Welcome to Sangeet's Haiku and Poetry Corner

Last updated: 08 January, 2007

I also have links to Sijo (a Korean poetry form) sites. Feel free to send me your thoughts, and ideas. They would be welcome! See the contact link at the top of the page.

Haiku - Articles on Form, Definition, Kigo ....

• Forms in Haiku by Keiko Imaoka

• The Definition of Haiku by Alexey Andreyev 

• Another Haiku Definition by Jane Reichhold

• George Marsh's new Haiku learning site
  for teachers and students (has downloadable lessons)
  Why it flourished in North America
  and The influence of the North American Haiku around the World

• A C Missias: What is contemporary haiku?

• H F Noyes: Sabi in haiku
   

Haiku Collections

• Some of my favourite Haiku by the Masters

• The Haiku and Zen World of James W. Hackett

• Ryu Yotsuya: History of haiku - samples of Haiku from Basho to Koi.

• Haiku of Kobayashi Issa

• WWW Haiku Anthology - edited by André Duhaime

• First Australian Haiku Anthology

• Some Haiku by Francine Porad

• Some Haiku by Elizabeth St Jacques

• Some Haiku by Albert Chekanov

• Some Haiku by André Duhaime

• Some Haiku by Paul David Mena 

• Samples of my haiku posted on the net

Haiku Sites

• British Haiku Society
• The Haiku Society of America Homepage
• Jane Reichhold's Haiku Pages 
• Alexey Andreyev's English Haiku Page 
• Elizabeth St Jacques's Poetry in the Light website
• Michael Dylan Welch's Site 
• A.C. Missias's Poetry Pages
• The Poet's hut- maintained by Soji
• Mark Alan Osterhaus's Haiku Pages

• The World Haiku Wall from Singapore

• The World Haiku Wall from Malaysia

Haiku Mailing lists

• Shiki Mailing List

• Gerald England's HaikuTalk site

• Google Directory of Haiku Forums and Mailing Lists

Haiku Journals (Electronic)

• Reflections - A Haiku Diary edited by Harsangeet Kaur Bhullar
  (not accepting new submissions)
• The Heron's Nest edited by Christopher Herold
• "Lyagushatnik", a Russian Haiku E-Zine edited by Alexey Andreyev
• Dogwood Blossoms - an electronic journal of Haiku edited by Gary Warner
• Chaba - an electronic Haiku journal edited by John Hudak
• still: a journal of short verse (haiku and short poems)
• Lynx !

Other useful articles

• Editor of Woodnotes (now Tundra), Michael Dylan Welch,
  shares his thoughts on Publication on the Internet

Renga

• Renga - many good articles by Jane Reichhold and others
  on Renga, how to Renga, with samples of the traditional kasen spring and winter forms,
  and sample Renga by different poets 
• White Roads Renga Diagram - A renga that Shiki participants engaged in!
  

Tanka

• The History Of Tanka by Richard MacDonald
• Tanka - many good articles by Jane Reichhold and others
  on Tanka History, Form, Comparisions with Haiku, Book Reviews etc.
• American Tanka Homepage by Richard MacDonald 
• Tou-Tanka-Kai

Ghazals

• "The Ghazal- Then and Now" compiled by Harsangeet Kaur Bhullar
• The Meer Pages
• Jane Reichhold's Ghazal page - the Ghazal in English

Sijo

• Sijo Blossoms - a Sijo site maintained by Elizabeth St Jacques
• Paper Lanterns, a Journal of
  Personal & Collaborative Asian-Inspired Verse (Debi Bender)

• Sijoforum , a discussion group for Sijo moderated by Larry Gross (tishang) and open to all. To join, click on the link or send a blank email to sijoforum-subscribe@egroups.com

Meditative Prose

• A Journey (meditative composition)
  Text by H.K.Bhullar; Photography by Andreas Fasbender