Pure Haiku is OPEN to Submissions. The theme is ANGEL FISH and the image we are using to inspire our haiku is Pygoplites Diacanthus by Maurizio Brancaleoni. Please send between ONE and THREE 5-7-5 syllabic haiku written in the English language in the body of your email to purehaiku@gmail.com before 2359 on 31st October 2026 UK time. Selected writers and their haiku will be published here on Pure Haiku one per week in 2027.

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Splendour by Shehanne Moore 5/5 A Cinderella romance that isn’t your usual run-of-the-mill fairy tale. Splendour is an impoverished skivvie living well beyond her means, well-trained in the art of …

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We may wonder why Dr Freud uses so many quotes from other scientists’ research. In my opinion, it was always difficult for a genius thinker, especially in the years before WWII, to express th…

Welcome to Pure Haiku, the home of 5-7-5 syllabic haiku written in the English language. Pure Haiku is a gallery of selected haiku that strike a chord with me. I don’t expect everyone to like every…

I suspect there’s a difference between negativity that naturally arises, without any prompting or deliberation, and negativity that arises through willful focus. I suspect natural negativity …

He said, I don’t have any words of wisdom but I’ve got beer, a brick of cheese and some salami. And that got me through a divorce. I don’t know. Maybe it was the simplicity of thi…

He hates to lose. Especially to a man who’s not.

My message from the Oracle. After I had looked for art and was looking for music I realized that “so to speak” and “and yet” were titles of songs from Sting’s “T…

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Splendour by Shehanne Moore 5/5 A Cinderella romance that isn’t your usual run-of-the-mill fairy tale. Splendour is an impoverished skivvie living well beyond her means, well-trained in the art of deception. An associate of the Starkadder Sisterhood, Splendour has managed to escape from their clutches but is in such dire straits she has entered a chess competition in order to win £10k.

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This page informs you how to submit your haiku when the submissions window is open. EMAIL LAYOUT To: purehaiku@gmail.com Subject Line: SUBMISSIONS – Title of the current theme – YOUR NAME And the body of your email should look like this: – First Name: Second Name: Email Address: Copyright Name: Agreement: By submitting the following haiku to Pure Haiku I understand that if any are selected that I will not receive any monetary reward.

Namarga is driven to her mentor's underground library when the city of Shal-arr is attacked by dragons and were- beasts. Called through a mirror to a place beyond her own time, she finds herself in th...

My message from the Oracle. I know I use some of my images a lot, especially the one below, which I did a long time ago for one of Sue Vincent’s prompts. But I’m still sailing on that s…

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin 5/5 Fascinating and enchanting This book was published the year before I was born, yet it remains timeless. This is classic heroic fantasy with threads of gri…

Prompt(s) Tanka Tuesday 83 Eugi hosts; Celebrating the first day of Autumn Temps Below Sixty! I have noticed the daylight sulking Away and yet some sun prevails (Though not at this early hour) Our …

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Moochs are very peaceful flying animals found mostly in and around Lozir, but also wherever the air is favourable. Moochs aren’t fast and glide slowly around in small flocks or sometimes sing…

Preparation When I receive a submission of haiku during the submissions period, I assign that person a number and paste their haiku into a document. Within 7 days I read their work, but don’t know …

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We arrived in Devon and I went out into the countryside on my first morning. After a while I found this view of an old farmhouse. I set myself down, worked out the composition and sketched the outl…

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