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An upgraded journal format for all, for free, and exclusive new content for members... these are just some of the exciting new features that have landed at the WHJ. Click here to sign up to become a part of it all...
Once again, we had distinct pleasure of choosing ten haiku from each of our seasonal issues to submit to the Haiku Foundation's Touchstone Awards 2025. Click here to spend a few moments with transportive haiku that guided us through the year...
Amongst myriad other features, Paul Chambers translates a haiku sequence composed by Lorca and explores the haiku's links to the deep song of flamenco in an essay first published in the Times Literary Supplement.
The Wales Haiku Journal Summer Competition 2026 is now open.
A season held in a few carefully chosen words. We invite poets from around the world to share their finest summer-inspired haiku, senryu, haibun, haiga and related forms. Winning entries will receive cash prizes and publication in Wales Haiku Journal.
Open now until 31 July 2026.
More details and entry information can be found here.
Welcome to The Word Emporium - our companion space, where unusual words, forgotten phrases, and precise ways of seeing are gathered from around the world. Part bookshop, part cabinet of curiosities, it celebrates language that helps us notice more keenly and describe our lives more fully.
Drawn from nature, culture, literature, science, and the turning seasons, each word opens a small doorway into wonder, reflection, and poetic attention. Whether you are a writer, reader, or simply someone who loves language, we invite you to browse the shelves and see what you discover.
