On St David’s Day 🌼 , we’re pleased to open submissions for the Spring ‘26 Edition of the Wales Haiku Journal.
We welcome original #haiku, #senryu, #haibun and #haiga that speak of spring in some way.
We look forward to reading the words this Spring brings.
www.waleshaikujournal.com/submit
A new word has been placed on the shelf of the Haiku Emporium:
Saijiki - a seasonal almanac of haiku.
A quiet catalogue of the year: plum blossom, cicada hush, first frost.
You can view this and the rest of emporium below.
waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium
#haiku #saijiki #wordoftheday
Want to submit your work this month? Here are some great opportunities: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s...
Including @theargylelitmag.bsky.social @pictura.bsky.social @januaryhouselit.bsky.social & more
Sharing this #haiga from the latest issue of #waleshaikujournal. Please enjoy more #haiku #senryu #haibun here:
www.waleshaikujournal.com
#haikupoetry #micropoetry
a bullfrog
in dense fog
that recurring dream
- Robert Witmer
From the Winter 2025–2026 edition of the Wales Haiku Journal.
Winter as atmosphere, not explanation.
www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025
flu season …
refilling the bucket
of free lemons
A #haiku by Jenny Polstra, from our Winter 2025-2026 edition.
Winter, noticed through care and habit.
www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025
The Winter 2025-2026 edition of @waleshaiku.bsky.social is out and includes this:
gunmetal skies
in the crow’s morning call
an iron hawser
Thanks to editors Joe Woodhouse and Luci C.X. Turner for the inclusion.
Link: www.waleshaikujournal.com
#haiku #senryu #micropoetry
a doe’s eyes
the briefest part
in the other’s story
Doug Belleville,
from our Winter 2025–2026 edition.
A #haiku that pauses with a fleeting moment, then lets it go.
waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025
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dawn
moon and star
the walker follows his dog
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freezing cold
the conifer absorbs
a delicate sunrise
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With gratitude to Joe and Lucy
Wales Haiku Journal
Winter 25/26
@waleshaiku.bsky.social
#haiku #WalesHaikuJournal
Happy to be back in @waleshaiku.bsky.social winter issue. Thanks to the editors, Joe
Woodhouse and C.X. Turner. #haiku
Read the issue here:
waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025
hunger moon
trying not to swallow
this single grain of rice
🙏 to editors Joe Woodhouse and C.X. Turner for publishing this one in Wales Haiku Journal @waleshaiku.bsky.social Winter 2025/26 issue
www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025
And thank you @farahauthor.bsky.social , for sharing your poignant pieces with us.
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The Winter 2025–2026 edition of Wales Haiku Journal is now available, gathering #haiku from poets across the world - each poem shaped by attention, care, and the quiet textures of the season.
www.waleshaikujournal.com/winter2025
Whilst we wait for our Winter Edition to be released on Friday, we’ve added a word to our Haiku Emporium: Compresence.
A word for being there together. For being part of the whole.
You can find this, amongst many other words @ www.waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium
#words #language #humanity
deep winter dawn the lingering notes of hu mantra
Punlished in Wales Haiku Journal, Winter 2022-23
“A simple, powerful way to express love and gratitude to the Divine.”
- @hifsays.bsky.social
We loved this description shared with us by Hifsa, so we’ve added Hu Mantra to the Haiku Emporium - a #word rooted in devotion, simplicity, and #stillness.
waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium
A new word has found its way into the Haiku Emporium - Hibernacle.
Many thanks to @thehaikutec.bsky.social for this wonderful, wintry suggestion.
You can find this and more words at
www.waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium
#haiku
A new mini journal is live, celebrating the poets nominated by Wales Haiku Journal for the 2025 Touchstone Awards. Thank you to everyone who continues to write, read, and support the journal.
www.waleshaikujournal.com/touchstone2025
There are just two days left to share your #haiku, #haibun, or #haiga for our upcoming issue - the end of the window always comes sooner than we expect!
Please send submissions to: waleshaikujournal@gmail.com
Our submission guidelines can be found @ www.waleshaikujournal.com/submit
Discover the full Haiku Emporium here:
waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium
The Haiku Emporium is now open - a collection of words curated through curiosity, shaped by weather, landscape, and tradition, each one placed to invite moments of noticing.
Step inside when you have a moment...
www.waleshaikujournal.com/haikuemporium
Another highlight from the recent Autumn issue...
Soft rain, tender ghosts — a quiet reckoning beneath the turning leaves.
Tim Daly’s #haiku lingers in the new #WalesHaikuJournal: Amber • Auburn • Ash. 🌧️🍃
Find moments like this here: waleshaikujournal.com
#micropoetry #autumnpoetry
A highlight from the recent Autumn issue...
Night deepens, and something ancient stirs — feather, thought, reply.
Kristen Lindquist’s #haiku listens into the dark in the new #WalesHaikuJournal: Amber • Auburn • Ash. 🌙🦉
Find moments like this here: waleshaikujournal.com
A highlight from the recent Autumn issue...
Dust, memory, and the quiet crackle of what remains. Alvin B. Cruz offers an autumn of secrets in the newest #WalesHaikuJournal 🍂📖 #haiku
Find moments like this in the new #WalesHaikuJournal: 🍂✨
#micropoetry #autumnpoetry
Another highlight from the recent Autumn issue...
A glint of the season in motion with Barrie Levine's #haiku — gold drifting, light unravelling.
Find moments like this in the new #WalesHaikuJournal: 🍂✨
waleshaikujournal.com #micropoetry #autumnpoetry
Sharing another highlight from the Autumn issue...
Warm light, trembling wings — a quiet moment where daybreak meets migration.
Laurie Greer’s #haiku glows in the new #waleshaikujournal: Amber • Auburn • Ash. 🦋🌅
waleshaikujournal.com
Sharing another highlight from the newly released Autumn issue...
The storm holds its breath with warm soil, ripe fruit, and the promise of rain.
Taste the turning season in Glenn G. Coats’ #haiku, featured in the latest #WalesHaikuJournal 🌧️🍅
waleshaikujournal.com
Sharing some highlights from the newly released Autumn issue...
A new taste of the season...crisp air, citrus light, and the slow turning of leaves.
Sink into Tony Williams’ #haiku in the latest #WalesHaikuJournal: Amber • Auburn • Ash 🍊🍁
waleshaikujournal.com
A glimpse of autumn’s glow through Brad Bennett’s #haiku:
slanted sunlight
a trickle of amber
from the cider press
Discover more in the new Wales Haiku Journal - Amber • Auburn • Ash 🍁
waleshaikujournal.com
We’re thrilled to share our Autumn 2025 Edition 🍂 - With 334 voices from 38 countries, this collection captures autumn’s glow, hush, and turning light. Take a moment, #read, and connect.
#haiku #newpoetry
waleshaikujournal.com/autumn2025
