Deadline for Emergence haiku tonight!

The deadline for submissions of haiku on the theme of Emergence is midnight tonight!

How to submit to Pure Haiku

If you would like to submit your haiku for publication on this site, please send a maximum of 5 haiku written in the classical form on the current theme to: –

purehaiku (at) gmail (dot) com

with SUBMISSIONS, the current THEME and your NAME in the subject line.

Please include the following in the body of the email: –

Your first name
Your last name
Your email address
Your haiku (all 5 in one email please) (they do not have to be titled)
The full address of your blog or website if you have one (only one site per submission please)
The name you want to appear on the copyright
One sentence introducing yourself. Be quirky and interesting – you want people to visit your blog, don’t you?!

(Even if you have had haiku published on this site before, please still include all this information as I do not keep any details of previous submissions. By including all the required details it makes my life easier when scheduling haiku. Thank you.)

© Freya Pickard 2019

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Haiku submissions wanted …

Why were my haiku rejected?

I receive so many haiku whenever Pure Haiku is open to submissions that I am unfortunately no longer able to comment individually on each poem. Here is a list of the most common reasons why a haiku is rejected: –

1 – the haiku was not constructed with the correct number of syllables.

2 – the use of the English language is awkward, forcing the words to fit into the 17 syllable structure.

3 – each line is not an entire line in its own right.

4 – the haiku does not conjure up a vivid or original image.

5 – the haiku does not fit in with the advertised theme.

6 – the haiku was not in plain text in the body of the email, thus I was unable to cut and paste it with ease.

7 – you sent links to your haiku instead of pasting the haiku into the body of your email.

Please read how to and what I am looking for to ensure your haiku are considered for publication here at Pure Haiku.

How to submit to Pure Haiku

If you would like to submit your haiku for publication on this site, please send a maximum of 5 haiku written in the classical form on the current theme to: –

purehaiku (at) gmail (dot) com

with SUBMISSIONS, the current THEME and your NAME in the subject line.

Please include the following in the body of the email: –

Your first name
Your last name
Your email address
Your haiku (all 5 in one email please) (they do not have to be titled)
The full address of your blog or website if you have one (only one site per submission please)
The name you want to appear on the copyright
One sentence introducing yourself. Be quirky and interesting – you want people to visit your blog, don’t you?!

(Even if you have had haiku published on this site before, please still include all this information as I do not keep any details of previous submissions. By including all the required details it makes my life easier when scheduling haiku. Thank you.)

© Freya Pickard 2019

strands of gems

This week’s “re-blog” comes from Jules Paige at Strands of Gems

© Freya Pickard 2017

a journey through cancer …

bone deep emotion

hot tears shatter my core

this is how I feel

© Freya Pickard 2016

This haiku is part of my first poetry collection which was published in October. Insides is a journey through cancer, surgery and chemotherapy designed to encourage, inspire and educate. I have also created what has been described as a “moving” video about this collection over at YouTube

Insides – my first poetry collection

Tomorrow, I am launching my first poetry collection!

Please join me at midday at Dragonscale Clippings for the launch of Insides.

I have also made a video about it at YouTube.

© Freya Pickard 2016

M Sakran – published poet

Many of you will already know M Sakran as he has had his haiku published here at Pure Haiku 5 times already! His sixth haiku on the theme of LEAF will be appearing shortly…

I am very pleased to announce that M Sakran has had his 2nd collection of poetry published! I was very honoured to be asked to write the foreword for Understanding. The collection is unique – it contains 20 poems with detailed explanations of each one. I have never come across anything like it before and would encourage you all to buy a copy and support this upcoming poet.

Here is the link to his collection Understanding

© Freya Pickard 2016

7 – 23

See them by the fence,

eyes squinting in the sunlight,

sweet pansy faces.

© Elizabeth Leaper 2014

Elizabeth Leaper is a poet with three wordpress blogs, one of which can be found at Simply Elfje