“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” — William Wordsworth 1 Whilst researching, writing and now delivering a course on DIARIES & JOURNALING I realise much of my engagement on THE DAILY HAIKU has become a way of keeping a creative diary but in haiku form specifically senryu; often with video and photographs. The theme focus, brevity and … Read More

11 Hi, I’m Catherine Brennan from Ireland.  I’m a visual artist, although I do have a “real job” too. My artistic journey started properly 3-4 years ago. My son died in infancy 18 years ago, quickly followed by miscarriage and stillbirth. I put my life on hold as I didn’t know how to live life anymore. Until I met a … Read More

1 Firstly I want to thank those of you who came to our recent zoom meet up since our first ones on our birthday weekend in March.  It was wonderful to see again some of you from before and meet more members.  We had fun introducing ourselves and gifting our items from nature to each other to inspire haiku. This … Read More

1 This blog is an extension of a post on THE DAILY HAIKU titled “Writer’s Anonymous” where I posed the following questions: 2 Do you think of yourself as a Writer? What does being a writer mean to you? How important is being a writer to you in your life? Are we all writers? What do you understand by writing? … Read More

1 I’m Mike Jones, a retired electrical power engineer.  I am also a full-time carer for my wife who was disabled following a stroke 8 years ago.  I have always enjoyed reading poetry, but I started writing poetry about 14 years ago when I retired. I had never attempted a haiku until I discovered TDH, so it has been an … Read More

The Welsh Borders has been my home for 30 years, my roots are firmly planted here.  Previously I lived in London, where I wrote for a variety of magazines, ranging from Consumers’ Association publications to the Underground Press (a pretty wide stretch, I know). When I moved north, I wrote several travel guidebooks to destinations abroad.  I retired from full-time … Read More

1 WHAT’S YOUR STORY TODAY? is an invitation to share your daily feelings, thoughts, observations and ideas in haiku form as a creative diary. This is a link to the video presentation for this activity which has been created for the current STAY AT HOME LITERARY FESTIVAL #SAHLF2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGbggR6flrA & on TikTok (a 1st for me!!) https://www.tiktok.com/@stay_at_home_lit_fest/video/6955429559491759365?lang=en&is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1 2 To inspire … Read More

1 I am actually a painting restorer and am not a writer as such. My working life has been bookended by conservation but in the middle I taught English. I don’t have much actual creative writing experience at all but have often done a little. I do enjoy reading and discussing writing. 2 I approach the haiku writing as a … Read More

1 The last month has continued to break records on THE DAILY HAIKU with more new members arriving from all across the world as we hit the milestone of 6000 members.  I still cannot quite believe it as it is just over one year ago that we started with just one member here in rural West Cornwall that feels like … Read More

1 When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. Confucius 551-479 B.C I want to thank Ann Smith for setting me on this path today looking at challenges, goals and writing structures. Taking part in our popular Interview series she highlights the fact that from 1 haiku she now has … Read More