Here I record my own efforts at haiku, senryu and other short form poetry. I also provide a resources page and other comment on haiku. You can find some of my published haiku on the Living Haiku Anthology (https://preview.tinyurl.com/y88hqva7) and the Haiku Foundation Haiku Registry (https://preview.tinyurl.com/y9p2ahnl) - Roger Watson
Sunday 29 April 2018
Saturday 28 April 2018
between raindrops
gathering his thoughts
a bumble bee
Published: The Mainichi 27 July 2018
Comment by Dhugal Lindsay in Haiku in English: Best of 2018:
A zoomed-in look at the microworld.
Living Haiku Anthology
Included in the Annual Selection 2018: Haiku that combine multiple senses
gathering his thoughts
a bumble bee
Published: The Mainichi 27 July 2018
Comment by Dhugal Lindsay in Haiku in English: Best of 2018:
A zoomed-in look at the microworld.
Living Haiku Anthology
Included in the Annual Selection 2018: Haiku that combine multiple senses
cherry blossom
seeing it
through runny eyes
with work to do
I prefer the view
cherry blossom
April storm
too early
for cherry blossom
the hearse
drives past
cherry blossom
first a cloud
then a blanket
cherry blossom
the cloud
becomes a carpet
cherry blossom
the cherry blossom
I am reminded
by Instagram
seeing it
through runny eyes
with work to do
I prefer the view
cherry blossom
April storm
too early
for cherry blossom
the hearse
drives past
cherry blossom
first a cloud
then a blanket
cherry blossom
the cloud
becomes a carpet
cherry blossom
the cherry blossom
I am reminded
by Instagram
Monday 23 April 2018
the algae
in Holy Water
Published (2018) in Blithe Spirit (Journal of the British Haiku Society) Volume 28, Number 4, page 33
LHA Ref:
Blithe Spirit 28.4, November 2018
Living Haiku Anthology
Published (2018) in Blithe Spirit (Journal of the British Haiku Society) Volume 28, Number 4, page 33
LHA Ref:
Blithe Spirit 28.4, November 2018
Living Haiku Anthology
Saturday 21 April 2018
Monday 16 April 2018
Sunday 15 April 2018
church spider
behind the radiator
preying?
Published (2018) British Haiku Society Anthology 2018 p.21
LHA Ref:
British Haiku Society Anthology 2018
Living Haiku Anthology
behind the radiator
preying?
Published (2018) British Haiku Society Anthology 2018 p.21
LHA Ref:
British Haiku Society Anthology 2018
Living Haiku Anthology
Thursday 12 April 2018
high spirits
in the sanatorium
infectious laughter
Published cattails April 2019 page 49
Living Senryu Anthology
Living Haiku Anthology
in the sanatorium
infectious laughter
Published cattails April 2019 page 49
Living Senryu Anthology
Living Haiku Anthology
Wednesday 11 April 2018
Tuesday 10 April 2018
haiga Toripolliisi ekphrastic
Monday 9 April 2018
May dew
mud
on my mother’s hands
Published (2018) Wales Haiku Journal Spring
Living Haiku Anthology
The Haiku Registry
Irish translation by Irish Writers Centre:
drúcht mhí na Bealtaine
mud
on my mother’s hands
Published (2018) Wales Haiku Journal Spring
Living Haiku Anthology
The Haiku Registry
Irish translation by Irish Writers Centre:
drúcht mhí na Bealtaine
láib ar lámha
mo mháthar
Published - Epstein R (2020) The signature haiku anthology Middle Island Press page 238
Published - Epstein R (2020) The signature haiku anthology Middle Island Press page 238
Saturday 7 April 2018
Thursday 5 April 2018
family gathering
all eyes
on i-Pads
Published: Presence Number 61, page 76.
LHA Ref:
Presence 61, May 2018
Living Haiku Anthology
The Haiku Registry
Published: Presence Number 61, page 76.
LHA Ref:
Presence 61, May 2018
Living Haiku Anthology
The Haiku Registry
Wednesday 4 April 2018
Monday 2 April 2018
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