Haiku Avenue online

 

 

Published on a seasonal basis, Haiku Avenue provides an outlet for both traditional 5-7-5 English-language haiku and those exhibiting more contemporary or postmodern approaches.

 

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at the flower shop

tulips flirt from the doorway—

May in December

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— Natasha Gauthier

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To the Fed Ex place 

dropping off another box 

sprinkled with snowflakes  

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— Priscilla Lignori

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March’s sudden melt—

cat tracks becoming wolf tracks

by late afternoon

 

— R. W. Watkins

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Nightmare and nightmares

Loving the light of the day

Nightmare and nightmares

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— Robin Tilley

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vespertine prayers

the susurrus of corn stalks

in the autumn wind

 

— Joshua St. Claire

 

 

rolling in shadow

the pony colt releases

some mountain madness

 

— Edward Baranosky

 

 

hammock suspended between earth and sky—you make your own horizon

 

— Lynda Zwinger

 

 

high noon all the animals we see unlucky

 

— Jerome Berglund

 

 

Editorial staff (subject to change or expand): Amanda Williams, Llyw Evans

 

 

Submissions should be emailed to the staff at haikuavenue@gmail.com.

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Haiku Avenue is not in any way affiliated with Haiku Canada or any other haiku organization, society or advocacy group that entails a paid membership.

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