Invitation . . .

You can send me your haiku and I will put them on line for the beginning of the next month.

To publish ...

A. General characteristics of Haiku Genre

• a moment of insight or revelation ("the haiku moment")
• a keyword which opens up the poem, or deepens the context
• a juxtaposition of elements which permits the energy of one image to interchange with the others
• no personalization, no direct explicit comparison
• no personal implication in haiku section
• no abstract consideration

B. Using of specific haiku techniques

• brevity (rarely more than 3 lines, rarely as many as 17 syllables), economy of words
• phrase/fragment
• pivot or cutting word (kireji)

C. Distinguishing from similar & historic forms
 

• haiku is an expression of a experience
• hokku is a an invented moment
• senryu is a haki with personal implication

Publication procedure

English is the publication language. Original languages can be also accepted but within translation possibility (French or Italian is also accepted).

You can send up to ten haiku each month for selection :

- by email to : Serge Tomé
- by traditional mail to Serge Tomé, 94 rue des Orchidées, B-4030 Grivegnée, Belgique
 

Text characteristics

- Text in ascii text format (like message) Please not use WORD because of macro virus problem.
- Bibliography of precedent publication of these haiku

Additional informations

- A short notice about you, your geographical location (town or region), writing languages..
- A small list of your precedent publications (especially internet online publications).

Copyright

- Rights on all materials remains author's or copyright owner's (in case of precedent publication) property.

The monthly publication pages will remain online as much time as possible.