Hot Cross Haiku is now on Wordpress!

Yes, we've moved to Wordpress with effect from today (cue: applause).

Pretty slick new format I have to say and already there is haiku from 5 July; yes, we've picked up there where we left off here.

See you on the other side?

Take me there now!

Hot Cross Haiku is 10

Hot Cross Haiku is 10 today!

(Yep, our first post was on 4 July 2006 so this is really very excitements).

A massive ‘thank you’ to all our hot crossers over the last ten years, and ‘shout outs’ to all our followers and fans here and on Facebook and Twitter, for their participation and support. Here’s the blogroll for 2015 – 2016.

Contributors:

Alison Lester

Belinda Moreno

Bruce A McCausland

Carol D’Cruz

Carol Ruth Kimmel

Catherine Austin

Charlie

Chris Gill

Dawn Mok

Dimitri Razos

Douglas Horton

Ellen C McBarnette

Ian Row

James Sutekh

Jeff Patterson

Mark and Katrina Hetherington

Neil Krieger

Kenton Penley Miller

Patrick McCormick

Ramon Loyola

Teague Soderman

Featured writers:

Akira the Don

Andrew Rossiter

Angie LaPaglia

Arcadius Jung

Basho

Carol Raisfeld

Chen-ou Liu

Dave Read

From my Forest

Gene Myers

Haiku Diem

HaikuD2

Haiku Moments

Haiku Pippa-Dog

Half Good Haiku

I, Ladybird

J Rock

Jamie Hollywood

Jason Calvert

Joan Prefontaine

John Hawk

Judge The Poet

Judy Horacek

Karen O’Leary

Katayan Amuzgar

KCG

K.P.

Mandy Bontius

Mark Fowler Jones

Maya

Mendicant

Michael Ketchek

Minako Noma

Mister Haiku

My Name is (Prints)

(Name withheld)

Niamh Flowers

Peter Bakowski

Pey

Quartz.com

Rosemary

Reka Jellema

Rob Scott

Robert Frende Kenter

Sage Stone

South Tree

Sue Ficke Siebert

Yamaguchi Seishi

NB: To look for haiku by a particular writer, key in their name in the Search field on the top left of the page. If something isn’t in order or incorrect, please accept my apologies and email me about it; we’ll get it sorted pronto.

One more thing…

This blog will be going on hiatus for three months, returning in another shape and form in October 2016 (If you want to be notified when that happens, please join the mailing list bearing in mind that I only send a handful of emails each year!).

That said, the Hot Cross Haiku Facebook group and Twitter account - @hotcrosshaiku - remain active. So feel free to join us on FB (as members you get to post your haiku) and follow us on Twitter.

Till our next interaction, I wish you well.

Ian Row for Hot Cross Haiku

4 July 2016

Election Haiku 4

Da-da Dom Dom Dom
Mirabella bites the dust
Da-da Dom Dom Dom

Ian Row

Election Haiku 3

A hung parliament;
In some circles that wouldn't 
be such a bad thing.

Ian Row

Election Haiku 2

I don't really care
as long as Alex Bhathal 
gets in I don't care

Charlie

Image by Ian Row

Election Haiku 1

Image by Ian Row

Interpretations

i.
Nature finds a way
through swathes of concrete jungle
Breathtaking vista

Ian Row

ii.
Through a grim terrain
a lush river valley winds
past a massive leaf

Chris Gill

iii.
new life thrusts
through old scars,  flow restores
Ganesh smiles

Dawn Mok

iv.
vein of mossy green
bitumen bifurcation
leaves a leaf a lone

Douglas Horton

Image by Ian Row

Good days, bad days, always
Tomorrow will be better
Stop quoting Abba

James Sutekh

ill fitting beanie
it's none of my business but
she looks like pumpkin

Ian Row

Rising sun blinds
city bound train. There is no
escaping the day.

Ian Row

To the UK

Bewildered Mother
Woe to you for harbouring
Woebegone children

Ramon Loyola

Quartz Markets Haiku

Stocks won't go too far
Until that dang Brexit vote
After that, look out.

From qz.com @qz