Haiku Corner 2020
We would like to say a big thank you to all of the participants who shared their poetry with us in 2020.
- Haiku of the Week - GALLERY & POEMS
- More Selected Haiku
Please keep sending your haiku each week so that we can all get together and strengthen the ties of our community through haiku.
Haiku of the Week - Poems
Week 27 (7 - 11 December 2020)
winter sun
the rain-soaked garden
full of sparkles
Annie Bachini
Week 25 (23 - 27 November 2020)
In all our seasons
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Shapes magnificent,
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Esme Alice Blue |
Aurora B. Blue |
A world hidden from
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heaven’s evidence
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Martha Iris Blue |
Jules K. Blue |
Week 24 (16 - 20 November 2020)
bush tail, tiny feet
rush to gather winter stock
little squirrel friends
Sen T
Week 23 (9 - 13 November 2020)
My cigarette smoke
Joins the scent of earth and rain
As I watch leaves fall
Eric Holbrook
Week 22 (2 - 6 November 2020)
how much rain
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On a full, blue moon
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Jim the Poet
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James Stephen |
Week 21 (26 - 30 October 2020)
Autumn leaves
Autumn leaves us
Winter comes cold.
Freeze us.
Polena Barbagallo
Week 20 (19 - 23 October 2020)
tears drop like dewdrops
even amidst my dreaming
i wipe and row on
Iona Mandal
Week 19 (12 - 16 October 2020)
Wipers swishing rain
Hope over expectation
English holiday
Peter Jordan
Week 18 (5 - 9 October 2020)
October brings rain
And news a friend is dying
Window streaked with tears
Anon
Week 17 (28 September - 2 October 2020)
East End walking tour
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Leaves swirl and scatter
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Peter Jordan |
Thomas Connolley |
Week 15 (14 - 18 September 2020)
Darting silhouettes
beyond the blue mottled sky
Swallows migration
Sue Henderson
Week 14 (7 - 11 September 2020)
Lines of wind chimes tinkle
in a mountain temple
beginning of autumn
Asa Hanada
Week 13 (31 August - 4 September 2020)
Rush hour commuter
stopping to give rough sleeper
an orange
Ceci Chui
Week 12 (24 - 28 August 2020)
Rain blots on dry earth
A polka dot path to walk
The downpipe gurgles
Sue Henderson
Week 11 (17 - 21 August 2020)
Standing crooked yet tall
An audience of green and brown
The old trees of Kew
Simon Agar
Week 10 (10 - 14 August 2020)
a summer cloud says
I should be in distant lands
shutters disagree
Iona
Week 9 (3 - 7 August 2020)
little white petals
floating down the river of time
a midsummer's dream
Leia
Week 8 (27 - 31 July 2020)
Face muscles twitching
Smiling back at waving child
She sees only mask
Simon Agar
Week 7 (20 - 24 July 2020)
Complicated life
Trauma death sadness strife
We soldier on we fight
Louise Hooley
Week 6 (13 -17 July 2020)
listening to the rain
an old cat sleeps out
her last day
Paul Griffiths
Week 5 (6 -10 July 2020)
the new crescent moon
like a fish hook in the sky
snagging passing clouds
Michael Galley
Week 4 (29 June -3 July 2020)
in the open space
where the lavender pot was
scurry of beetles
Annie Bachini
Week 3 (22-26 June 2020)
June rains
child counts buses
through the foggy window
Ceci Chui
Week 2 (15-19 June 2020)
forest walk
every tree branch
reaches out for hug
Asa Hanada
Week 1 (8-12 June 2020)
A cold, blue silence.
The young apples touched with dew,
Mirror our damp cheeks
Gemma Bartram
Week 0 (1-5 June 2020)
Hope always rises
writing a shopping list
will there be flour?
Jenny White
More Selected Haiku
Week 27
Power lines pop and Thomas Connolley |
When I talk to you Naomi |
Hastening silver arrow Xia Marn Marn |
Week 25
To be afraid Esme Alice Blue |
across the night sky Michael Galley |
Night fog shrinks my world Thomas Connolley |
Week 24
seeing the purple Matthew Birch |
after you are gone Michael Galley |
The crescent moon smiles Thomas Connolley |
cracked by nature Sue Henderson |
散る紅葉 Pluto |
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Week 23
just before harvest Michael Galley |
i open my eyes Iona Mandal |
geese migrating south Bill Johnston |
Under every bridge Matthew Perkins |
chickens by the roadside; Matthew Perkins |
with exquisite grace Michael Galley |
A single leaf stays Thomas Connolley |
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Week 22
Clocks turn back an hour Pat K |
in wagon wheel ruts Michael Galley |
Rising Halloween moon Fay Okita |
what is beneath Jim the Poet |
Late on Guy Fawkes' Night- Thomas Connolley |
Sun ray through last leaf Sue Henderson |
Nature's resin art asa hanada |
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Week 21
Cycling home at night, Thomas Connolley |
Darkness until spring Alexander Patton |
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Week 20
Shorter, darker day Sue Henderson |
Composing haiku Thomas Connolley |
Blackbird acrobats Thomas Connolley |
Week 19
Sharp is the morning sun light Maria Thieme |
winter morning Albert Schlaht |
poem on the underground Annie Bachini |
Week 15
An old sleeping dog Peter Jordan |
Our love is hanging from a washing line Alichina |
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Week 13
to the autumn winds Iona Mandal |
Learning to make peace… M. Y |
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Week 12
Summer chooses blue Marion Plumb |
Snow on the gate Rachel William |
The thousands of ways Rachel Williams |
Autumn leaves fall down Francesca Kearney |
The season changes Ninja Cyborg |
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Week 10
brilliant orange Paul Griffiths |
Ripened harvest cut Sue Henderson |
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Week 9
The sun-bleached months Chris Francis |
Splashes of colour Anon |
Tu me manques Anon |
First day of marriage asa hanada |
a warm summers day Paul Conneally |
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Week 8
the pages flip Paul Griffiths |
The twilight years now spent Trevor Skingle |
Films to watch this week. Anon |
Week 7
cherry blossom gone Mike Barrett |
Blackberry bramble Katie Meek |
new neighbours Annie Bachini |
Week 6
just enough breeze Annie Bachini |
Many empty chairs Doug Evans |
The morning chorus Nina Vinther |
5886 miles and 8 hours apart... M.Y |
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Week 5
first hot day Annie Bachini |
Green leaves come to view Simon Agar |
little yellow tarts Leia |
In running water Michael Galley |
seasons slowly slide Michael Galley |
Under rain soaked eaves Origin Sake |
first meeting M.Y |
strips of coloured paper anon |
Raindrops on hydrangea asa hanada |
Week 4
Suddenly I saw Patricia Mooney |
Cushioned cocoon ends Angie Chan |
Hedgehog then a fox Heidi |
Long days and quiet nights Joy |
Night-time blues linger Joy |
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Week 3
人恋し小夜啼鳥の声澄みて A nightingale Yoko Dochi |
locked down for three months Annie Bachini |
Birds in my nowhere mind. Damon Rawnsley |
夏のベリー Bean |
A murder of crows. DL |
Bonds of friendship bloom Gemma Bartram |
Cherries, untasted. Vanessa |
Week 2
yellow dahlia Annie Bachini |
Social distancing. Dominic Seymour |
Faces on a screen Gemma Bartram |
Gliding silently. Chris Loughlan |
Oh scrawny carrot Chris Arning |
Our quiet rest. Simon Agar |
hanami transcends hanami transforms Sue Henderson |
Week 1
Summer light draws down Chris Francis |
Beauty is not seen Christoph Sills |
Rain sprinkles Thaisa Hopkins |
as sunlight slants Alan Summers |
Another sunrise Jane Varnus |
I cannot see this. Chris Loughlan |
the white butterfly Annie Bachini |
There is still one thing Rachna Chowla |
Carpet of bluebells Kate Lawrence |
Shine on the same moon. Damon Rawnsley |
June, Mother’s birthday. Margaret Gordon |
散った花春無く私夏を待つ The fallen blossom Lizzie (Elizabeth) Parkes |
the sweetness Ceci Chui |
bluebells Asa Hanada |
Autumnal dew Alicia S. Fernandez |