Wednesday Haiku @ Issa's Untidy Hut

Photo by KENPEI

You know, Wednesdays around here tend to be a bit quiet.  Can't have that now, can we?  So, I thought I'd cook something up.  Let's call it:

Wednesday Haiku @ Issa's Untidy Hut

Here's the deal - every Wednesday, I will publish one (update: two) original haiku (or senryu) on the blog.  Electronic submissions only, with the following caveat:

Send one (one only) original haiku (or senryu)

That's one original poem per poet.  I will reply in a timely manner, with simply a yeah or nay. Poets whose poems are accepted will receive the 2 current issues of Lillie, 2 back issues if they already have the current issues, or a 2 issue extension of their current subscription if s/he already subscribes. Send your original haiku to:

wednesdayhaiku AT gmail DOT com 
(spelled out, with at for @ & dot for ., to avoid pesky bots)

Once the haiku is accepted or rejected, you may send another.  Otherwise, only one submission of one haiku per poet at a time.  I believe I said one, is that right?

Start date - as soon as I have 4 haiku, I'll begin the Wednesday feature.

I will not be supplying a definition of what a haiku is.  You are all big girls and boys.  I will simply say it is not what passes for haiku in the popular media; this site's occasional patron and consummate poet/artist /curmudgeon, Ed Baker, likes to call them shorties, and I defer to that, since he doesn't know so much more than I don't know or am likely to ever not know.

If you'd like a feel for what type of poems I'm looking for, take a gander at the Lilliput Review back issue archive or at many recent blog posts here at the Hut.

Good luck!

evening--
I wipe horse dung off my hand
with a chrysanthemum

Issa
translated by David G. Lanoue

best,
Don

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