Haiku News

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“US Senate Passes Resolution Against Iran’s Nuclear Program” (read more)

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a heron points

its beak to the water…

gathering storm

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Poem by Ted van Zutphen. Read more by this poet.

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“Science advisor says badger cull plan is a ‘crazy scheme’” (read more)

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the span of the moors…

a badger took this path

before me

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Poem by Claire Everett. Read more by this poet.

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“Great Recession’s plunge in incomes persists in Central Florida” (read more)

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moon rise…

I count the unsold

black plums

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Poem by Angelo Ancheta. Read more by this poet.

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“Right to life, freedom of speech, liberty, equality are meaningless to poor” (read more)

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smoking during his break—

I wonder how this man

became a beggar

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Poem by Manu Kant. Read more by this poet.

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“11,000 Evacuated as Colorado Fire Grows” (read more)

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wildfire

burning and burning

when we try

to live in peace

nature leaves a mark

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Poem by Nu Quang. Read more by this poet.

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“Denial Is Slipping Away as War Arrives in Damascus” (read more)

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machine gun fire

she stirs more honey

into her tea

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Poem by Annette Makino. Read more by this poet.

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“Mitt Romney, President Obama chasing swing-state Latinos as Election Day nears” (read more)

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swing state…

i kill a mosquito

proactively

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Poem by Ted van Zutphen. Read more by this poet.

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“Kota Belud’s granary set to re-energise paddy cultivation in Sabah” (read more)

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paddy field—

the stream carrying

clouds

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Poem by Ramesh Anand. Read more by this poet.

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“Performance Workshop for Trinidad and Tobago golfers” (read more)

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deepening heat—

the distance between

mountain and cloud

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Poem by Gillena Cox. Read more by this poet.

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“Prisoners to launch legal action on voting rights” (read more)

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in a dark corner

of my cell

a cricket’s song

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Poem by Steven Cottingham. Read more by this poet.

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“U.S. election: Harper warns of fallout in Canada from U.S. fiscal crisis” (read more)

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election day

old friends argue

about the weather

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Poem by Bill Kenney. Read more by this poet. This poem was submitted on the day of the American elections, but we have not had space to run it until now.

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“Tibetan Farmer Is Eighth Protester To Self-Immolate This Month” (read more)

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‘Compassion,’ he urged

when they blew up monasteries

‘Compassion?’ we ask

as more Tibetans self-immolate

in their occupied land

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Poem by Sonam Chhoki. Read more by this poet.

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“Drones: The West’s New Terror Campaign” (read more)

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sunday prayer…

the soaring eagle eyes

another mouse

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Poem by Ted van Zutphen. Read more by this poet.

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“Luna Park: still searching for the truth” (read more)

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long grass nights star systems in the Big Dipper

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Poem by Alan Summers. Read more by this poet.

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“A Quiet Campaign of Violence Against American Muslims” (read more)

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Halloween

the children go

as Muslims

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Poem by Laurence Stacey. Read more by this poet.

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“Lady Gaga thanks Medvedev for not supporting anti-gay law” (read more)

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waning moon…

an ache where the barmaid’s

smile was

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Poem by Sheila Windsor. Read more by this poet.

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“Teachers’ strikes would inspire us all” (read more)

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redundant…

her first edition of Marx

on TradeMe

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Poem by Dick Whyte. Read more by this poet.

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“CNN takes money from foreign dictators to run flattering news stories about them” (read more)

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second dawn…

the cuckoo discards

a warbler’s eggs

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Poem by Ted van Zutphen. Read more by this poet.

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“Gaza ceasefire: will it hold?” (read more)

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thanksgiving

in the West, cease fire

in Gaza

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Poem by Gillena Cox. Read more by this poet.

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“Hurricane Sandy approaches New York City as homeless remain outside” (read more)

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storm passed

the spider also rebuilds

its life

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Poem by Laurence Stacey. Read more by this poet.

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