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

  • 06/07/26 A New Tanka for a New Day
    Photo Credit: ymyphoto

    In this big world
    Where so many want to
    Feel larger than life
    It helps to be able to
    Experience the small.

    Blast from the past:

    Even as the most
    Important person walks by
    The scarecrow doesn’t budge.

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

    Tomorrow shouts back:
    “You wasted your clear, bright day
    Thinking about me.”

    Blast from the past:

    What if you got it
    All, only to find it was
    All you were after?

  • 06/05/26 A New Haiku for a New Day
    Photo Credit: Javardh

    We are like seashells,
    Echoing the universe,
    If you listen in

    Blast from the past:

    Talking and talking
    Not listening to the world
    Of the other

  • 06/04/26 A New Haiku for a New Day
    Photo Credit: Laura Chouette

    In the world beyond
    Thinking and overthinking
    It is all too much

    Blast from the past:

    Sometimes I think that
    I’ve really been thinking that
    Thinking’s overrated.

  • 06/03/26 A New Haiku for a New Day
    Photo Credit: Lina Trochez

    Life’s purpose is to
    Unearth your gift. Life’s meaning
    Is to share your gift.

    Blast from the past:

    Before your time, or
    Are you just planting the seeds
    Of the world you see?

You can scroll through all my past poems here: