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Tai Chi Wellbeing

Lion's Wind Haiku Community

Monthly meet-up

Meetings are at Indianapolis Public Library's Glendale Branch (map) on Monday evenings once a month. 


This is a supportive, creative, respectful place for members to share and give feedback to others on Haiku, Haiga, Haibun and related short form poetry. Membership is limited and is contingent upon participants commitment to the the LWHC Ageement (see downloadable document below).

Interested in joining us?

Connect here if you would like more information about participating when spots become open.

contact

LWHC Agreement

Haiku Community Agreement (pdf)

Download

Hone your craft...

Jane Reichhold created this free online 14-lesson Haiku course that guides new and experienced writers through fundamental principles and skills.

Bare Bones School of Haiku

Online Resources

The Haiku Society of America   https://www.hsa-haiku.org/

The Haiku Foundation  https://thehaikufoundation.org/

The Heron's Nest  https://www.theheronsnest.com/December2024/index.html

Modern Haiku  https://www.modernhaiku.org/

The Nicholas Virgilio Haiku Association  https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org

Graceguts (online poetry magazine) https://www.graceguts.com/

Daily Haiga  https://www.dailyhaiga.org/

Prune Juice (Senyru Circle) https://prunejuicesenryu.com/

FemKuMag  https://femkumag.wixsite.com

Indiana Writers Center  https://www.indianawriters.org/

World Kigo Database https://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/

Listen/Watch

Poetry Pea Podcast  https://poetrypea.com/category/podcast/

Haiku: The Poetry of Focus with Scott Mason  https://vimeo.com/165512364 

Haiku Talk Podcast https://www.youtube.com/@HaikuTalk

Poetry Unbound Podcast https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/

An introduction to Haiga by Mike Rehling   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ovzoyg7veY 

Reading List

Haiku: A Poet's Guide, Lee Gurga with Charles Trumbull, 2003 Modern Haiku Press.

Basho: The Complete Haiku  Matsuo Basho (Jane Reichhold), 2008 Kodansha USA. ISBN: 978-1-56836-537-4

The Poetry of Chiyo-ni: The Life and Art of Japan's Most Celebreated Woman Haiku Master Patricia Donegan and Yoshi Ishibashi, 2025 Tuttle Publishing. ISBN: 978-4-8053-1866-9

Write Like Issa: a Haiku How-to, David G Lanoue, 2017 HaikuGuy.com 

The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Teach, and Appreciate Haiku, William J Higginson and Penny Harter, 2013 Kodansha USA, Inc. 

Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-on Guide, Jane Reichhold, 2013 Kodansha USA, Inc. 

The Haiku Anthology, Third Edition, Edited by Cor Van Den Heuval, 2000 Norton. 

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, Natalie Goldberg, 2016 Shambhala. 

The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets, Ted Kooser, 2005 University of Nebraska Press. 

A Poetry Handbook, Mary Oliver, 1994 Mariner Books. 

Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers  Leonard Koren, 1994 Stone Bridge Press. ISBN: 1-880656-12-4

Need more?

Here's a more extensive list for all things related to Haiku https://kingfisherjournal.com/resources/

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