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Last Updated on 07 October 2022

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Haiku Tomorrow
(Haiku Down Under)
Zoe & Sherry Grant
2022-10-09

About Us 

Sherry (concert pianist/cellist/poet) and her 8-year-old daughter Zoe, are authors of Bat Girl and editors of Chalk on the Walk Haiku / Monoku, Haiku Zoo Journal (for youth) and Raining Rengay. Together they run haiku workshops and regular online international rengay gatherings. Well published at short form journals and frequently interviewed, Zoe won the 2021 International NZPS Haiku Competition (Junior/School) and Sherry won the 2021 Otoroshi Rengay Contest (with co-writer Alan Peat from UK). Their goal is to inspire families to create together, by introducing short form poetry to young people around the world.

Haiku Rules

(1) Keep it brief, specific, capture a haiku moment!

(2) Normally 3 lines but can be in 1, 2, or 4 lines

(3) Instead of 5/7/5 syllables, write short/long/short

(4) Use of 5 senses, "show not tell"

(5) 2 images (juxtaposition for element of surprise)

(6) Go on a haiku walk ("ginko")

(7) Use of season words ("kigo"), or write a senryu 

(8) Use noun more than adjective/verb

(9) Mostly all in lower case & without punctuation

Kigo List

(1) Spring: cherry blossoms, hazy moon, melting snow, warm, (baby animals), etc.

(2) Summer: blazing sun, summer rain, thunder, beach, sunglasses, cicadas, etc.

(3) Autumn: harvest, chilly nights, wild geese, falling leaves, morning glory, etc.

(4) Winter: snow, ice, cold, withered plants, etc.

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More Kigo:

d22bc15ada2b14fa309f849c3fddab5f.pdf (thehaikufoundation.org)

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Things You Can Do With Haiku

(1) Make haiku book/greeting card/decoration

(2) Make haiga (haiku + painting or photograph)

(3) Chalk on the Walk Haiku & Monoku!

(4) Submit to Haiku Zoo Journal (for poets under 20) & Raining Rengay and many more!

(5) Make haiku rocks

(6) Write rengay with friends or family

(7) Attend haiku conferences/workshops

(8) Many more possibilities...

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What We Do...

(1) Haiku Zoo Journal

www.haikuzoojournal.wordpress.com

(Submission open twice a year, Jan-Mar / Jul-Sep) 

haikuzoojournal(at)gmail(dot)com

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(2) Raining Rengay

www.rainingrengay.wordpress.com

(Submission open twice a year, Mar-Apr / Sep-Oct)

rainingrengay(at)gmail(dot)com

 

(3) International Rengay Gathering

Usually March and September each year, hosted by Z & S, email sherrygrantpoetry(at)gmail(dot)com

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(4) Chalk on the Walk Haiku

https://www.facebook.com/groups/817136345666772

(Submission all year around, at most once a month per poet, previously published poems preferred)

chalkonthewalkhaiku(at)gmail(dot)com

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(5) Chalk on the Walk Monoku

https://www.facebook.com/groups/878880049411116

(Submission all year around, at most once a month per poet, previously published poems preferred)

chalkonthewalkmonoku(at)gmail(dot)com

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Haiku Examples

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snowy night --

the smell of

hot soup

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-- Zoe Grant, first prize winning haiku at 2021 NZPS International Haiku Competition (Junior/School Section), also published in 2021 NZPS Anthology

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trampoline moss last summer's laughter​

-- Sherry Grant, Frogpond, Vol 44:3, Autumn 2021

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frostbite

baby's first toothless smile

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-- Sherry Grant, Haiku Column 2021-01-13

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霜焼けや

初めて笑ふ赤子なる　　

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- 千秋 (Japanese translation)

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mystery​

of runaway cookies

the mice did it

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-- Sherry Grant, Haiku in Action, Week 40 , 2021-10-07

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birthday party

a bag of Doritoes

only crumbs left

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-- Zoe Grant, Failed Haiku, Issue 71, Nov 2021

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yacht race

folded butterfly wings

against the wind
 

-- Sherry Grant, Asahi Haikuist Network, 2021-08-20

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ballerina

a banana split

everyday

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-- Zoe Grant, Stardust Haiku, Issue 61, Jan 2022

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summertime

a fantail's quick

branch switch

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-- Sherry Grant, Wales Haiku, Summer 2021

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mayfly song

heat of the moment

a heartbeat away

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-- Sherry Grant, Wales Haiku, Summer 2021

 

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Easter bunny

waiting for the egg

to hatch

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-- Zoe Grant, Stardust Haiku, Issue 65, May 2022

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COMING UP....

RENGAY UNDER THE MOON

 

(3rd International Rengay Gathering hosted online by Zoe & Sherry Grant since Sept 2021)

with guest speakers Michael Dylan Welch (USA) & Myron Lysenko (Australia)

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(1) Session 1: Rengay with Michael Dylan Welch 

9-11am, Sunday 23 October 2022 (NZ time)

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(2) Session 2: Rengay with Myron Lysenko

7-9pm, Sunday 23 October 2022 (NZ time)

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Free registration by 22 Oct 2022, email sherrygrantpoetry(at)gmail(dot)com

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INTERNATIONAL SCRIABIN 150 FESTIVAL

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Haiku poets Invited to present include:
John Stevenson, Garry Gay, John Thompson, Ron C. Moss, Sherry & Zoe Grant and more...

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www.artsinfinitypress.com/scriabin150

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Email: scriabin150(at)gmail(dot)com

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www.linktr.ee/sherrygrant

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