Today, 17th April 2020, we are celebrating International Haiku Poetry Day by holding a String on the theme of ‘Solitude’. By sharing our haiku we can connect with each other, even in these days of social distancing, self-isolation and working and studying from home.
So that international poets may take part, the String will remain open until Sunday,19th AEST.
AHS invites you to share with us your original, previously unpublished haiku or senryu on the theme of Solitude. We invite you to explore a multiplicity of ideas on this theme without necessarily using the word ‘solitude’.
The haiku should be linked by the subject of Solitude. It is not necessary for each haiku to relate to the one before it.
Haiku String – Instructions
- Please contribute up to three of your best previously unpublished haiku or senryu.
- Haiku should be posted in the comment box at the end of the post.
- Each poem posted must be original work by the poet making the post. Please include your name below each haiku as you wish it to appear.
Posting your work in the AHS International Haiku String 2020 assumes the following:
Copyright of each haiku remains with the author. We request nonexclusive permission to publish your work on AHS website and to republish it in any future online collections on the AHS website.
adding
to my loneliness –
falling leaves
Rob Scott
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still lagoon
I cup the clarity
of solitude
autumn light
I go for a walk
with myself
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late evening chill
I wear it under my coat
walking home alone
– Pia Valentin Sørensen
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the church
echoes with quiet solemnity
a pew creaks
Stella Damarjati
grey clouds
drift by casting shadows
a dog barks
Stella Damarjati
raven’s caw
the silent train platform
stands empty
Stella Damarjati
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Social distancing
supports not your mental health –
maintain the balance
Michael Gerard
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thick mist
a day for going nowhere
and seeing no-one
I talk to myself
there’s no-one else here
worth talking to
Sunday morning
a long laze & at eleven
Test Match Special
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Yellow tulips
are slowly warming up
outside my window
Thorvald Berthelsen
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splendid isolation
discarding
my bra
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