As our membership continues to grow and connections on THE DAILY HAIKU are strengthened this month two of our members who met virtually on TDH met in person Jenny Shepherd and Vivian Eliades.  I so enjoyed seeing the photographs from their afternoon tea get-together and hope that more of us will be able to meet in the real world. 1 … Read More

1 Summer is upon us and features as our theme for our Haiga with some stunning contributions from TDH members after a call out for photographs. 2 Do enjoy revisiting these themes or being inspired by them if you are finding them for the first time.  Showcase your favourites, write new, reveal the bonus themes only to be found here … Read More

1 I am interested in how we write and what we need as writers. On a post in THE DAILY HAIKU recently I asked for responses to the following questions: 2 Do you have a particular time of day, time in the week or even a season when you write? Do you have a particular place that supports your writing … Read More

1   I am David – 41 years young. I was born and grew up in Torbay, Devon. I have been teaching English abroad for the past decade which has allowed me to do a fair bit of travelling and some exposure to different cultures.  2 The TDH group has, for me, been an absolutely refreshing experience. I can reap … Read More

Here is our regular two weekly round-up of themes and prompts for you to enjoy all over again, showcase your favourites, share new and encourage friends who might not be able to engage with TDH on social media to do so here.5 Daily Themes: Greetings Gifts Grief Conversations Pick n Mix a day when you choose your own theme Forever … Read More

1 When Amanda asked me to contribute to this interview thread I was at first reluctant to take part because I felt I had no great achievements to show due to our unsettled childhood and teenage years, following my father around as a diplomat, our education disrupted, with self studying for most of the later years. We improved our English … Read More

1 I’m a short story writer (only 5’4″) with a cold – haiku! This is truer than you think. I’m 66 and turned to writing after coming down with ME/cfs (once known as Yuppie Flu). 2 I was born close to Scrooge’s Counting House. This is also more true than you might think. Dickens visited a friend in my home … Read More

1 We are now a Private but Visible Facebook Group.  This helps us thrive as a more intimate and focused group where we hope people feel more supported when they post, especially those doing so for the first time.  It also helps those who want to publish their haiku/other writing in journals that ask that their work has not been … Read More

1 Created by haiku and tanka poet ai li 25 years ago as a simple, logical, poetic form for telling a story, cherita (plural cherita) is the Malay word for story. A cherita consists of a single stanza of a one-line verse, followed by a two-line verse, then finishing with a three-line verse. It can be written solo or with … Read More

1 Well who would have thought I could get writer’s block over an interview, but this is precisely what happened. The solution was to take it one step at time, something I have learned over the years. I first started writing in a journal within a few days of my husband’s death. We had been married thirty-seven years so there was a lot … Read More