Daily Haikus: My Journey Writing One Haiku a Day

I write a haiku a day to practice writing. Here are some of my posts for you to enjoy. I have been doing this for years and only recently started posting the ones I like, so some days you may see me post more than one: one that I wrote for today, and another older one I wrote in the past. I don’t follow every haiku convention literally, and some days I write something different from a haiku.

Either way, I hope you enjoy

  • 08/08/26 A New Haiku for a New Day
    Photo Credit: Shaojie

    A falling leaf is
    Never a sign of defeat. 
    Open your hand. Let go. 

    The story behind this poem; only read this part if you’d like to hear my personal story. Skip if it you’d prefer to glean your own meaning from the poem:

    This is based on a quote I recently saw that seems to be attributed to Buddha or at least related to Buddha in some way.

  • 08/07/26 A New Haiku for a New Day
    Photo Credit: Joel Lee

    “Only to get by.”
    “There’s no other choice.”
    “You’re overthinking.”

    The story behind this poem; only read this part if you’d like to hear my personal story. Skip if it you’d prefer to glean your own meaning from the poem:

    This is about how others say to not think and just follow what those who tell you what to do when these leaders give unreasonably and/or unethical proscriptions. I was particularly thinking about how this happens in workplace.

  • 08/06/26 A New Haiku for a New Day
    Photo Credit:

    Growth lies in knowing 
    All your imperfections are
    Gifts for you to hold

    The story behind this poem; only read this part if you’d like to hear my personal story. Skip if it you’d prefer to glean your own meaning from the poem:

    We shouldn’t beat ourselves up for our imperfections but see them as gifts. Usually our biggest strengths and our biggest imperfections interconnect.

    (I had bad internet, so I could not post this day of, but I did write it on that day.)

  • 08/05/26 A New Poem for a New Day
    Photo Credit: Priscilla Du Preez

    You can pile on your grand counterarguments
    New information, new excuse
    I can present you with happened
    But there’s nothing I can do
    To make you accept you were wrong

    The story behind this poem; only read this part if you’d like to hear my personal story. Skip if it you’d prefer to glean your own meaning from the poem:

    I wrote this poem to help me vent my emotions about a specific dispute that happened. I am trying to convey how humans tend to event more and more arguments to solidify their initial impression in their mind even as more facts made it clear their position was wrong.

  • 08/04/26 A New Haiku for a New Day
    Photo Credit: Sasha Freemind

    I am always caught
    Between needing to talk and
    To be left alone

    Blast from the past:

    Delight, then, sorrow,
    The worker reaps a bounty
    For his employer

You can scroll through all my past poems here: