each year on his birthday we give dad a packet of Balkan Sobranie tobacco then act shocked when he lights up his stinky pipe . many many years ago half-way between the Bronx and Ithaca a single tree on a hill — perhaps it is still there . early morning walk state street past present future stepping in someone else's footprints wondering who will step in mine

Zee Zahava lives in Ithaca, New York. She edits "brass bell: a haiku journal" — http://brassbellhaiku.blogspot.com/

 

Chase Gagnon is an American poet, photographer, and digital artist from Detroit, Michigan. He now resides in Hayward, California.

jabberwocky confusing a poem with a presidential debate

two shots of scotch and the moon knows everything i know Mike Rehling is a quiet vegan haiku poet living in the North Woods of Michigan.

her wedding: the way she wants it the way it turns out bloodstained pillow after the fight's over i wake up

September night the politician promise better days in October

Emmanuel Jessie Kalusian is a young Nigerian writer. He is the co-founder of Africa Haiku Network: one of Africa's foremost haiku fraternity.

Chase Gagnon is an American poet, photographer, and digital artist from Detroit, Michigan. He now resides in Hayward, California.

stepping on fallen leaves the three boys play with their toy guns

Gabriel Bates is a contemporary haijin from Pittsburg, KS.

too upset to speak black crow blackout counting backwards into nothingness

Christina Sng writes haiku to immerse in nature amid life in the city. She finds joy in gardening, painting, and chocolates. Visit her at christinasng.com.

 

Chase Gagnon is an American poet, photographer, and digital artist from Detroit, Michigan. He now resides in Hayward, California.

when I tell her my day is full of nothing ... I remember the therapist say something about commitment

Anne Curran is a Hamilton poet who has been writing and publishing verse for about ten years.

Chase Gagnon is an American poet, photographer, and digital artist from Detroit, Michigan. He now resides in Hayward, California.

this feeling of what to do next soon overcome … remaining indoors no match for blue sky and winter sun a small bird perched on a sunflower … so many choices of what to take from life and what to leave behind

Susan Constable lives on the west coast of Canada, where she’s been writing haiku and tanka for the past ten years. She was the tanka editor from 2012-2016 for the online journal, A Hundred Gourds.

FREEDOM stirring something deep inside me --- robin song woodland trail --- I count each step as a blessing how I long for such freedom --- autumn wind

Paul Smith is a poet from Worcester in the UK. Alongside poetry Paul enjoys Japanese style ink painting, building cigar box guitars and playing old time blues.

Chase Gagnon is an American poet, photographer, and digital artist from Detroit, Michigan. He now resides in Hayward, California.

out of the blue blue again skipping my worry stone sinks

Julie Warther (@JulieWarther) lives in Ohio and serves as Midwest Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America. (http://www.hsa-haiku.org)