The Wee Sparrow Haiku Nook

Wee Zen Sparrows Watercolour by Colin Thom


The Wee Sparrow Haiku Nook

(In memory of Japan Society London´s Haiku Corner)

Submission Guidelines

Submission window is between the 1st and 15th of each month.


Send The Wee Sparrow Poetry Press´ co-editor Marc Brimble up to 3 of your previously unpublished haiku per month in English to weesparrowhaikunook@mail.com. (Poems which have been selected by an editor for a journal or other publication are considered ´published´. Poems included on social media or a closed group are considered ´unpublished´.) Work created by AI will be instantly rejected.

Write your haiku in the body of your email (no attachments) along with your full name as you would like to see it in print and your current country of residence. No bios necessary. In the subject line please write your full name only. 

At the end of each submission window, Marc will carefully read and select 5 haiku to be featured here on our website along with one ´Haiku of the Month´. 

Marc is looking for originality and skill. Haiku submitted do not necessarily have to follow 5/7/5 and poets may also submit monoku. Consider the month that you are writing in and include seasonal kigo in your haiku, as well as kireji.

Here are some useful resources you may like to explore to learn more about this form - 

The British Haiku Society 

Poetry Pea Podcast 

The Haiku Foundation 

Haiku Society of America 


August 2024

Haiku of the Month

sunset

a little flame

in each rose

 

-Ruth Holzer, USA



Selected Haiku


summer rain stitching sky and mountain path 

 -Chen-ou Liu, Canada

 

uphill drive...

the increasing pitch of

the cicadas

 -K. Ramesh, Chennai, India

 

mid August 

early sighting of cranes 

origami course

 -Marjolein Rotsteeg, The Netherlands

 

flowery dress

a robin on her back

as she weeds 

 -Tony Williams, Scotland, UK

 

 

doe at the window

wants permission to eat

from the apple tree 

 -James Penha, Bali, Indonesia


September 2024

Haiku of the Month

my thinning hair leaves falling one by one

-Manoj Sharma, Kathmandu, Nepal

Selected Haiku

phoneless day

waiting for the first apple

  to drop


-Laura Webb, UK



early morning mist

spiders sat

on trampolines


-Tony Williams, Scotland, UK



a leaf swirls

into my mailbox..

my late son´s letter


-David He Zhunang, China



the school playground

welcomes back the children

summer´s end


-Jenny Shepherd, UK



in a stinging wind

the scattering

wasp husk


-C.X.Turner, UK