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After several creative call outs on THE DAILY HAIKU these are the suggestions for what we are as creators of haiku and its many variations. The second call out also included the aspiration to create a tea towel inspired by your ideas. And as always you excelled with oodles of insane creativity.
Haiku writers does seem a little clunky as a general description and included in the suggestions are ways to describe ourselves too including the traditional Japanese description of Haijin.
Thank you to all those at THE DAILY HAIKU for your brilliant offerings and do add more in the comment thread or pick out your favourites, maybe a top 5:
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As a collective term I find it interesting that we are as much a collective verb as a noun, indicating that we seem to identify as active and engaging haiku creators in line with Stephen Fry’s thoughts “I am not a thing – an actor, a writer – I am a person who does things – I write, I act – and I never know what I’m going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun.”
Firstly Popular ones that crop up more than once are highlighted here in bold, interestingly they tend to focus on the Sonic aspects of Haiku:
Stan Phillips
A Simplicity of – – – –
A Complexity of – – –
An Editorial of – – – –
Maybe we need a motto as well? THE HAIKUISTS ‘Our Days Are Numbered’
An Amandaration of Haikuers
Thesaurus of Haikuers
An XV11 of Haikuers
An Obsession of Daily Haikuers
A Calculation of Daily Haikuers
A Confusion of Haikuers
A Nipponese of Haikuers
A Zenith of Haikuers
A Hygge of Haikuers
A Ramble of Haikuers
A Contemplation of Haikuers
An Uncategorisible of Haikuers
Gloria Whitney
A HUG OF HAIKUERS
Christine Mitchell
A Source of Haikuers
A Praise of Haikuers
Frank Tassone
A Kigo of Haijin
Mandy Macdonald
A Quilt of Daily Haikuers
A Buzz of Haikuers
A Frogpond
A Croak
Mary Alexander
A Whittle
Ross McGivern
A Scribble
Phil Milette
A Filigree of Haiku’ers
A Vuelta of Haiku’ers
An Apogee of Simplicity
Syllable-17
A Head Scratch of Haikuers
A Window of Haikuers
Rajeshwari Srinivasan
A Theme
A Hum of Daily Haikuers
William Dean Ford
A Haka?
A Syllabus
Hai-Crew
Mary Ray Goehring
How about a Presence of Daily Haikuers
Jim Lamey
A Thought of Daily Haikuers
A Hope of Daily Haikuers
A Heart…
An Electricity of Haikuers
Lisa Farley
A Prose
Doug Tanoury
A Whisper
Don Cromer
A Clutch
Daniela Cross
A Deliberation or a Ponder
Brian Thompstone
not entirely useful: there is a “counting word” in Japanese for Haiku – it’s “ku” (I think). even less useful, if you know nothing about japanese language this aspect might blow your mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counter_word . So: Kudos to all non-native Japanese speakers for getting their heads round that one. Hmm. How about a “Kudos” of Haiku-ers ?
Haidjinns
A humm? Of Haiku
Michael Ray
An Uncertainty
Sébastien Revon
First people who do haiku are known as haijins But if we go with it why not ‘The Haikaddicts’
Maybe we can be Magicians of Haiku… If only…
Andre Rostant
Ponderance
Andrew Goodison
Syllabography
Lexicon?
Lyntha Nelson
Susurration
Pulse
Steve Lancaster
A Countdown of ….
Hamish Mcleod
A Weave of Haiku-ers
Su Ryder
A Polysyllabic of Daily Haiku ers
Judith Railton
A Creativity of Haiku-ers
A Web of Haiku-ers
A Cooperation of Haiku-ers
An Exhileration of Haiku-ers
A Freedom of Haikus
Julie A Dexter
A Quorum of Haikuers
Basia Korzeniowska
A Halo of Haikuers
Barry Cottrell
A Flurry (small swirling mass moved by sudden gusts of wind) of Haikuers
Susan Lindsay
A Flash of Daily Haiku
A Flush of Daily Haiku-ers
Heather Maîr
A Facebook (obvs)
Vivienne Tregenza
A Humdrum of Haikuers
Frank Colley
A Syllable
The Five Seven Fives
Rowena Sommerville
A Syllable
Robert Fraser
A Hike of Haiku-ers
A Huddle of Haiku-ers
Dan Poe
A Gorgeousness of TDHesses
A Bore of Haiku Traditionalists
A Silliness of Some TDHers
A Bouquet of Amanda’s Blossomers
A Squiggle of Daily Haiku three-liners
A Selfie of Haiga Honchos
A Sympathy of Haiku Widows
An Alternative of Daily Chores
An Abbreviation of TDHers
An Edit of TDHers
A Super-spreader of daily haikuists
Elsje Winnubst
A Poesy of Haikuers
Kathrine Geoghegan
A Superorganism of Haikuers
Marjorie Mascolino
A Convergence of Haikuers
A Creative of Haikumaniacs
Richard Downes
A Renga Ring of Haiku-ers
A Pen
Neil Liddington
A Murmuration of Daily Haikus
A Psycho of Haiku (Because anyone can take a stab at it…? Even in the shower)
A Lockdown of Haiku-ers
Or maybe Inglorious hi-koo’rs
(not famous or renowned. “inglorious though the peasants may have been, this is not synonymous with mute”)
Michelle Baharier
A Link by Letters
Floats though. The third eye creating words
That commit to paper
Deb Jacobs
A count. I can’t write a haiku without counting on my fingers.
Stephen Bayliss
A Bubbling of Haikunauts
A Derangement
Sara Head
A Rhythm of Haikuers
Teresa Roper
A haiku recipe? Would be nice for a tea towel.
A Hive of Haikuers
A sillybubble of haikuists
A Hallelujah of Haikuers
Laura Frances Martin
A Vista of Haikuistas?!
A Word of Haikuistas
Carolyn Saunders
A Puzzle of Haikuenaise
Susan Bartlett
A Rhythm of Haiku-ers
A coup of Daily Haiku-ers as in (coup- an instance of successfully achieving something difficult)
Susannah Gisby
A Concentration of Haikuers
Janet Lynch
A Hiatus of Haikuers Haikuing Hilariously
Pam JT Zinnermann-Hope
A Genie of Haijin
Cathy Thomas-Bryant
A Syllable of Haikuers or a Concentration of Haikuers
Patricia King
Hasty Haiku-ers
Nicky Hetherington
An Epiphany of Haikuers
Chloë Bates
Haikunits
Haikutists
Haikutistic
Haikurist
Haikuties
Hyperhaikutistics
Tony Wager
A Distraction of Daily Haikuists
Leslee Hackenson
A Phrase
Tom Fox
Syllabubble
A Number
A Heft
A Murmur
Margaret Deans
A Congregation of Daily Haikus
An Embrace of Daily Haikus
Wendy Houser Blomseth
A Hug of Haikus
James Rooney
A Cloudburst of Haikuers
John Lanyon
A Moment of Haikuists
The Basho Street Kids
Bidyutprabha Gàntayat
Haikuists on zoom
Carolyn Crossley
A Circle of Haikuists or Haikuistas
An Anserine of Haikuists
A Haiga of Haikuists
Fred Townsend
a myūzu of haikuists – myūzu is the Japanese word for muse.
A Prophecy of Haikuists
Alan Summers
A Scare of Daily Haiku-ers
Teresa Ritzinger
A RHYTHM of Daily Haiku-ers
Art Silverman
XVllers
Connie Pittman Ramsey
A group of frogs are called a Knot of Haiku (a new word for me) or Knots of Haiku
a Covey of Haiku (birds)
A Pond of Haikuests/Haikuestas/Haikuers
I still like the one I did a while back… ‘The Haiku-kuers’ or ‘The hai-Tea-kuers’
Ted Millichap
A haiqueue?
A Thumb and Finger of Haikuers
Sarah J Bryson
A Concision of Haikuists
Haikunuts
A Murmuration of Haikuists
A Cacophony of…
A Gaggle of …
A Mindset of ….
Jill Lillis
A Count of Haikuers
Beata Czeszejko
An Adequate Picture. Every haiku should be a picture.
Sandra Regan
A Verse of… or An Anthology of…
Lynda Flint
A Tapestry of Haikuist
Denise Sparrowhawk
A Syllabub of Haikuists
Don Morley
A Huddle of Haikuistas
Yin Mon Tha Tun
A Breeze/Whistle of daily haiku-ers
Plants/flowers of daily haiku-ers
A Tree of Haiku, branches and leaves ever increasing
A River of Haiku, ever flowing
A Garden of Haiku, trees and flowers ever growing and blossoming
After suggesting I wanted to create a Tea Towel of our suggestions:
The Spices of Haiku
Cups of Hai-Tea
Word Jugglers!!!
A kitchen/pantry of Haiku, where everybody cooks, boils, bakes, roasts all sorts of Haiku
Catherine Leach
Syllables of
Hai Ku Ers
Amanda White
A Query, A Hum, A Worry, A Skittle and A Theme of Haiku-ers
A Spell of Haiku
A dot dot dot of Haikumaniacs
A Haggle of Hakuems
A Syllabub
A Kudos of Haikuists
An Upstart of Haikuistas
A Quandary of Haikuaries
A Season of Haikuists
A Difficulty of Haikueens
A Fruit Loop of Haiku nuts
A Blossom of Haikuans
A Broiling of haikums
A Suitablity of Haikuems
Penny Lowery
A Susurration of Haikuers
Or what about An Enjambement
A Syntax
Damien Carroll
A Murdur of Haikuistas
Bruce Jewett
A Kigo of Haikuers
Will Riding
Just a Team. 5-7-5 looks like a pre match pundit diagram on MOTD. Though I don’t think there are 17 players in a football side…
Lucy Newlyn
A Dilly-Dally of Daily Haikuers
A Hive of Haiku-ers
Mike Jones
A Distraction of Daily Haikuers
Antoinette Wilcox-Mclean
A Stuck of Daily Haikuists
Les Payne
Confusementalists
Gilla Evans
As a Haiku often links things that might not otherwise be put together, how about a Concatenation of Haikusts
Keith Evetts
A Seasoning, An Earthshake, a Thimble, An Acorn, A Hearbeat, An Instance, A Nestle…. A Handreach, A Larksong, An Eyrie, A Palmful, A Flicker, A seeding, A Capsule, A Helix….
A Lamp Rub
A Moonful of Haijin
A Hearth of Haikuans
A Hack, A Horde, A Boiling, A Concentrate, A Blossom, A Frogspawn, A Google…
…. Pity that a murder has already been taken by crows.
Hokum of Haikums
A Breath of, An Ethereum of, An Essence of, An Expression of, A Trident of…
Haikuards, Haikulians, Haikuligans…
A Hatful of Haijin
A Cupful of Haikules
Shower of Haikoids
Era of Haikusaureans
Instance of Haikuities
Moonful of Haikuseans
Spoonful of Haikusagers
Panful of Haikusages
Phil Isherwood
A Syllabub
Vivien Eliades
A Tanka of Haikuars
Marion Reynolds
A Haka of Haikuers
Alan Mee
A Pentaseptasyllable of Daily Haiku-ers or a Basho of Haiku-ers
A thoughtfulness of Haikuers
James Barnsley
The HiWho
David E Navarro
The Huddle of Daily Haikuists (or Haiku Poets [each one])
The Hubbub of Daily Haikuists
The Roar of Daily Haikuists
The Aura of Daily Haikuists
The Vibrations of Daily Haikuists
The Essence of Daily Haikuists
The Collective Soul of Daily Haikuists
The Electrovibrosity of Daily Haikuists
The Synthesis of Daily Haikuists
Liz Mills
A Syllable of …?
I’ll get my coat
Lisa Jonston
A Dedication of Haikuers
A Pensivity of Haikuers?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMAZING HAIKUTASTIC CREATIONS AND IF I HAVE MISSED ANY PLEASE DO ADD AND OF COURSE ADD NEW ONES
14 Comments on “Conversation 44: What Do We Call A Collection of Haiku Writers?”
I’m overwhelmed of Crediton!
but of all these the one that stood out was ‘concatenation. ‘… because of the way we are linked by this process!
‘A Haiku Interchange’ ?
… being a verb and a noun
When I did theological studies 20 years ago I wrote an essay once entitled ‘Church is a Verb’
a hai of haikuists?
My favourite is:
A distraction of haikuists
because haiku is one of my distraction techniques from chronic pain. 😊🙏💙
As we go about our day observing the world a little more attentively it does help as a distraction technique and it brings moments of joy too. I hope the better weather eases your pain. Mine us worse in extreme cold or heat and when the weather suddenly changes.
1 Buzzing bee haikuists
2 haikuists conclave
Haiku Collective
too many choices
I certainly can’t decide
waiting for Top Ten
BTW I certainly didn’t start
out writing this post with the intention of composing a haiku.
It wrote itself.
I am simply the fingers on the keyboard.
Haiku Hostage
you can add this to the list. LOL
Wendy Blomseth
A breath of Haikuists
A Breath of Haiku or Haikuers (couldn’t tell who this is from) this is my number one. Wanted to write this one myself, but it was already posted. 😉
A Hug of Hakuers (Gloria Whitney)
A Hum of Daily Haiku (Rajeshwari Srinivasan)
A Murmuration of Daily Haiku (Neil Liddington)
A Coo of Haiku-kuers or The Haiku-kuers (Connie Pittman Ramsey)
There’s quite a few more I like, but I think these are my favorite. Haiku on!
A Hug feels like it really resonates with our wellbeing aims and outcomes. I like a psycho which connects with our openness within the group to express our feelings. A sillybub hooks into our penchant for hilarity. A Contemplation – our more meditative side. Love an essence – where we want to get to, a haiku nirvana perhaps but a focus on the process. A Tree of Haiku is beautiful and perhaps even a forest. An Edit of Haiku and all other craft terminology seems to also tap into the features of writing haiku. A Lamp Rub is great too and I love the magical aspect to haiku, also the happenstance of it. Bravo to one and all for your suggestions.
A sillybub brought to mind “Syllahub” — and my vote would be a Haiku Hug
I’ll go for Amanda’s Fruit Loop – with many a guffaw.
Hmnnn…. a guffaw of senryuans..?
Hearts-full of Haiku or Haikuers