Solitary Daisy Annual Haiku Contest

30 March, 2026

Don’t forget that The Solitary Daisy Annual Haiku Contest is now open!

Send in your haiku written in less than 17 syllables before 4th April 2026!

They gladly accept haiku that have appeared on social media, your personal blog or in a recording. Please don’t send them haiku that have been curated in a journal, magazine, book or someone else’s blog. And they do not want any haiku written by AI – those are for some other journal.

They don’t need your haiku to have a season word from the authorized Japanese list and they don’t adhere to the 5-7-5 model, although they do like haiku under 17 syllables. They like to laugh and to cry and to be surprised!

For all guidelines and submission details, please visit Annual Haiku Contest.

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Encircling wheels and flies away

12 March, 2026

And that, my friends, brings us to the end of our Encircling theme.

Thank you to everyone who sent in their haiku for this theme.

Thank you to everyone who has liked, commented on and shared these beautiful haiku.

Thank you too to Elisa Ang for providing us with another inspirational image.

If you’d like to be informed as soon as this site is open again to submissions of 5-7-5 syllabic haiku, make sure you’re signed up to this blog.

Meanwhile, I’ll be posting poetry reviews and letting you know about sites that are accepting poetry submissions!

Stay creative!

Freya Pickard – Curator

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Curator’s Choice 11 – 3

11 March, 2026

Tré’s work has been featured in the Washington Post, Hill Rag Magazine, Asahi Haikuist Network, and the 5-7-5 Haiku Journal. (USA)

This haiku is part of our Encircling Theme.

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Curator’s Choice 10 – 3

10 March, 2026

“By highlighting truth, creativity doesn’t simply impart information; it helps us communicate beyond words—plucks our heartstrings, encourages, and grants wonderment.” Tré (USA)

This haiku is part of our Encircling Theme.

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Curator’s Choice 9 – 3

9 March, 2026

Moonscape Haiku Phase I, Tré’s haiku art book with co-author Thomas L. Vaultonburg was funded on Kickstarter in 3 days. (USA)

This haiku is part of our Encircling Theme.

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