Nick Virgilio Haiku Association

This week's selected haiku are inspired by the prompt: "Blood and sand."

As always, thank you to the poets who continue to submit their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. Congratulations to the writers of these selected haiku! be sure to check our social media for this week's prompt, and send us your haiku here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action for the chance to have it published in next week's edition.

This week's prompt invites you to think about scent: "Smelling the intangible."

Click here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action to send us up to three haiku related to this prompt by August 25th for a chance to be featured in our weekly publication. HIA is selective, but we encourage submissions from all writers and poets, no matter the skill level. Our judges look forward to reading your poetry each week.

Look for selected haiku from last week's prompt to be announced this Friday, August 23rd.

This week's selected haiku are inspired by notable moments during the Olympic games: "Olympics, tears of joy."

Thank you to the poets who continue to submit their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. Congratulations to the writers of these selected haiku! Be sure to check our social media for this week's prompt and send us your haiku here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action for the chance to have it published in next week's edition.

This week's prompt is a bit more imaginative! Send us haiku on the prompt: "Blood and sand."

Click here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action to send us up to three haiku related to this prompt by August 18th for a chance to be featured in our weekly publication. HIA is selective, but we encourage submissions from all writers and poets, no matter the skill level. Our judges look forward to reading your poetry each week.

Look for selected haiku from last week's prompt to be announced this Friday, August 16th.

This week's selected haiku are on the tiny animals that pervade our world: "Insects."

Thank you to the poets who submit their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. Congratulations to the writers of these selected haiku! Be sure to check our social media for this week's prompt and send us your haiku here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action for the chance to have it published in next week's edition.

This week, send us haiku on the prompt: "Olympics, tears of joy."

If you've been keeping up with the 2024 games, you know there have been countless tear-jerking moments. But feel free to reference moments from previous years, as well! Send us up to three haiku on any topic related to this prompt here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action by August 11th for a chance to be featured in our weekly publication. HIA is selective, but we encourage submissions from all writers and poets, no matter the skill level. Our judges look forward to reading your poetry each week.

Look for selected haiku from last week's prompt to be announced this Friday, August 2nd.

This week's selected haiku are on the prompt: "Politics." We hope you find these short poems intriguing, as we have.

Thank you to the poets who submit their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. Congratulations to the writers of these selected haiku! Be sure to check our social media for this week's prompt and send us your haiku here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action for the chance to have it published in next week's edition.

Based on community votes, this week's prompt is: "Insects." Send us haiku this week inspired by some tiny six-legged animals!

Click here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action to submit up to three haiku on any topic related to this prompt by August 4th for a chance to be featured in our weekly publication. HIA is selective, but we encourage submissions from all writers and poets, no matter the skill level. Our judges look forward to reading your poetry each week.

Look for selected haiku from last week's prompt to be announced this Friday, August 2nd.

Which of these three HIA prompts would you like to see this Wednesday?

Vote for your favorite here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DBVBMKB ! The prompt with the highest number of votes will be announced on Wednesday, July 31.

Here are this week's selected haiku on the prompt: "Happy Hour." We enjoyed reading these creative angles on the prompt--we hope you do, as well.

Thank you to the poets who submit their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. Congratulations to the writers of these selected haiku! Be sure to check our social media for this week's prompt and send us your haiku here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action for the chance to have it published in next week's edition.

After news of President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race in the U.S., we figured now would be a great time for the prompt: "Politics."

Feel free to take inspiration from the political landscape outside of the United States, as well! Click here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action to submit up to three haiku on any topic related this prompt by July 28th for a chance to be featured in our weekly publication. HIA is selective, but we encourage submissions from all writers and poets, no matter the skill level. Our judges look forward to reading your poetry each week.

Look for selected haiku from last week's prompt to be announced this Friday, July 26th.

We present to you the haiku we've received on the prompt: "Turtles." We hope you're inspired by these witty haiku on these prehistoric shelled reptiles.

Thank you to the poets who submit their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. Congratulations to the writers of these selected haiku! Be sure to check our social media for this week's prompt and send us your haiku here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action for the chance to have it published in next week's edition.

After a final count of votes, this week's prompt is: "Happy Hour."

Although commonly known as a time after working hours when the price of drinks at a bar is reduced, please feel free to take creative liberties with the interpretation of this prompt--or not! The choice is yours.

Click here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action to submit up to three haiku on any topic related to this prompt by July 21st for a chance to be featured in our weekly publication. HIA is selective, but we encourage submissions from all writers and poets, no matter the skill level. Our judges look forward to reading your poetry each week.

Look for selected haiku from last week's prompt to be announced this Friday, July 19th.

Which of these three prompts (chosen by our editor Susan Burch) do you want see this week? Vote now here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PTHGRFH! The prompt with the highest number of votes will be announced on Wednesday July 17.

This Friday our selected haiku are all on a prompt selected by our online haiku community: "Myths, Legends or Mysteries." We hope you enjoy reading them as much as we did.

We're grateful to the poets who submit their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. Congratulations to the writers of these selected haiku! Be sure to check our social media for this week's prompt and send us your haiku here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action for the chance to have it published in the next edition.

This week's haiku is on these beloved shelled reptiles: "Turtles."

Turtles are usually depicted as wise and easygoing in pop culture and have often appeared in myths and folktales from around the world.

Click here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action to submit up to three haiku on any topic related to this prompt by July 14th for a chance to be featured in our weekly publication. HIA is selective, but we encourage submissions from all writers and poets, no matter the skill level. Our judges look forward to reading your haiku each week.

Look for selected haiku from last week's prompt to be announced this Friday, July 12th.

We're back with the selected haiku of this week. Enjoy the following haiku on the prompt: "The Carnival."

We're so grateful to the poets who have been submitting their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. Congratulations to the writers of these selected haiku! Be sure to check our social media for this week's prompt and send us your haiku here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action for the chance to have it published in the next edition.

Our haiku community voted on the prompt: "Myths, Legends, or Mysteries." Thank you to those who participated in the survey! We hope this is a fun and challenging one for you.

Click here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action to submit up to three haiku on any topic related to this prompt by July 7th for a chance to featured in our weekly publication. HIA is selective, but we encourage submissions from all writers and poets, no matter the skill level. We look forward to reading your work each week.

Look for selected haiku from last week's prompt to be announce this Friday, July 5th.

To our faithful "Haiku in Action" readers and contributors (and newcomers!)--we'd love to hear your input on our weekly prompts. Vote now for this week's prompt here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XQGTX5V. Our editor Susan Burch has chosen these three prompts. Choose your favorite and we'll announce the highest voted prompt on Wednesday 7/3.

We're excited to present the selected haiku on our last prompt: "Yard Sales." Enjoy these short poems on bargain finds.

Thank you to the poets who have submitted their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. We appreciate each one of you. Congratulations to the writers of the selected haiku! Be sure to check our social media for this week's prompt and send us your haiku here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action for the chance to have it published in the next edition.

This week we invite you to send us haiku on the prompt: "The Carnival." What comes to mind when thinking of these traveling funfairs? (Not to be confused with the worldwide religious and cultural celebration before Lent!)

Click here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action to submit up to three haiku on anything related to yard sales by June 30th for a chance to be featured in our weekly publication. HIA is a selective publication, but we warmly welcome submissions from all writers and poets, no matter the skill level!

Look for selected haiku from last week's prompt to be announced this Friday, June 28th.

See you tomorrow for our ginko walk at 1 PM (EST) and the Nick Virgilio memorial ceremony at 2 PM (EST). If you can't make it in person, check in with us on Facebook Live!

Location for both events: Harleigh Cemetery - 1640 Haddon Ave, Camden NJ

empty farmhouse:
moon in the rain barrel
hatching mosquitoes

--Nick Virgilio, 1982

A final invitation to join us again this year for our annual memorial celebration at Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, NJ on June 23rd from 2 PM to 4 PM EST. There'll be some scheduled readings, but after that there will be an open mic for impromptu readings from poets and attendees as well as free cake in honor of the birthday of Camden's haiku poet. Don't forget your lawn chair!

Just before the celebration at 1 PM EST at the same location, we'll host a ginko walk with emeritus Rutgers-Camden professor Geoffrey M. Sill--we hope you'll join us for that, as well.

Interested in buying our newest book of Nick Virgilio's haiku? Click here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/shop/nick-virgilio-collected-haiku

We're here to present more haiku on the prompt: "Summer." 🌷

Thank you to the poets who have submitted their haiku to HIA, and to all the readers. We appreciate each one of you. Congratulations to the writers of the selected haiku! Be sure to check our social media for this week's prompt and send us your haiku here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action for the chance to have it published in the next edition.

Send us haiku this week on the prompt: "Yard Sales." Do you have any precious yard sale finds?

Click here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action to submit up to three haiku on anything related to yard sales by June 23rd for a chance to be featured in our weekly publication. HIA is a selective publication, but we warmly welcome submissions from all writers and poets, no matter the skill level!

Look for selected haiku from last week's prompt to be announced this Friday, June 21st.

Happy Friday--this week's selected haiku are on the prompt: "Trees." 🌳

Thank you to the poets who have submitted their haiku to HIA, and to ever reader. Congratulations to the writers of the selected haiku! Be sure to check our social media for this week's prompt and send us your haiku here: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action for the chance to have it published in the next edition.

A new season is on the horizon. Send us haiku on the prompt: "Summer."

Click the link: https://www.nickvirgiliohaiku.org/haiku-in-action submit up to three haiku on the upcoming season by June 16th for a chance to be featured in our weekly publication. HIA is a selective publication, but we warmly welcome submissions from all writers and poets, no matter the skill level!

Look for selected haiku from last week's prompt to be announced this Friday, June 14th.