Haiga Gallery 19.2
Selected by Ron C. Moss, Haiga Editor
Norma Bradley, poet and multimedia visual artist, is grateful her poems have been shared in many journals. She traveled to schools for 30 years as a visiting artist and was director of education for HandMade in America. She has published a chapbook, Ghosts Rip Free, and is currently working on two additional chapbooks.
The haiga, haiku, haibun and tanka of Pris Campbell have appeared in numerous print and online journals and anthologies. She has also placed first or had honorable mention in a number of short-form competitions. A former clinical psychologist and sailor sidelined by ME/CFS in 1990, she makes her home with her husband in Southeast Florida.
The haiga, haiku, haibun and tanka of Pris Campbell have appeared in numerous print and online journals and anthologies. She has also placed first or had honorable mention in a number of short-form competitions. A former clinical psychologist and sailor sidelined by ME/CFS in 1990, she makes her home with her husband in Southeast Florida.
Di Cousens (photo) is a Melbourne-based photographer and poet whose work has been published in books, journals, and websites. Her most recent chapbook is the days pass without name, featuring both poetry and photography. She works for the Buddhist Council of Victoria and is a wedding celebrant. Alice Wanderer (haiku) is a member of Fringe Myrtles. Her book Lips Licked Clean, her translation of selected haiku by Sugita Hisajo was published in 2021 by Red Moon Press and won a Touchstone Award. She has been publishing haibun about her local area since late 2020.
Natalie Dash (photo) is a macro photographer of the insects and wildflowers of Australia, always tuning into the sonic scape of nature and finding a link with music. Drawing, photos, and piano are her passions. Louise Hopewell is an Australian poet, playwright and songwriter. When not writing, she can be found riding her bicycle or playing ukulele (but not at the same time).
Natalie Dash (photo) is a macro photographer of the insects and wildflowers of Australia, always tuning into the sonic scape of nature and finding a link with music. Drawing, photos, and piano are her passions. Louise Hopewell is an Australian poet, playwright and songwriter. When not writing, she can be found riding her bicycle or playing ukulele (but not at the same time).
Katja Fox lives in Cambridge, England. Her poems have been published online and in print, including in Prune Juice, Akitsu, Trash Panda, Blithe Spirit, Failed Haiku, Presence, Scarlet Dragonfly, Cold Moon Journal, Hedgerow, and Kingfisher. She also enjoys hiking and all types of pickled herring. More of her artistic work can be seen at https://www.katjafox.com.
Katja Fox lives in Cambridge, England. Her poems have been published online and in print, including in Prune Juice, Akitsu, Trash Panda, Blithe Spirit, Failed Haiku, Presence, Scarlet Dragonfly, Cold Moon Journal, Hedgerow, and Kingfisher. She also enjoys hiking and all types of pickled herring. More of her artistic work can be seen at https://www.katjafox.com.
John S Green (haiku) is the author of Whimsy Park: Children’s Poems for the Whole Family and is widely published in all styles of poetry—but especially haiku. He lived in Europe before moving to the United States at age 13. His daughter cooks with spice, and his wife still laughs at his jokes. Dan Goldstein (painting) has always seen pictures everywhere. He is now actually painting some of them.
Mariel Herbert started a regular haiku practice over the past few years because of her appreciation of the depth and diversity of haiku commentary and a need to exist more in the moment. Her poems have appeared in First Frost, Frogpond, Haiku 2023, and Modern Haiku, among others. She can be found in Northern California or online at marielherbert.wordpress.com.
Barbara Kaufmann, a native New Yorker, is a retired nurse whose haiku, tanka, haibun and haiga have been published online and in print journals. Her haiga, several of which have won awards, have been shown on the Japanese television show, NHK Haiku Masters. In addition to writing, her hobbies include hiking, gardening, photography and yoga. Her website is wabisabipoet.wordpress.com.
Lavana Kray is from Romania. She has won various prizes in haiku and tanka competitions, and her work is widely published. The World Haiku Association awarded her the title of Master Haiga Artist. She currently serves as editor of haiga at Cattails (UHTS). She has published three photo-haiku books and one tankart collection. See more of her work at https://photohaikuforyou.blogspot.com.
Lavana Kray is from Romania. She has won various prizes in haiku and tanka competitions, and her work is widely published. The World Haiku Association awarded her the title of Master Haiga Artist. She currently serves as editor of haiga at Cattails (UHTS). She has published three photo-haiku books and one tankart collection. See more of her work at https://photohaikuforyou.blogspot.com.
At age 68, Gautam Nadkarni, having lived his entire life in Mumbai city, claims he's seen it all. He finds human traits positively hilarious and loves to capture them as haiga. He has been drawing cartoons since age 13 and when he found that he could marry his cartoons to humorous senryu, presto! His own brand of senryu-haiga was born.
At age 68, Gautam Nadkarni, having lived his entire life in Mumbai city, claims he's seen it all. He finds human traits positively hilarious and loves to capture them as haiga. He has been drawing cartoons since age 13 and when he found that he could marry his cartoons to humorous senryu, presto! His own brand of senryu-haiga was born.
Darlene O’Dell is the author of the chapbook Raised in the World of Everyday Poets (Yavanika Press, 2022), The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven (Church Publishing, 2014), and Sites of Southern Memory (University of Virginia Press, 2001). She teaches online writing workshops from western North Carolina.
Darlene O’Dell is the author of the chapbook Raised in the World of Everyday Poets (Yavanika Press, 2022), The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven (Church Publishing, 2014), and Sites of Southern Memory (University of Virginia Press, 2001). She teaches online writing workshops from western North Carolina.
A Pushcart Prize–nominated haikai poet, editor, and mentor, Kala Ramesh is founder and director of Triveni Haikai India and founder and managing editor of the monthly journal haikuKATHA. She has also been the haiku editor at Under the Basho since its inception in 2013. In 2020 she received the WE Trailblazer Poet Teacher Award from Women Empowered India.
A Pushcart Prize–nominated haikai poet, editor, and mentor, Kala Ramesh is founder and director of Triveni Haikai India and founder and managing editor of the monthly journal haikuKATHA. She has also been the haiku editor at Under the Basho since its inception in 2013. In 2020 she received the WE Trailblazer Poet Teacher Award from Women Empowered India.
Alexis Rotella has been writing Japanese poetry forms in English since the late 1970s. Her recent books Scratches on the Moon (haibun) and the anthology Unsealing Our Secrets (MeToo Stories) earned Touchstone book awards. Her latest anthology, Grandmother’s Pearls, is available on Amazon/Kindle, as are a number of her books. She lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Alexis Rotella has been writing Japanese poetry forms in English since the late 1970s. Her recent books Scratches on the Moon (haibun) and the anthology Unsealing Our Secrets (MeToo Stories) earned Touchstone book awards. Her latest anthology, Grandmother’s Pearls, is available on Amazon/Kindle, as are a number of her books. She lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Adelaide B. Shaw lives in Somers, New York. She has been creating Japanese poetic forms for over 50 years. Her books—An Unknown Road, The Distance I’ve Come, and Travel Souvenirs— are available on Amazon. She posts published work on http://www.adelaide-whitepetals.blogspot.com.
Luminita Suse is a computer scientist and photographer living in Ottawa, Canada. Published globally, she is the author of two tanka collections, A Thousand Fireflies/Mille Lucioles and Winter Fire, published by Éditions des petits nuages in 2011 and 2016, respectively. She won honourable mention in The 12th Setouchi Matsuyama International Photo-Haiku contest, Japan.
Luminita Suse is a computer scientist and photographer living in Ottawa, Canada. Published globally, she is the author of two tanka collections, A Thousand Fireflies/Mille Lucioles and Winter Fire, published by Éditions des petits nuages in 2011 and 2016, respectively. She won honourable mention in The 12th Setouchi Matsuyama International Photo-Haiku contest, Japan.
About the Artists
Mary Frederick Ahearn lives in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. “Writing is a great joy to me, and with it, the interaction with wonderful poets from all over the world. Reading, photography, and being out in the natural world are delights and solace for this introverted soul.”
Montrealer Maxianne Berger began exploring the possibilities of haiga in early 2021. After French and English, photography has become her other language. She has written book reviews for Tanka Canada’s Gusts and for several years co-edited Cirrus: tankas de nos jours with Mike Montreuil
Norma Bradley, poet and multimedia visual artist, is grateful her poems have been shared in many journals. She traveled to schools for 30 years as a visiting artist and was director of education for HandMade in America. She has published a chapbook, Ghosts Rip Free, and is currently working on two additional chapbooks.
The haiga, haiku, haibun and tanka of Pris Campbell have appeared in numerous print and online journals and anthologies. She has also placed first or had honorable mention in a number of short-form competitions. A former clinical psychologist and sailor sidelined by ME/CFS in 1990, she makes her home with her husband in Southeast Florida.
Di Cousens is a Melbourne-based photographer and poet whose work has been published in books, journals, and websites. Her most recent chapbook is the days pass without name, featuring both poetry and photography. She works for the Buddhist Council of Victoria and is a wedding celebrant.
Natalie Dash is a macro photographer of the insects and wildflowers of Australia, always tuning into the sonic scape of nature and finding a link with music. Drawing, photos, and piano are her passions.
Katja Fox lives in Cambridge, England. Her poems have been published online and in print, including in Prune Juice, Akitsu, Trash Panda, Blithe Spirit, Failed Haiku, Presence, Scarlet Dragonfly, Cold Moon Journal, Hedgerow, and Kingfisher. She also enjoys hiking and all types of pickled herring. More of her artistic work can be seen at https://www.katjafox.com.
Born in New Zealand, Jenny Fraser of Riverweaver is a nature lover, musician, artist, and poet who lives beside the Pacific Ocean in Mt. Maunganui, New Zealand. Her haiku, senryu, tanka, haiga and haibun have been published in New Zealand and international journals.
Dan Goldstein has always seen pictures everywhere. He is now actually painting some of them.
John S Green, author of Whimsy Park: Children’s Poems for the Whole Family, is widely published in all styles of poetry—but especially haiku. He lived in Europe before moving to the United States at age 13. His daughter cooks with spice, and his wife still laughs at his jokes.
John Hawkhead has been producing haiga for over 25 years, with work published all over the world. Apart from cho, you can see his haiga in many other publications. His book Bone Moon won third place in the 2023 Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards.
Mariel Herbert started a regular haiku practice over the past few years because of her appreciation of the depth and diversity of haiku commentary and a need to exist more in the moment. Her poems have appeared in First Frost, Frogpond, Haiku 2023, and Modern Haiku, among others. She can be found in Northern California or online at marielherbert.wordpress.com.
Louise Hopewell is an Australian poet, playwright and songwriter. When not writing, Louise can be found riding her bicycle or playing ukulele (but not at the same time).
Barbara Kaufmann, a native New Yorker, is a retired nurse whose haiku, tanka, haibun and haiga have been published online and in print journals. Her haiga, several of which have won awards, have been shown on the Japanese television show, NHK Haiku Masters. In addition to writing, her hobbies include hiking, gardening, photography and yoga. Her website is wabisabipoet.wordpress.com.
Lavana Kray is from Romania. She has won various prizes in haiku and tanka competitions, and her work is widely published. The World Haiku Association awarded her the title of Master Haiga Artist. She currently serves as editor of haiga at Cattails (UHTS). She has published three photo-haiku books and one tankart collection. See more of her work at https://photohaikuforyou.blogspot.com.
At age 68, Gautam Nadkarni, having lived his entire life in Mumbai city, claims he’s seen it all. He finds human traits positively hilarious and loves to capture them as haiga. He has been drawing cartoons since age 13 and when he found that he could marry his cartoons to humorous senryu, presto! His own brand of senryu-haiga was born.
Darlene O’Dell is the author of the chapbook Raised in the World of Everyday Poets (Yavanika Press, 2022), The Story of the Philadelphia Eleven (Church Publishing, 2014), and Sites of Southern Memory (University of Virginia Press, 2001). She teaches online writing workshops from western North Carolina.
Marianne Paul’s happy obsessions include haiku and related poetic forms, book arts and bookbinding, easy kayaking, shade gardening, and back porch birdwatching. Her chapbook Body Weight: A Collection of Haiku and Art, won the inaugural Haiku Canada Marianne Bluger Chapbook Award.
Gabriela Popa is a novelist and a short story writer. Her love of Japanese poetic forms led to publications in Akitsu Quarterly, cattails, Bloo Outlier, Wales Haiku Journal, failed haiku ,and Kingfisher, among others. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where she works in biotechnology.
A Pushcart Prize–nominated haikai poet, editor, and mentor, Kala Ramesh is founder and director of Triveni Haikai India and founder and managing editor of the monthly journal haikuKATHA. She has also been the haiku editor at Under the Basho since its inception in 2013. In 2020 she received the WE Trailblazer Poet Teacher Award from Women Empowered India.
Alexis Rotella has been writing Japanese poetry forms in English since the late 1970s. Her recent books Scratches on the Moon (haibun) and the anthology Unsealing Our Secrets (MeToo Stories) earned Touchstone book awards. Her latest anthology, Grandmother’s Pearls, is available on Amazon/Kindle, as are a number of her books. She lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Adelaide B. Shaw lives in Somers, New York. She has been creating Japanese poetic forms for over 50 years. Her books—An Unknown Road, The Distance I’ve Come, and Travel Souvenirs— are available on Amazon. She posts published work on http://www.adelaide-whitepetals.blogspot.com.
Sreenath lives in Mysore, India, and has been spiritually inclined since his late teens. He has been writing haiku and other related forms of poetry since 2022.
Debbie Strange is a chronically ill short-form poet and haiga artist whose creative passions connect her more closely to the world and to herself. She is honored to be the recipient of the 2020 Snapshot Press Book Award for her full-length haiku collection Random Blue Sparks, forthcoming.
Luminita Suse is a computer scientist and photographer living in Ottawa, Canada. Published globally, she is the author of two tanka collections, A Thousand Fireflies/Mille Lucioles and Winter Fire, published by Éditions des petits nuages in 2011 and 2016, respectively. She won honourable mention in The 12th Setouchi Matsuyama International Photo-Haiku contest, Japan.
Alice Wanderer is a member of Fringe Myrtles. Her book Lips Licked Clean, her translation of selected haiku by Sugita Hisajo was published in 2021 by Red Moon Press and won a Touchstone Award. She has been publishing haibun about her local area since late 2020.