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Accepted Haiku by Shadow Pond Journal

I’m pleased to share this haiku was accepted by Shadow Pond Journal. While not yet midwinter, it certainly feels like it in the midwest! my fingers stainedfrom red onion juicemidwinter dusk https://shadowpondjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/meagan-bussert-usa.html

Haiku Canada Review & Chickens

I’m pleased to announce the publishing of the following haiku in the Haiku Canada Review journal for their October 2025 issue. naming eachchick at the feed storeice cream flavors

Poetry Pea & Creepy Crawlies

I’m pleased to share this haiku was recently accepted in the Poetry Pea Journal 4:25 issue. It is also available in their 9/29 released Season 8 Episode 39 Creepy Crawlies podcast episode at minute mark 35:09. termite’s pathin the cherry woodcrescent moon

New Haiku – Cold Moon Journal

First 2023 Journal Publication

I received my first journal acceptance of 2023! Poetry Pea will feature the following haiku on their podcast on February 20th and in their journal in July. rubbing my thumb against each bruise …windfall apples The great thing about haiku is you can read as much or as little into it as you’d like. ThisContinue reading “First 2023 Journal Publication”

A Booming Industry

Covid changed so much. It disrupted the world and our lives. When I started this blog in 2020, I tried my best to document all (free) haiku journals and blogs around the world that I and my fellow haikuists could submit to. Coming back into the haiku world, I anticipated a smaller community, still recoveringContinue reading “A Booming Industry”

Throwback to the Chicago Botanic Garden

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In my hiatus on writing haiku during the pandemic, haiku still happened! The Chicago Botanic Garden, in partnership with the Midwest Region of the Haiku Society of America, launched the Words in Bloom: A Year of Haiku program in April 2019 for National Poetry Month. A selection of haiku were chosen to represent the fourContinue reading “Throwback to the Chicago Botanic Garden”

End of an Era

Sadly, the Shamrock Haiku Journal is closing shop after 15 wonderful years. I myself was fortunate to be published in one of their 2017 issues. Be sure to check out their archives while you can.