I used to do a lot of blog reading. I don’t seem to anymore so I don’t do blog roundups like I used to.
icymi, the registration is on for the Haiku Canada Conference at Queen’s university is in May. The schedule and accommodations are up. https://www.haikucanada.org/conferences/hcwe.php?page=hcwe&lang=en
How to Write Bad Haiku by Kris Lindbeck. “If one seasonal reference is good (see Kigo: Season Words in Haiku), two, or even three, seasonal references are better” Yes, nothing but kino. Big ole wobbling stack of kigo. This list is totally applicable to all poetry forms.
Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku contest winners at the Heron’s Nest with 1,505 entries, from 791 poets, judged by Randy Brooks… I particularly like one of the Honourable Mentions,
public restroom
I wash the bar of soap
with my handsVandana Parashar
Panchkula, India
No surprise the excellent, Antoinette Cheung and Jacquie Pearce make a showing. They also do the people’s choice awards. Spoiler, the top pick is fabulous, concrete and unexpected and natural.
wild berries
the trail map folded
into a coneSteve Bahr (December Issue)
Chad Lee Robinson is up there too. I do admire his brain.
The new issue of Mamba is up. https://africahaikunetwork.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/mamba-19-february-2026.pdf
Haiku Canada Review has come, the last one that Mike Montreuil will edit. This one by Elena Calvo encapsulated a moment, and a whole mood.
I don’t know why WordPress is not letting me link. It did for part of the post. (le sigh)