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Submissions Call for World Haiku Review

World Haiku Review will be doing a Spring issue and is open for submissions now. Also the R H Blyth Award will be awarded to the best haiku.

Here is the submission call:

Dear Kuyu,

The tide of time advances whatever our current predicament is, be it a pandemic, runaway inflation or war. So we look forward to the time beyond winter. To celebrate the forthcoming spring, the next issue will feature the R. H. Blyth Award

The R. H. Blyth Award

HAIKU POEMS IN ENGLISH OR IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION: THREE haiku poems which are inspiring, refreshing and exciting, and which have not been published or are not considered for publication elsewhere.

AWARD: 300GBP (British pound sterling) minus money transfer charges.

DEADLINE: Tuesday 31 January 2023.

SUGGESTED THEMES: “War” and/or any Seasonal Subjects at your northern or southern hemisphere location during spring (autumn) months (These themes are not obligatory but shown here only as a suggestion. It could be the war in Ukraine or wars in general). The only criterion for selection is quality.

OTHER WORKS RELATING TO HAIKU: Haibun, articles, essays, haiga or book reviews on haiku etc. Just send in whatever you think would deserve publication in WHR. Once again, quality is the only criterion for judgement.

Read the full guidelines on the Submissions Page

We wish to endeavour to present a unique haiku magazine which, while deeply rooted in tradition, is full of new ideas, innovative features or critical views. It will continue to aim at the highest standards and top quality.

Kengin to all,

Susumu Takiguchi
Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief, World Haiku Review
Chairman, The World Haiku Club

Send us your very best.

Wish you a very happy New Year and look forward to your work.

Who invented rain?

Cats, as you may know, don’t like rain. When the danger of getting their sensitive paws wet becomes too real, what do they do? I catch them looking at me as If I am to blame.

If they spoke my language this is probably what they would say..

Haiku and photo by Rohini Gupta

First published – Cafe Haiku, September 2021.

Coming Soon – Summer WHR

In case you are wondering, yes, the Summer 2021 issue of World Haiku Review is coming soon. I am working on it as we speak. This is just an update for your information.

This time it will be a brand new website. The last one, on google sites, did not survive the upgrade. Thirteen years and about 27 issues – the formatting disappeared overnight, making it difficult to read. The task of putting it back together was just too daunting; far too time taking and energy sapping. It is easier to begin a new site, which is almost done. Eventually, I will migrate the old issues too, when I have the time.

The new website, with more functionality, is coming – and its coming soon.

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In the meantime,

– here is a link to read – Raamesh Gowri Raghavan interviews me about haiku and life for Cafe Haiku.

An Oceanic Viewpoint

I am back to blogging now. I took a break because I had no time and the workload was too much. Between editing and writing and sometimes publishing – blogging just toppled off the table. I have picked it up and brushed it off now, so I will be back often.