International Haiku Poetry Day – Haiku String

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AHS invites you to share with us your original, previously unpublished haiku or senryu on the theme of Solitude.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

  1. Please contribute up to three of your best previously unpublished haiku or senryu.
  2. Haiku should be posted in the comment box at the end of the post.
  3. 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

126 thoughts on “International Haiku Poetry Day – Haiku String”

  1. Birthe Aela Faarvang

    Countries shut down
    Corona spreads horror
    Death without mercy

    The bells are ringing
    Survivors mourn
    Tears running

    The coffin is lowered down
    The anxiety, I’m next
    Life must go on

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  2. #1
    days wasted in bed
    my feet haven’t touched the ground
    this is solitude
    -thatkhakigirl

    #2
    i hear your laughter
    through our shared walls and i smile
    from six feet away
    – thatkhakigirl

    #3
    my phone greets me with
    zero notifications
    every damn morning
    – thatkhakigirl

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  4. silencing the din
    of TV voices—pandemic
    news news news

    finding the scissors
    my late husband used—
    I trim my own bangs

    online birthday party—
    I blow out virtual candles
    on my virtual cake

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