Modern Haiku

From her sequence “In Bashō’s Footsteps”:

a little more wear
from our boots
sunken stone steps

Annette Makino
Modern Haiku 57.2 (2026)

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a handgun found
among my father’s things ...
autumn begins

S.M. Abeles
Modern Haiku 46.1 (2015)

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late summer wake:
your miscreant friends
exchange smiles

Linda Marucci
Modern Haiku 36.2 (2005)

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skeleton closet
inviting them down
for dinner

Robert Beveridge
Haiku 2026 (originally published in Modern Haiku 56.1)

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Haiku 2026 edited by Lee Gurga & Scott Metz "Astronauts and poets are pilgrims on paths of exploration. Haiku 2026 is an invitation to journey among some of the most interestingly conceived, deeply informed, and skillfully voiced contemporary haiku published in English in 2025. Poems across a spectrum of styles, themes, and subject matter tra...

mammo changing room
no one chooses
locker 13

Susanna Rich
Modern Haiku 57.2 (2026)

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whales breaching the inside of a wish

Aidan Castle
Haiku 2024 (originally published in Whiptail 6)

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Dust in the wind —
a little boy’s tenderness
for a lizard

Rebecca Lilly
Modern Haiku 41.2 (2010)

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last light
on evening primroses
the moths begin

David Steele
Modern Haiku 28.1 (1997)

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back and forth
between concrete barriers
the box turtle

Patricia A. Laster
Modern Haiku 32.3 (2001)

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fireflies plenty of light to see her by

Edward Tick
Modern Haiku 16.1 (1985)

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