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AHS invites you to share with us your original, previously unpublished haiku or senryu on the theme of Solitude.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- Please contribute up to three of your best previously unpublished haiku or senryu.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

brisk breeze
leaves change ends
of an empty pitch
.
autumn isolation
clinging to the ginkgo
one golden leaf
.
alone
I hear
a crow
.
.
— Marietta McGregor, Canberra
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time passes
the clock ticks
I dream
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a raven’s call darkens my empty cup
*
no moon tonight only what’s left of hope
*
alone in a moment of clear blue sky
*
Ron C. Moss
dedicated to Stuart Quine R.I.P
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Quiet hum of breath
A whistle rides through the leaves
I hear my own voice
Sarah Jane Justice
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home alone
glowing fire, absorbing book
more than enough
Di Adams
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backyard sun …
I count my steps
into solitude
**
sipping tea …
only the company
of autumn rain
**
quarantini …
the night stirred by the sound
of a cricket
**
(Jayasree Maniyil)
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facetime
with my grandbaby
every pixel counted
Jane Williams
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