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raining at every window
Cor van den Heuvel (1931 - 2024)
At the Top of the Ferris Wheel (The Haiku Foundation 2017)
Watch Ben Gaa's Haiku Talk, episode 111, in which he talks about Cor's one-line haiku. ๐
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2lZ...
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cemetery rain
in the orphan's hand
wilting wildflowers
wilted wildflowers
in the orphan's hand
bomb crater
Mikล
ESUJ-Haiku, March 2026 (the final issue)
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first plum blossom
that familiar flutter
in my chest
Annie Wilson
The Daily Haiku, Feb. 24, 2026
Image: Plum and Nightingale, Tsuchiya Koitsu (ca. 1940)
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the two of us
and the plum blossomsโ
already falling
Magedah Shabo
@magedah.bsky.social, Feb. 19, 2026
Image: "Viewing Plum Blossoms", Utagawa Kunisada (1854)
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A beautiful Japanese apricot / white plum blossom specimen at the Shunkaen Bonsai Museum (ๆฅ่ฑๅ BONSAI ็พ่ก้คจ) in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward (ๆฑๆธๅทๅบ).
Source: "Jaded in Japan" Facebook page -
www.facebook.com/JadedInJapan
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valentineโs day
even the sparrows
canoodle
Neena Singh
Haikuniverse, February 14, 2026
haikuniverse.com/valentines-d...
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โripe mango!
โa shadow falls
โfrom the tree
Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian
Atoms of Haiku Anthology Volume 2, November 2016
Image: "Women and Children Gathering Fruit from a Tree", Utagawa Toyohiro (1805)
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autumn rain
the refugee childโs
paper boat
Isabel Caves
Creatrix #49, June 2020
Image: "Autumn Rain", Kaburagi Kiyokata (1912)
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hurricane prep
the stray cat sneaks her babies
into our garage
Pris Campbell
THF - Per Diem (Daily Feature), Jan. 10th, 2026
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empty church
relighting
someoneโs candle
Frances Angela
hedgerow: a journal of small poems, sample poems.
Image: "Saishoin Temple, Hirosaki, in Snow", Kawase Hasui (1883 - 1957)
Thank the Allmighty they must have been released (by order of the Judge). ๐๐
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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late bell
the schoolyard full
of pigeons
Samantha Pardo Irigoyen
Image: Ukiyo-e print of Terakoya school, Issunshi-Hanasato (1844)
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lotus leaf โ
the old frog
slips under again
Neena Singh
Time Haiku Journal #63, February 2026
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New Year cleaning
folding the sweater once knitted
for her soldier son
Milan Rajkumar
The Mainichi, Feb 2nd, 2026. (Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay)
Image: โYear-end Cleaningโ, Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753-1806)
See: The link in the comment for more info.
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Netherlands' National Holocaust Remembrance Day.
camp memorial
my warm pebble settles
on granddadโs name
Michael Smeer
Dedicated to Aron Smeer, my grandfather (Amsterdam 1911 - Mauthausen/Hartheim Castle, Alkoven, Austria 1941).
Photo: Aron Smeer
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war memories something deeper than snowdrifts
Goran Gatalica
heliosparrow, 18 April 2025
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Beauty of Japan. Mt. Fuji. ๐ฅขโฉ๏ธ
Source: Japanese Facebook group.
โจโจ
winter cottage
a peeling shadow
on the stoop
โจโจ
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tank barrels
Banksy plants
a bigger daisy
Alan Summers (U.K.)
Nick Virgilio Haiku Association โHaiku in Actionโ (February 2022). Also, Desert Rain: Haiku Nook: An Anthology: Volume I: Haiku & Senryu (2022).
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still unmade
on the sick child's lawn
the snowman
Michael Dylan Welch
Wales Haiku Journal, Winter 2024-2025 (Touchstone Awards Nominee 2025-2026)
Image: "Tennลji in the Snow", Yลซhan Itล (1882-1951) - src: Arte in Giappone
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Winter days in Japan - Mount Yotei, Hokkaido, Japan.
Photo source: Japan Insights -> Japan ๆฅๆฌ (Facebook)
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at peace
with my imperfections
New Year's Day
Ravi Kiran
Tsuri Doro #20 March/April 2024
Today's Feature:
Bonsai garden
speaking at length
about shortcuts
Lakshmi Iyer, India
haikuNetra, Issue 1.5, Feb 2024
Image: "Tea Party at Bonsai Garden", Toyohara Chikanobu (Ca. 1890s)
Today's Feature:
river walk
the frogs and katydids silent
at our presence
Anthony Lusardi
Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2025 issue
Image: "Katydid on Banana Leaf", Kono Barei (1844 - 1895)
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winter sun
the weight of a chickadee
in my palm
Lev Hart
2nd Place, Betty Drevniok Award, Haiku Canada, 2025
Image: "Beauty and Children in Winter", Kikugawa Eizan - recarved Edo period print.
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stupid in the dark
clutching a thorn
instead of a firefly
Matsuo Bashล
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morning light
a small Buddha
fills the room
Jon Hare
Modern Haiku, Volume 56:3, Autumn 2025
Photo: Small bronze Buddha by Mikล
