“I longed to know,
for a long time by now,
but daren't ask.”

\\ Ilenia Trevisin

“Warm midnight falling—
sky stage for fainter start,
I look ipnotized.

My breath is taken away,
my thoughts go to a calm place
I feel secure now.”

\\ Ilenia Trevisin

Hey, can you hear me?
Please turn on your camera
But I can see you

Can you see me now?
My internet is failing
What did you just say?

\\ Frederiek Bennema

“The intersection of…”
Knock knock, the boy wants to play
“Sorry, where was I”


\\ Frederiek Bennema

My impatient shoes
waiting until dusk strikes in
for pavement time

\\ Douwe Zijlstra

Sunsets are my joy
in anxious times I feel them
bringing life to me

\\ Gabriela

A haiku poem has three lines, where the first and last lines have five moras, and the middle line has seven. The pattern in this Japanese genre is 5-7-5. The 'mora' is another name for a sound unit, which is like a syllable, though there is a difference. As the moras cannot be translated into English, they are modified, and syllables are used instead. The lines of such poems rarely rhyme with each other.

Haiku became popular as tanka poems in Japan during the 9th and 12th centuries. Initially, it was called “hokku” and Basho, Buson, and Issa were the first three masters of the haiku genre.

Haiku poetry is also full of metaphors and personifications. However, this has often been argued against, since haikus are supposed to be written on objective experiences, rather than subjective ones.

- It contains three lines
- It has 5 moras (syllables) in the first line,
7 in the second and 5 in the last line
- It contains 17 syllables in total
- A Haiku poem does not rhyme
- Haiku poems frequently have a kigo, or seasonal reference
- Haiku poems are usually about nature or natural phenomena
- The poem has two juxtaposed subjects that are divided into two contrasting parts
- In English, this division between two parts can be shown by a colon or a dash

“Autumn moonlight—
a worm digs silently
into the chestnut.”

(Autumn Moonlight, by Basho)

Sheer blue skies above
and the wallpaper inside
they match perfectly

\\ Douwe Zijlstra

Furtive looks in aisles
Baskets rattled, spray cleaned
Yes, I see you too

\\ Jan van Egmond

Emotions coming
I feel everything around me
Moves the walls to me

\\ Gabriela

Are you already there
where you are you, where you are
being another

\\ Gabriela

Blue sea I miss you
come again and take me with you
hurry come soon to me

\\ Gabriela

Mijn mobiele scherm. / My mobile phone is
Toont talloze berichten / Showing rows of messages
Ik lees er zeven / I read just seven

Vogels in een boom / Birds in a big tree
Kwetteren hun lieve lust / twittering their sweet desire
Ik fiets maar verder / I just cycle on

Mijn buren waren / My nextdoor neighbours
Gisteren erg geschrokken / were very much shocked last night
Las ik op facebook / I read on facebook

De wind waait kouder / The wind is colder
Je ziet de wolken komen / One sees the dark clouds coming
Vandaag maar binnen / Today stay inside

\\ Feije

Ironing curtains
So perfectly plane and again
Folding them to wrinkle

\\ Odeta




Radio talk-show host
Covering news on stressed out
Blue hillside violets


\\ Odeta