The Haiku Foundation - Per Diem 2025

 

The Haiku Foundation, per diem September 22, 2025

https://thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-of-the-day-2025/

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The Haiku Foundation, per diem June 23, 2025

https://thehaikufoundation.org/hifsa-ashraf-4/

Suspect Device Zine, 2025

road mirage-

I sink deeper

into a daydream

taking a detour

after the diagnosis-

scarlet sky

(Long listed for 2025 Touchstone Awards Individual Poems)

https://thehaikufoundation.org/2025-touchstone-awards-for-individual-poems-long-list/

Turning Japanese #17 – On the road of Suspect Device. 

 https://suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.html

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old snow…
layer by layer
the political vows  

 Suspect Device Zine column, Turning Japanese #16 – Crossroads, May 2025.

https://suspectdevicehq.blogspot.com/p/columns.html

 

2025 SAKURA Haiku Challenge Anthology

moonlit sakura blossoms

letting go of my thoughts

to get inner peace 

blossom wind— 

two teenage girls whirl  

around the sakura tree 

2025 SAKURA Haiku Challenge Anthology by Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto


https://www.toronto.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/11_000001_00845.html


https://www.toronto.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/files/100855006.pdf

tinywords, 2025

winter clouds—
the torn teddy bear
of a homeless child

tinywords, June 02, 2025, Issue 25.1

https://tinywords.com/2025/06/02/42687/

THF Monthly Kukai, 2025

THF Monthly Kukai - May 2025

theme: white

In May there were 183 submissions from thirty countries across five continents.
Ninety-four voters casting ballots determined the following results.

Honorable Mention 

receding wave

the whiteness 

of her breast scar 

— Hifsa Ashraf 

The juxtaposition of the wave and the breast scar is stunning and works on many levels. In the curved shape of both. In the gradual fade of white after a wave breaks and in the way a scar fades over time. But most movingly, when we consider the enormity of a wave's power, we have some idea of the magnitude of impact that scar has had on the person. Beautifully done.

Comments by Beverly Acuff Momoi is THF Monthly Kukai Commentator.

https://thehaikufoundation.org/thf-monthly-kukai-june-2025/#comment-165363