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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

From Autumn ’26 🍂 after she’s gone— finding the seeds she saved on a paper towel Seth Friedman Grief lingers here in one small, ordinary, unforgettable detail. Read the full Autumn ’26 edition via link in bio. #haiku #senryu #haikupoetry #poetry #WalesHaikuJournal #autumnvibes

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

flamenco dancer the fire inside her dress Debbie Strange A beautiful meeting of image and haiku, full of movement, colour and autumn fire 🔥 You can read the full Autumn ’26 Edition below #haiga #Autumn #flamenco

A haiga by Debbie Strange. Two vivid red autumn leaves are clipped to a line with a wooden peg, suggesting the skirt of a flamenco dancer. The haiku reads: “flamenco dancer / the fire inside / her dress.”

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

From Autumn ’26 🍂 break-up text— auto-reply suggests kissy hearts J. E. Bergida Despite all its progress, sometimes technology still doesn’t quite get it. Read the full Autumn ’26 edition here: www.waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2026 #haiku #senryu

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Autumn ’26 issue of Wales Haiku Journal is now live. We’re delighted to share this new issue, featuring #haiku, #senryu, #tanka, #haibun, #tankaprose and #haiga from talented poets and artists across the world. A huge thank you. You can read the issue here: www.waleshaikujournal.com

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Farah @farahauthor.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Really pleased that my haiku was one of the 12 Highly Commended, many thanks to the judges and congratulations to everyone featured ☀️🎉

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

☀️ Our Summer Competition 2026 results are here! We’re delighted to share our special Summer Competition mini-edition, featuring the 3 prize-winning #haiku with Judges' Commentaries alongside 12 Highly Commended Poems. We hope you enjoy the collection. ☀️ www.waleshaikujournal.com/summercompet...

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Every season, thousands of haiku arrive in the inbox of the Wales Haiku Journal. Choosing ten favourites would be impossible. There's simply too much beauty. So instead, here are ten that made me stop in my tracks. 🌼 #haiku #poetry thecuriouswordemporium.substack.com/p/10-haiku-t...

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10 Haiku to Carry You Through the Summer

Ten tiny worlds, gathered from this season's Wales Haiku Journal.

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

setting sun shines through a dandelion grandma's smile - Aleksandra Rybczyńska From the Summer '26 edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. Read the full issue:  www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2026 Competition closes 31 July. www.waleshaikujournal.com/summercompet... #haiku

A warm golden watercolour background in soft honey and amber tones with the haiku: "setting sun / shines through a dandelion / grandma's smile" by Aleksandra Rybczyńska. The poem is displayed in a large elegant serif font, with the author's name beneath and "Wales Haiku Journal · Summer '26" in small type at the bottom. The overall design is calm, minimalist and evokes the warmth of a summer evening.

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Byron Wilson @olddelusion.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thankful to have this piece selected for the Summer 2026 issue of @waleshaiku.bsky.social #haiku #poem #poetry

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Some names stay on the tongue... a blackberry collapses in my mouth the taste of your name - Vandana Parashar From the Summer '26 edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. Read the full issue here: www.waleshaikujournal.com #haiku #senryu #summer

Cream textured background with soft leafy shadows in one corner. The haiku appears in large green serif text, left aligned: "a blackberry / collapses in my mouth / the taste of your name" by Vandana Parashar. At the bottom, the image reads "Wales Haiku Journal • Summer '26".

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Our Summer Competition ‘26 remains open until 31 July, and we’ve already been delighted by the powerful, poignant and playful poems arriving from around the world. We’re looking forward to seeing where the rest of the season leads. www.waleshaikujournal.com/summercompet... #haiku

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The Summer Competition 2026 of the Wales Haiku Journal

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Paint by Words @paintbywords.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Three of these wonderful journals have BlueSky accounts: @waleshaiku.bsky.social @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social @prunejuicejournal.bsky.social

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

night sky over our village home my Universe Ashoka Weerakkody From the Summer '26 edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2026

A minimalist poetry card with a deep blue, star-filled night sky above distant rolling hills and a tiny village with a few warm lights. In large white serif text is the haiku: “night sky / over our village home / my Universe” by Ashoka Weerakkody. At the bottom, in smaller white text, reads: “Wales Haiku Journal · Summer ’26.”

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Herb Tate @herbtate5.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Massive thanks to Joe and Luci @loverpoetic.bsky.social for choosing this one of mine for the latest edition of Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social - 210 great works from poets round the world. #haiku #WalesHaikuJournal www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2026

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meldenn73.bsky.social @meldenn73.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Many thanks to the editors of Wales Haiku Journal for including my poems in the summer '26 issue. Means a lot. www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2026 curling back on itself... dead spider #haiku @waleshaiku.bsky.social

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The Spring Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. Featuring an array of haiku, monoku, haibun, haiga and commentary.

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Carla Schwartz @cb99videos.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

So honored to have 1 #haiku and 1 #haibun in @waleshaiku.bsky.social Summer '26 issue among so many other wonderful writers

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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Delighted to have these haiku in @waleshaiku.bsky.social summer issue Thank you to editors, CX Turner & Joe Woodhouse #haiku #summer #Cymru

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A Sunday moment from the Summer '26 edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. family reunion ripping the husks off the corn - Tom Bierovic #haiku #poetry Read the full edition: www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2026

A minimalist poetry card with a warm cream, paper-textured background. In dark olive serif text is the haiku: “family reunion / ripping the husks / off the corn” by Tom Bierovic. At the bottom, in smaller text, reads: “Wales Haiku Journal · Summer ’26.”

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Farah @farahauthor.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Always a pleasure to read and be published in @waleshaiku.bsky.social Many thanks Joe and Luci 💚☀️🌱 #haiku #micropoetry #poem

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A little lavender for a warm July afternoon. lavender field— her purple crayon worn to a nub - thomas david From the Summer '26 edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2026 #haiku #Summer

A minimalist poetry card with a soft lavender paper-textured background. In dark purple serif text is the haiku: “lavender field— / her purple crayon / worn to a nub” by thomas david. At the bottom, in smaller text, reads: “Wales Haiku Journal · Summer ’26.”

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

cocoon opening— first-graders motionless - Patricia Haddock The opening poem from our Summer '26 edition. One small moment that opens the door to all that follows. www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2026 #haiku

A minimalist poetry graphic on a warm cream, paper-textured background. In soft green serif text is the haiku: "cocoon opening— / first-graders / motionless" by Patricia Haddock. At the bottom, in small type, reads "Wales Haiku Journal · Summer '26". The design is calm, spacious and elegant, with generous negative space that evokes the opening page of a poetry journal.

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

☀️ The Summer '26 edition of the Wales Haiku Journal is here! We genuinely believe this is our strongest edition to date. 📖 Read the Summer '26 edition: www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2026 🏆 Also, our Summer Haiku Competition also remains open until 31 July. We'd love to read your work.

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The Spring Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. Featuring an array of haiku, monoku, haibun, haiga and commentary.

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Mike Fainzilber @mfainzilber.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

sudden breeze a whisper of green persimmons 🙏 to Joe Woodhouse and Luci Turner @loverpoetic.bsky.social for featuring this one in the Summer 2026 issue of @waleshaiku.bsky.social www.waleshaikujournal.com/summer2026

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The Spring Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. Featuring an array of haiku, monoku, haibun, haiga and commentary.

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Here's a poem that drifts lightly across the surface, then settles somewhere deeper. Second Place in our 2025 Summer Competition: sunlit hospice a seagull tilts into the blue - D W Brydon Our Summer Competition 2026 remains open until 31 July. www.waleshaikujournal.com/summercompet... #haiku

Wales Haiku Journal competition graphic featuring the haiku:

sunlit hospice a seagull tilts into the blue

by D W Brydon.

The poem appears in dark text against a soft blue background, with a small white seagull in flight near the top of the image. A banner identifies the poem as Second Place in the Wales Haiku Journal Summer Competition 2025. The minimalist design and open blue space reflect the poem's atmosphere of light, movement and contemplation.

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

As we continue to read entries for this year's Summer Competition, we're revisiting some of the poems recognised in last year's awards. firefly glow – another memory I can't hold onto - Nada Mutlaq Our Summer Competition 2026 remains open until 31 July: www.waleshaikujournal.com/summercompet...

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Some poems make us stop. Some make us smile. Occasionally, they do both. Here's one of those from the Wales Haiku Journal Summer Competition 2025 - one of last year's highly commended poems. how did I get here? a blueberry rolls down the bus aisle - D W Brydon #haiku #poetry

Cream-coloured textured background with the haiku:

"how did I get here?

a blueberry rolls down

the bus aisle"

— D W Brydon

The poem was highly commended in the Wales Haiku Journal Summer Competition 2025.

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

☀️ The Wales Haiku Journal Summer Competition 2026 is now open. Whether your summer arrives with cicadas, sea mist, monsoon rains, wildflowers, thunderstorms, or long evenings of light, we look forward to reading the many ways the season finds its voice in your work.

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The Word Emporium @thewordemporium.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A handful of syllables that continue unfolding inside the mind. Today’s Word Emporium piece looks at ten lines - from Heraclitus to Rilke - that keep speaking long after the page is closed. open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...

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Ten Sentences That Keep Unfolding in the Mind

On the peculiar power of compressed language, and why certain lines unspool over time.

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

As our Summer submissions draw to a close, here’s a little linguistic diversion from our sister publication, The Word Emporium. A clock ticks. Rain begins against the window. A glass meets another in celebration. The sounds are the same everywhere. Language teaches us to hear them differently.

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Today, our companion space, The Word Emporium, shares three words for late spring. Lucent. Verdurous. Mellifluous. Three words paired with three photographs: a quiet exploration of settled light, deepening green, and the soft hum of life in motion. open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...

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Three Words, Three Photos: Late Spring

Lucent, verdurous, mellifluous - a seasonal collaboration of words and images.

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A haiku from our Spring Edition that encapsulates the positivity, and possibility, of the season. Many thanks to @farahauthor.bsky.social for these words. www.waleshaikujournal.com/spring26

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The Word Emporium @thewordemporium.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

There are words for the way spring arrives. Zephyr - the first soft movement in the air Resplendent - when light suddenly floods everything Sylvan - the deep green quiet of the woods We paired them with three photographs for today’s collaboration at the Emporium. open.substack.com/pub/thecurio...

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Three Words, Three Photos: Spring

A seasonal collaboration in words and images

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Submissions for the Spring Edition of Wales #Haiku Journal are now closed. We received 520 submissions this season - our largest number by far to date, representing several thousand individual poems. Thank you all for sending us your words - We’re looking forward to building this one 😍

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Submissions close at the end of March for the Spring Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. There’s been a real surge of work this season: both in quality and quantity. Thank you to everyone who’s sent poems so far. A little time remains if you’d like to join. www.waleshaikujournal.com/submit

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Haiku submissions page for the Wales Haiku Journal

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Congratulations @farahauthor.bsky.social , what a wonderful initiative to be a part of. Well deserved. Such a vivid, transportive haiku 👏

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

On St David’s Day 🌼 , we’re pleased to open submissions for the Spring ‘26 Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. We welcome original #haiku, #senryu, #haibun and #haiga that speak of spring in some way. We look forward to reading the words this Spring brings. www.waleshaikujournal.com/submit

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

A new word has been placed on the shelf of the Haiku Emporium: Saijiki - a seasonal almanac of haiku. A quiet catalogue of the year: plum blossom, cicada hush, first frost. You can view this and the rest of emporium below. waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium #haiku #saijiki #wordoftheday

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Sharing this #haiga from the latest issue of #waleshaikujournal. Please enjoy more #haiku #senryu #haibun here: www.waleshaikujournal.com #haikupoetry #micropoetry

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

a bullfrog in dense fog that recurring dream - Robert Witmer From the Winter 2025–2026 edition of the Wales Haiku Journal.  Winter as atmosphere, not explanation. www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

flu season … refilling the bucket of free lemons A #haiku by Jenny Polstra, from our Winter 2025-2026 edition. Winter, noticed through care and habit. www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

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John Hawkhead @haikuhawk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The Winter 2025-2026 edition of @waleshaiku.bsky.social is out and includes this: gunmetal skies in the crow’s morning call an iron hawser Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and Luci C.X. Turner for the inclusion. Link: www.waleshaikujournal.com #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

a doe’s eyes the briefest part in the other’s story Doug Belleville, from our Winter 2025–2026 edition. A #haiku that pauses with a fleeting moment, then lets it go. waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

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Ella Aboutboul @suddenlyhaiku.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

~ dawn moon and star the walker follows his dog ~ freezing cold the conifer absorbs a delicate sunrise ~ With gratitude to Joe and Lucy Wales Haiku Journal Winter 25/26 @waleshaiku.bsky.social #haiku #WalesHaikuJournal

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AdLibby @adlibby.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Happy to be back in @waleshaiku.bsky.social winter issue. Thanks to the editors, Joe Woodhouse and C.X. Turner. #haiku Read the issue here: waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

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Mike Fainzilber @mfainzilber.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

hunger moon trying not to swallow this single grain of rice 🙏 to editors Joe Woodhouse and C.X. Turner for publishing this one in Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social Winter 2025/26 issue www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025

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The Winter Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal. Featuring an array of haiku, monoku, haibun, haiga and commentary.

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Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

And thank you @farahauthor.bsky.social , for sharing your poignant pieces with us.

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