive arts t...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

An Esoteriku by Princes Rose Manuel

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  some clouds smell they said but no survivor to testify ~ Princes Rose grew up watching the moon and stars until the moon became plenty and...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

An Esoteriku by Gareth Nurden

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  moonglow the dreamcatcher's feather at my feet ~ Gareth Nurden is a haikuist from Newport, Wales, who has had several hundred pieces o...
Friday, April 17, 2026

An Esoteriku by Vandana Parashar

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  whatever mother says the possibility of an avalanche ~ Vandana Parashar is an associate editor of haikuKATHA and one of the editors of Po...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

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  stovetop coffee a haunted doll going through motions ~ Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nat...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

"tiny monster" by Yongbo Ma, Helen Pletts, Barbara Leonhard, Belinda Subraman and Nolcha Fox

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  tiny monster (Belinda) I have the sudden relevance of an extinct wild flower un-pressed, when all her petals are re-levelling. I had been ...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

An Esoteriku by Vishal Prabhu

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  Tibetan incense I bring home a little bit of now ~ Educated as a chemical engineer, partly at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Vishal Prabhu has sin...
Monday, April 13, 2026

An Esoteriku by Randy Brooks

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  chew of rhubarb a counter spell for unrequited love ~ Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University, where he teach...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kala Ramesh

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  wind, the pied piper! any which way it goes leaves follow ~ Kala Ramesh, a renowned pioneer of haikai literature in India, was shortlisted...
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Saturday, April 11, 2026

"Chrysalis" by Kaitlyn Downing

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  Chrysalis Every three years, I crack my head open and almost die. When I was three, I tripped and hit my head on a rock, the only rock for...
Friday, April 10, 2026

An Esoteriku by Gordon Brown

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  apologies for the whisky and the witches in my accent ~ Gordon Brown grew up in the deserts of Syria and now lives in the deserts of Nevad...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

"Angel Face" by Zach Lance

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  ~ Zach Lance creates imaginary friends and new worlds in the post-modern kindergarten style. Painting these worlds with his new friends en...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

An Esoteriku by Penny Lowery

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  a journey through the underworld— Hecate my guide ~ Dr. Penny Lowery has practised acupuncture for forty years, considering it a great pri...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

A Tanka Haiga by Mark Meyer

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  ~ Mark is a retired scientist and educator and has been a visual artist almost forever. He lives upstairs in his head in the middle of Lak...
Monday, April 6, 2026

An Esoteriku by M. R. Pelletier

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  Bodhidharma at the wall—the silence inside us ~ M. R. Pelletier lives in Kansas, but his haiku poetry travels the world. He has published ...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

An Esoteriku by Patrick Sweeney

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  somehow a man knows when he's bought his last pair of shoes
Saturday, April 4, 2026

An Esoteriku by Anne Fox

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  faces in the fire I burn all my old names ~ Anne Fox, considered a witch-child from birth, is an off-planet soul doing psychopomp work beh...
Friday, April 3, 2026

"Pierrot" by Mark Valentine

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  Pierrot Pierrot in the metro, never full-seen. Present in the white faces of the passengers, the squirming gleam of the neon lights, the s...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

An Esoteriku by David McKee

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  rose-gold mesa at sunrise an origin myth ~ David McKee is a haiku poet and retired psychotherapist living in Madison, WI. David's haik...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

An Esoteriku by Anne Fox

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  a dark night in the whale's belly of dream ~ Anne Fox, considered a witch-child from birth, is an off-planet soul doing psychopomp wor...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

A Haiga by Debbie Strange

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  ~ Debbie Strange is a chronically ill short-form poet and artist who believes in the healing magic of word paintings.
Monday, March 30, 2026

An Esoteriku by Lucas Weissenborn

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  St. Francis statue— a stray dog curls before a pile of blankets ~ Lucas Weissenborn is a researcher, musician, and poet based in Norway. H...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

A Cherita by Shloka Shankar

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  Mary Oliver writes: joy is not made to be a crumb but it always starts with a crumb, Hanseling and Greteling into the unknown ~ Shloka Sha...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

"Dreamscape 7 or Duke the Pony" by Jack Hernon

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  ~ Jack Hernon was born on a farm in Southern Wisconsin. He had a pony that he once got to ride to school.
Friday, March 27, 2026

An Esoteriku by Patrick Sweeney

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  gusting the boy savior of hats and important papers
Thursday, March 26, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kala Ramesh

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  a river dives into the midnight mountain raga ~ Kala Ramesh, a renowned pioneer of haikai literature in India, was shortlisted for the Rab...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

An Esoteriku by Vandana Parashar

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  no word for it is sanskar * to taste * sanskar is a Hindi word which means moral values, upbringing, culture, and ethics instilled in a p...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

An Esoteriku by Sharon Ferrante

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  my answer . . . a thrush in the wood plays his flute ~ Sharon Ferrante is a Scottish Witch, who practices magick daily. She's also bee...
Monday, March 23, 2026

An Esoteriku by Roberta Beach Jacobson

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  forest journey sensing the right-hand path ~ Roberta Beach Jacobson is an Iowa-based writer in love with words—flash fiction, poetry, song...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

An Esoteriku by Christine Forbes

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  tarot cards, runes all signs point to you ~ Christine Forbes is a NJ-based poet and librarian who loves cats and is always hunting for wha...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

"Buffalo Springfield" by Jerome Berglund

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  Buffalo Springfield . . . hey, didn't stonecutters in Illinois once say something regarding that quintessential mistrust which present...
Friday, March 20, 2026

An Esoteriku by David McKee

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  equinox again with his lecture on equality ~ David McKee is a haiku poet and retired psychotherapist living in Madison, WI. David's h...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

An Esoteriku by Isabella Mori

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  i listen to the scales grow new moon in pisces ~ Isabella Mori writes pretty much everything that's not nailed down:  Fiction (a 15th ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

An Esoteriku by Alvaro Carrasquel Gomez

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dark moon beginning her shadow work ~ Alvaro Carrasquel Gomez is a Venezuelan senryū poet, cursed poet, occasional haiku poet, outlaw poet, ...
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

An Esoteriku by Kelly Sargent

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  black tea bubbles the part of me that stays afloat ~ Kelly Sargent is a poet, editor, and devoted tea drinker residing in Vermont. Though ...
Monday, March 16, 2026

An Esoteriku by Randy Brooks

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sin eaters . . . what the crows hold inside ~ Randy Brooks is Professor of English Emeritus at Millikin University, where he teaches a haiku...
Sunday, March 15, 2026

"The Geometry of Craters" by Scott Burton

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  The Geometry of Craters The sky above, has begun to stutter . . . as if the stars are trying to remember how to fall. Night used to be a q...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

An Esoteriku by Lorraine A Padden

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  philosp her seminal research shelved ~ Lorraine A Padden is a former classical ballet dancer and widely published haiku and short forms po...
Friday, March 13, 2026

"Jackpot" by Nolcha Fox

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  Jackpot The supermoon orbits, grazes a cliff, and punctures, spilling gold. ~ A best-selling author, Nolcha's poetry books are availab...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

"Protecting My Medicine Stick" by Zach Lance

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  ~ Zach Lance creates imaginary friends and new worlds in the post-modern kindergarten style. Painting these worlds with his new friends en...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

An Esoteriku by Laila Brahmbhatt

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  samadhi demigod devotees dance with stars ~ Laila Brahmbhatt is a devoted workaholic who can be found either working wholeheartedly or wri...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

"Barbed Wire" by Jack Hernon

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  ~ Jack Hernon was born on a farm in Southern Wisconsin. He had a pony that he once got to ride to school.
Monday, March 9, 2026

An Esoteriku by Sarah Mahina Calvello

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  mirror of honey starts the healing ~ Sarah Mahina Calvello lives in San Francisco and writes mostly haiku. She loves nature and is addicte...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

"The Stars Hesitate" by Scott Burton

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  The Stars Hesitate The fence learned a new language before we did. It stopped being metal and started being a throat . . . tightened, trai...
Saturday, March 7, 2026

An Esoteriku by Shloka Shankar

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  pollen light . . .  what the bee bestows on mankind ~ Shloka Shankar is a disabled poet, editor, and visual artist from Bangalore, India. ...
Friday, March 6, 2026

An Esoteriku by Patrick Sweeney

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  checkers (with pick-ups for not jumping) my bucktoothed life
Thursday, March 5, 2026

An Esoteriku by David McKee

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  god        being        symbol        concept        missing        puzzle        piece ~ David McKee is a haiku poet and retired psychoth...