her suitcaseon the stair —wilted sakuraby Martina Matijević (Croatia)  Commentary by Jacob D. Salzer:  A striking haiku that has a good balance of imagery and mystery (yugen). We don…

TRIVENI UTSAV 2026 was celebrated on 13th September from 6.30 pm to 9 pm (IST). TRIVENI AWARDS 2026 Judges: Billie Dee and Vandana ParasharFirst Place: Rs 10,000 forget-me-nots one red ranunculus breaks the rules             — Sheila Windsor, East Sussex, UK What I enjoyed most about this haiku is that, at first, it seems like a simple flower scene: a patch of delicate blue forget-me-nots interrupted by a single

Judged by John S Green, Paul Miller, and Isabella Mori Read commentary on winning poems! All poems are listed in alphabetical order in each category. Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada | United Sta...

mountain peaksinside my shoea pebbleby Kavita Ratna (India)previously published in Cold Moon Journal, August 2024Commentary by Hifsa Ashraf: The opening image, mountain peaks, presents a vast and e…

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The Frost Entomological Museum congratulates the poets of the 2026 Hexapod Haiku Challenge!

The inaugural George Klacsanzky Memorial Haiku Contest received submissions from 491 poets, totaling 1,393 haiku. This is a great honor for Haiku Commentary and for the memory of haiku pioneer Geor…