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Archived Monthly Articles:

Haiku:

Haiku as Poetic Spell by Martin Lucas (December 2009)

Haiku and the Personal by Vanessa Proctor (November 2009)

Disordering Haiku by Peter Yovu (October 2009)

Back to the Future by John O'Connor (September 2009)

Feathering the Moment by Christopher Herold (August 2009)

NZPS International Haiku Contest Judge's Report by Tony Chad (July 2009)

Building an Excellent Birdcage by Jane Reichhold (June 2009)

How to Write Haiku by Jim Kacian (May 2009)

Do Something Different by Peter Yovu (March 2009)

Let Rhyme Be by Cyril Childs (February 2009)

The Essence of Haiku by Bruce Ross (December 2008)

Haiku & Western Poetic Devices by Karen Peterson Butterworth (September 2008)

NZPS International Haiku Contest Judge's Report by Sandra Simpson (July 2008)

Haiku and the Seasons by Beverley George (July 2008)

The State of Haiku in New Zealand by Cyril Childs (June 2008)

Haiku & Western Poetry by Peggy Willis Lyles (May 2008)

The Haiku Moment & Beyond by Ray Rasmussen (April 2008)

Seasoning your Haiku by Ferris Gilli (March 2008)

How to Now by Tracy Koretsky (February 2008)

NZPS International Haiku Contest Judge's Report by Ernest J Berry (December 2007)

The Unsaid in Haiku and Senryu by Owen Bullock (November 2007)

Haiku and its Relationship to Space by Tracy Koretsky (October 2007)

Toward an Aesthetic for English-Language Haiku by Lee Gurga  (September 2007)

Sincerity and the Future of Haiku by Bruce Ross (August 2007)

Some Philosophy & Personal Notes on Haiku by Paul MacNeil (June 2007)

The Haiku Habit by Jeanne Emrich (May 2007)

A Haiku Way of Life by Tom Clausen (April 2007)

Haiku Content by Jim Kacian (December 2006)

To Haijin or Not to Haijin by William J Higginson (November 2006)

Let the Poetry Rule, Not the Rules by Bernard Gadd (November 2006)

NZPS International Haiku Comeptition Judge's Report by Cyril Childs (October 2006)

Writing Haiku In English by Lee Gurga (September 2006)

How to Become a Haiku Poet by Michael Dylan Welch (August 2006)

Fragment and Phrase Theory by Jane Reichhold (June 2006)

Guidelines for Editing Haiku by Lee Gurga (May 2006)

Has New Zealand Haiku Come of Age? by Karen Peterson Butterworth (March 2006)

Rhythm in Haiku by Elizabeth St Jacques (February 2006)

Hands Up Who Likes One Liners? by Janice M Bostok (December 2005)

Haiku Techniques by Jane Reichhold (August-October, 2005, now in 1 document)

Haiku, an Introduction by Sandra Simpson (July 2005)

Haiku and Zen by Richard von Sturmer (July 2005)

Senryu:

Modern Senryu by Al Pizzarelli (February 2007)

Tanka:

A Definition of the Ideal Form of Traditional Tanka Written in English by Amelia Fielden, Denis Garrison & Robert D Wilson (July 2009)

Tanka as a Diary by Amelia Fielden (January 2009)

Reading Tanka by Owen Bullock (November 2008)

A Tanka Repair Kit by Jeanne Emrich (March 2007)

Tanka: The myriad leaves of words by Beverley George (November 2006)

Introduction to Tanka by Patricia Prime (November 2005)

Renku:

Introduction to Renku by John Carley (February 2010)

Haibun:

Must Haibun Contain Haiku? by Janice Bostok (April 2009)

Haibun: A Personal Journey by Joanna Preston (October 2008)

A Haibun Editor Suggests by Ken Jones (July 2007)

Haibun - an Epiphany by Catherine Mair (April 2006)

Other:

A Guide to Creating Your Own Blog by Joanna Preston (August 2008)

New Zealand Kigo - to use or not to use? by Vanessa Proctor (July 2006)

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