Haiku Resources click to download PDF copy
Online Hubs
These sites will help you find many fine books and journals gathered in the short lists below.
Brooks Books online presence, many articles + many resources.
Graceguts Michael Dylan Welsh website, Karumi, many articles + resources.
Haiku Society of America list haiku conferences, seminars, and events. Regional maps to find coordinators for study groups + much more.
The Haiku Foundation, library of haiku books, many articles, How to Haiku by Jim Kacian, Haiku for Parkinson’s; Haiku for Beginners; + much more
Haiku Journals
The listed print journals have an online presence with many sample haiku and/or articles. Please note there are many other fine online and print journals.
Femku, online journal
Frogpond, print journal + articles
Heron’s Nest online & print journal
Modern Haiku print journal + articles
presence print journal + essays
Prune Juice online journal of senryu
Trivini Haiku India online journal + resources
Tsuri-doro online journal + articles
Wales Haiku Journal online journal
Whiptail online journal
Haiku Books
Please note this short list comprises authors and collections that I have found particularly inspiring in learning the breadth and depth of haiku.
Stephen Addiss. The Art of Haiku; Haiku Landscapes; Haiku People; A Haiku Menagerie; A Haiku Garden; Haiku Humor.
Bay, Jackie, Haiku: Poetry Ancient and Modern.
Blythe, R.H. Haiku: Vol. II Spring; III Summer- Autumn; IV Autumn-Winter
Digregorio, Charlotte. Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All.
Donegan, Patricia & Yoshi Ishibashi. Chiyo-ni: Woman Haiku Master.
Donegan, Patricia. haiku mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart.
Gurga, Lee. Haiku: A Poet’s Guide.
Hass, Robert. The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson & Issa.
Hoffman, Yeol. Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death.
Kacian, J., Rowland, P., Burns, A. Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years.
Lanoue, David. Pure Land Haiku: The Art of Priest Issa.
Reichhold, Jane. Writing and Enjoying Haiku.
Stevens, John. Mountain Tasting: Haiku and Journals of Santoka Teneda.
Strand, Clark. Seeds from a Birch Tree.
Ueda, Makoto, Far Beyond the Field: Haiku by Japanese Women.
Wright, Richard. Haiku: The Last Poems of an American Icon.