HAIKU/TANKA/RENGA/SIJO:
WWW HAIKU ANTHOLOGY: Worthy of study.
Haiku and articles by internationally known poets.
An attractive site that is easy to move through.
Edited and maintained by Andre Duhaime
AHA! POETRY: Jane Reichhold's
popular interactive site for all poets
with an emphasis on encouraging Oriental genres.
Poetry, articles, puzzles, links, and more.
For a special treat, click on "Invitation."
CHABA: Edited and
maintained by John Hudak. Excellent haiku
by internationally known poets.
SANGEET'S HAIKU & POETRY CORNER:
Splendid array of haiku, tanka, renga
and other poetry forms.
Articles, links and more.
MAINICHI: Haiku column in
Japan's highly respected English-language newspaper.
International haiku. Email submissions to mdr@mainichi.co.jp
with Haiku In English in Subject line.
HAIKU BRITISH COLUMBIA: The BC branch of
Haiku Canada, you'll find excellent haiku here
by anne mckay, Winona Baker and other BC poets.
Edited and maintained by Edward Zuk.
HAIKU CUPBOARD: Neca Stoller's homepage.
ZANE PARKS' HOMEPAGE
MARK ALAN OSTERHAUS' HAIKU HOMEPAGE
CAPTAIN HAIKU: Michael Dylan Welch's homepage
THE HAIKU HABIT: Jeanne Emrich's homepage
THE HAIKU CORNER: Edited and maintained
by Alan Realey . Haiku by Alan and others.
JOHN SHEIRER'S HOMEPAGE
GENE DOTY'S HOMEPAGE: Gene shares his haiku,
tanka, ghazals and other poetry with us, and includes links to a wide array
of resources of interest to poets. A must see!
THE HERON'S NEST:
This handsomely designed site features an
award-winning haiku each month with thought-
provoking comments by the site's editor Christopher
Herold and an enviable selection of haiku by internationally
acclaimed poets.. Past issues are archived for your
reading pleasure as well. Ferris Gilli and Paul MacNeil are
Assoc. Editors here. A friendly place to enjoy and to
learn, A tip of the hat to the editor and to Alex Benedict
who maintains this new and highly pleasurable site.
PAPER LANTERNS
Here, Debi Bender, editor and webmaster, showcases
haiku, haibun, haiga, renga, tanka, sijo, and much more.
There's even a section for kids! Beautifully presented,
easy to assess, and thoroughly entertaining. Be
sure to bookmark this one!
ACORN:
Edited by A.C. Missias,
this journal of quality contemporary haiku
as well as information re other redfox press
publications will surely tempt you to submit
your own work. Beautifully presented.
STILL:
Edited by ai li, this beautiful site is a "must see."
You'll find winning haiku, new poetry forms,
information and order forms re still's gorgeous
anthologies and semi-annual haiku competitions,
and other goodies.
WORLD HAIKU REVIEW:
This attractive quarterly online journal is in the capable hands of
Susumu Takiguchi, Chairman, The World Haiku Club & Managing
Editor, World Haiku Review and Debi Bender, Development Advisor,
The World Haiku Club & Editor-in-Chief, World Haiku Review. WHR
celebrates and encourages diversity, individualism and local initiatives
in haiku, promoting useful exchanges of different views held by different
schools of thought and individuals. It also serves as a champion of
beginners as well for established and seasoned poets around the world.
Expertly written articles and columns, haiku, renku, anthologies - you
name it! are here for your discovery. This highly informative, well designed
site will have you returning time and again. Why wait another minute!
ART AND POETRY OF CHIYO-NI: Sarah Whitworth's
beautiful webpage Chiyo's feminist poetry that includes
commentary cited from Patricia Donegan & Yoshie Ishibashi's
collection, "Chiyo-Ni: Woman Haiku Master." You'll love it!
HAIKU HARVEST :
Edited by Denis Garrison. Links and Meditation
pages as well as past issues of Haiku Harvest
are archived here.
FREE TIMES This pleasing and informative haiku site
out of Belgium that earned the "selection of the week"
by yahoo.fr. is also referenced in their poetry/haiku
section. While this reading-room, library, journey in
haiku is predominately French, some English translations
are here with a promise of more to come. Aptly edited and
maintained by Serge Tome.
Home Page of A.C. Missias Beautifully
presented, this site includes the bi-annual haiku journal,
Acorn, under her editorial guidance. Excellent haiku.
Be sure to visit and submit your unpublished work for
inclusion.
Ed Chew's Personal Site: Ed's appealing site features
the following sections:
About Me | Family Photo Album | My Own Haiku | More haiku and
poems of mine | Some of my other writings: | Who am I? What am I
learning? | Favorite Links | Contact Me | haiku from around the world.
Poems submitted by amateurs and aficionados. To submit your haiku,
go to Contact Me and click on haiku. Be sure you provide a credit
line to protect your poem as your property.
(e)literature:
Carlos Fleitas of Uruguay, South America invites you to
visit his attractive website that features his haiku, poetry,
essays, short stories in Spanish and English.
haijinx A new international,
web-based journal that focuses on the role of humor
in haiku in an effort to keep haiku fresh. Edited by
Mark Brooks, Alan J Summers, Serge Tomé, and
Carmen Sterba, this site is elegant, friendly, and easy
to navigate. Here you will find haiku by numerous poets
across the world, haiga, fascinating and informative
articles by several renowned poets along with their
biographies, publication histories and awards they
have earned. The editors welcome your haiku and
letters. Don't miss this one!
MUSHIMEGANE:This attractive and informative trilingual site
(Japanese, French, English), edited by Ryu Yotsuya
& Niji Fuyuno, features haiku, tanka, other literature,
contemporary art that includes movies and music, as well
as articles and essays relating to said genres. Some
work that appears in "Haïku sans frontières: une
anthologie mondiale," an international haiku anthology
edited by Andre Duhaime of Canada, also is featured here.
While the work in Mushimegane is by invitation only,
it is well worth your time to visit.
MOMENTS:
Haiku, informative articles by Jane Reichhold among
others, and links.Edited by Tina Stanton, this site is
neatly presented and easy to navigate. Do visit!
POETISM.COM:
In this excellent site, you'll find haiku, articles, anthologies,
contests, chat with poets, post poems and events, submit a poem
of the day, and sign up to recieve a personal webpage.
CREATIVE IDEAS: HAIKU:
Haiku, cards, art, links, and other interesting goodies
relating to haiku. Well worth visiting.
MICHI ONLINE
A resource for everyone interested in Japan's arts
and methods of personal growth as well as the home
of perhaps the world's first electronic journal
of Japanese cultural arts. Instructional and links re
haiku, bonsai, etc. Beautifully presented, easy to
navigate. A must see! Edited by H. E. Davey,
President of the non-profit organization,
the Sennin Foundation, Inc.
SAKI PRESS
Detailed information re the winning haiku chapbooks
and their author's in this year's contest. Instructions
on how to order and enter their annual competition.
Attractive site. Editor is Lenore Hutton.
PHOENIX RISING BOOKSHOP
(Alan is owner of this shop); THE BOOKHOUND
- A Guide to Literary Sites on the Internet;
NARROW ROADS JAPANESE FORUM
Alan Mietlowski maintains these well-maintained
and informative sites that deserve to be bookmarked.
WELCOME TO RENGA: An attractive site
that presents a variety of renga forms -
kasen, nijuin, shisan, septenga, and other
experimentals - including definitions, links, and books.
Compliments of hortensia anderson. Be sure to visit!
RENKU:
William J. Higginson's newest site offers
everything you wanted to know about Renku
- in depth how-to articles, tables illustrating
guidelines for traditional 36- and 24 verse renku,
examples, bibliographies, including a forum and
much more. A must see!
SIJO WEST:
Sijo after the ancient Korean poetry form
by the masters and modern poets.
Edited and maintained by Larry Gross.
HAIGA:
HAIGA ONLINE-
A JOURNAL OF PAINTING AND POETRY:
This lovely site is maintained by Jeanne Emrich
and features fine haiku poets as well as
paintings by Susan Frame and Robert Schmitt.
"The History of Haiga"; "What is Haiku?", submission
guidelines, Contributors and the first issue.
Unique presentation. Click for pleasure!
PHOTOHAIKU ARTS
Roderick J. Stewart's beautiful nature photographs and haiku poetry
explore the intimate and subtle spirituality that connects one with nature.
Inspiration for these works is drawn from the natural beauty of the
Northwest Pacific Coast region, particularly southern Vancouver Island.
Be sure to check out this site!
HAIGA GALLERY:
Haiga galore! Kuniharu Shimizu's
stunning photographs illustrate excellent
haiku by world-renowned poets to make
this site well worth visiting time and again.
Your haiku are welcomed here.
HAIKU DREAMS: A spectacular haiga site. Ray
Rasmussen invites you to submit your
haiku and he will complement it with one
of his superb photos. Or write haiku for
his "photos in waiting" section. The work
of top poets can be found here. Click for
joy!
INTERACTIVE PHOTO HAIKU: Miitsugu Abe's beautiful site
highlights more than 1000 haiku by poets worldwide,
hundreds of superb photographs, comments re haiga
from contributors, and much more. Select a photo
and submit a haiku based on it. Highly pleasurable!
DARK MOON POETRY
A beautifully presented homepage
featuring the haiku and other poetry forms
by award-winning poet, an'ya. Haiku are
enhanced by Kuniharu Shimizu's elegant
and unique haiga. Treat yourself to this
one!
FORUMS:
HAIKU FORUM: One of the most
active forums online. Post your haiku, tanka, renga, sijo, and other Asian poetry forms
for help or just to share. Competitions here as well. Under the watchful direction of
Susumu Takiguchi, the atmosphere here is warm, friendly, and highly informative. Go
to the site to join; you may choose to receive daily posts by e-mail or read and post
directly from the site. Highly recommended.
SHIKI INTERNATIONAL HAIKU SALON:
Subscribe to write and respond to haiku and tanka that
appear in this busy site. Excellent archives as well.
HAIKU TALK:
The title says all. Check it out!
Edited by Gerald England.
E-CARDS:
JAPAN POEM:
A free greeting card service that uses the elegance of the ancient
Japanese Hyakunin Isshun court poetry, beautiful pictures, and
Java illusions. This one is a must!
DIRECTORIES:
OPEN DIRECTORY PROJECT: A useful directory
re haiku, tanka, sijo, related and other poetry, literature
and arts. Easy to navigate. Edited and maintain by
William J. Higginson, this site was born to be
bookmarked!
ABOUT.COM'S POETRY:An impressive list of 700-plus poetry links,
including haiku, tanka, and sijo. You'll also find
forums, chat rooms, resources, etc.
Edited and reviewed by Bob Holman
and Margery Snyder. First class!
CATALOG OF THE AMERICAN HAIKU ARCHIVE
Check this one to find info re your
favorite haiku poets' collections.
Excellent haiku reference site.
LINKS TO HAIKU POETRY SITES AROUND THE WORLD:
An attractive site. Maintained by
David Patrick Ryan
HAIKU RESOURCES
Edited by Mark Brooks, this site features Online Anthologies,
Offline and Online Journals, Writing, Articles, Haiku Exercise,
Posts, Renku/Renga, Reading and Writing, Books, Definitions,
General Links, Organizations, Sharing, and Public Mailing Lists.
Plenty here to keep you returning time and again.
UC BERKELEY LIBRARY WEB: Fine articles
relating to sijo for your research here.
CANADIAN POETS REGISTRY:
Thanks to Editor Richard Grove, lists of individual
Canadian poets, their books and anthologies.
WITH 1 CLICK:
New search site, but it lists some sijo, haiku
and other literary sites that are worthwhile.
Visit and browse and add your URL!
GUIDES AND DIRECTORIES TO HAIKU ON THE INTERNET:
Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo, this site provides detailed
information for links to numerous sites. With a click, you'll find
journals, books, small presses, directories, guides. You name it,
you'll find it here. An excellent, easy-to-navigate site that was
born to be bookmarked!
ORGANIZATIONS:
HAIKU CANADA:
This informative page is included in André Duhaime's
attractive and informative WWW HAIKU site.
HAIKU SOCIETY OF AMERICA:
Information about this long-standing organization,
competitions, articles, bios, examples
and interesting tidbits.
THE YUKI TEIKEI HAIKU SOCIETY:
For poets who prefer 5-7-5 haiku. Iinformation re
the Society, membership and events, including
guidelines for their annual haiku competition
as well as the Haiku Poets of N. California's annual
contest. Also here, a Chatroom, Web of Renku section
with links to renga sites, Completed Renku, Renku in
Progress, Topics and Season words, and a form for
your donations of haiku material to the California
State Library Archives. A tip of the hat to Webmaster,
Alex Benedict, for an interesting and informative site.
NORTH CAROLINA HAIKU SOCIETY: Info about this
vibrant haiku community can be
found here. Lenard D. Moore,
President. Easy to navigate and
informative. Do visit!
NICK VIRGILIO HAIKU ASSOCIATION HOME PAGE
HAIKU OZ:
THE AUSTRALIAN HAIKU SOCIETY: Information
re this newly founded organization with its
active membership. Welcome to the haiku
community, Australia!
WEST END WRITERS' CLUB, VANCOUVER: Edited and maintained
by Glen D. Wheeler, this informative site
shares fiction, nonfiction, poetry, contests,
events, contests, markets, and links to other
interesting sites.
THE HAIKU POETS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA:
Edited by Michael Dylan Welch, this neat,
attractive site has gotten off to a fne start.
Presently contains membership and meetings
information Future plans will include information
about their journal *Mariposa*, all of the Two
Autumns Press books and how to order them, winning
poems of HPNC contests, text, photographs, and
other items of interest. Do visit!
CANADIAN AUTHORS ASSOCIATION:
Splendid information and links.
Info for anyone interested
in the Canadian writing scene.
BOSTON HAIKU SOCIETY:
Haiku, membership information, meetings, etc.
Excellent haiku by Kaji Aso, Raffael de Gruttola,
among others.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN:
Information re membership, news, etc. Nicely
presented and easy to navigate.
TALLAHASSEE WRITERS' ASSOCIATION:
List of annual Penumbra haiku and poetry winners,
details re next competition, publications, programs,
membership info, etc. Pleasurable and informative.
USA POETRY ORGANIZATIONS: If you need information
about an American poetry organization's membership,
competitions, meetings, or what-have-you, this is the
site for you. They are all here - neatly listed so
you'll find the one you're looking for in a snap!
OTHER:
AMERICAN POETRY: Another of Neca Stoller's
pleasing homepages.
THE SPIRIT OF GARDENING: A fascinating site
that is close to nature and includes Haiku,
Sayings, Quips, Quotes, Proverbs, Maxims,
Wisdom, Cliches. Organized by Over 60 Themes.
Many Documents also have related Internet Links
and Reading Lists. A Work in Progress Towards
a Gathering of Over 2,000 Quotes.
Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo
"A Quiet Place" - LESLYE LANE RUSSELL:
Beautifully presented site with fine content that
will have you returning again and again. Layne's lovely
poetry (she's a singer songwriter too), a list of readings
by Layne and others in the N. CA area, photos, poetry
links, etc. There's even a chat room here. So give it a
click!
RIC MASTEN PRESENTATIONS:Ric Masten,
a poet who has traveled extensively, delighting listeners
and readers for years with his serious and humorous poetry.
Be sure to check out this site - Ric will make your day!
STIRRING: A LITERARY COLLECTION
Stirring is a monthly, online literary collection
that prides itself in collecting the best of the web's
burgeoning writers for publication. Typically it
publishes a script, several short stories, and around
ten poems each issue. Haiku are welcome here.
Stirring also offers free literary critiques and link
exchanges. Editor-in-Chief is Erin Elizabeth.
PROOF POSITIVE:
A meeting place for freelance writers and
photographers that focuses on the Canadian
writing and photography market place.
CANADIAN FREELANCE NEWS:
A free e-zine for writers and photographers
A WRITER'S CHOICE:
Another handsome and informative site
to satisfy your reading pleasure. It will
also lead you to some interesting new
sites. Edited by Leslie Blanchard
THE BLUE MOON:
Poetry, ficition and nonfiction here. Worth
your time to check it out.
SISTINE CHAPBOOK:
Bulletin board for poetry & prose, live chat, events, etc.
Julie Damerell oversees this artistic, warm, and overall
highly pleasurable site.
YADRASIL: A JOURNAL OF THE POETIC ARTS:
Informative, entertaining, and easy to navigate,
this site is edited by Klaus J. Gerkin of Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada. Some fine poetry for your
enjoyment.
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