Afternoon of January 8, 2026


Hurry! Submissions open through January 9.



          this year

    I will remember

to eat the panettone


~Tony Williams




everyone wants to know why

she's keeping her first dream

to herself

~Patrick Sweeney




there's no sitting down in my mind

~Patrick Sweeney




a twisted sycamore branch in the snow

how right they were about me

~Patrick Sweeney




never to return

she prepares her trip

to settle in Mars

flowers already begin

to bloom there

~Tejendra Sherchan




piano recital

second-chance student

taller than the rest


~Randy Brooks




the night before Christmas

a flea was silently

stirring

~Randy Brooks




food for thought

his namesake nibbles

on GMOs

~Peter Jastermsky




burnt butter

the sun leans in

a bit closer

~Peter Jastermsky




three pops democracy lies bleeding

~Melissa Dennison




ICE shoots to kill

America declares war

on America

~Patricia Carragon




family photo album gliding through my traumatic stages of adolescence

~Martina Matijević



Negotiation 101 the exam our world failed twice

~Martina Matijević




A Few Reminders


The Art of Haiku open now


https://artofhaiku.org/entry/




The Solitary Daisy wants haiku related to the New Year, deadline January 14


https://thesolitarydaisy.ca/2025/12/issue-65-moon-haiku/




Haikuniverse open for your submissions


https://haikuniverse.com/submit/




The English-Speaking Union of Japan accepting poems through Jan 25


https://www.esuj.gr.jp/event/5_index_detail.php

 

 

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