Poet a Day Blog

Haiku.com is more than a site to read haiku. It’s a combination wiki, blog and shoutwall all in one. The unique poetry website calls itself a “human powered directory created by people throughout the world”, and claim that it provides patterns of relevancy that search engines and algorithms cannot achieve. HAIKU is also a place where you can discover over 1,000 directory entries about haiku, more than 2,500 entries on poetry and more, more, more.

Some of the best fun on Haiku though is where Haiku meets Web 2.0. You’ll find a page devoted to TWAIKU - Haiku on Twitter, which lists Twitter haiku feeds. You can discover Tweeps like ghost_of_basho, who writes things like …. well, like Basho.. a small sample:

on the midnight watch | dolphins glow in the bow wave | moonlight on taut sails

and

silent predawn sky | blue rise and trees breathe the sun | waiting for the storm

You can join HAIKU on Facebook, post Facebook and Google haiku on one of the Haiku walls or publish your own Personal Haiku page, as well as help contribute and edit any of the other directory pages on the site. It’s definitely worth checking out - but be sure you have an hour or so to waste. It’s really really easy to get lost in there.

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Paul Mena is one of those folks that I’ve “kinda known” for close to fifteen years. He has a gift for writing haiku that captures a moment and a lifetime all in three short lines. He makes it look effortless, the way a world class ballerina makes a jete look effortless - and the results are just as beautiful as if you’d frozen that jete in midair to study it more closely. At his blogs, extra special bitter and haikupoet, you can get your daily dose of Aha! or sift back through more than three years of daily haiku. His blog also has an excellent blogroll if you’re in the mood to go looking for more poetry.

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One Deep Breath is a community of writers in love with haiku, haibun and tanka. ODB offers a new writing prompt each week for writing haiku, and invites writers to link from One Deep Breath to their response on their own blog. The premise is the same as other writing prompt communities - a way to share your work with others who are interested in the same style and type of writing. Prompts are posted on Sunday or Monday. There’s no specific date for posting your response, but each prompt is only open for comments until the next prompt has been posted. Some sample prompts from past weeks include Closeness, Simplicity, Tiny Pretty Things, Grandparents, Haiku Recipe, and Change. One Deep Breath is maintained by Susan and Jennifer, who encourage writers to include artwork, photographs and images with their haiku. It’s a gorgeous blog, and an active community of great writers. Definitely worth checking out.

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