haiku by Buson translated by Mark Brooks
haiga by Kuniharu Shimizu from haijinx II:1
March 20, 2010
the equinox
In celebration of the equinox, Mark Brooks, Alan Summers, and Carmen Sterba today continue the relaunch of haijinx, a journal focused on putting the hai back in haiku.
The hai found in the word haiku (and haikai) means “playful” or “humorous” and haijinx highlights this particular feature of haikai poetry. There is simply no hai in haiku without some sense of humor, lightness, or playfulness.
And what is this haikai? Broadly speaking, haikai includes haiku; renku (haiku-like linked verse); haibun (haiku-like prose that is often combined with haiku); and haiga (illustrated haiku). Although senryû (satirical poetry in the same rhythm as haiku) are sometimes classified as haikai, haijinx does not publish senryû. Indeed, clarifying this split between haiku and senryû remains one of the missions of haijinx.
The relaunch returns to haijinx‘s web-based multilingual roots, integrating haiku and haiga on the page, publishing poetry in native languages with English translations, featuring regular columns from world-class haijin, and including articles in multiple languages from multiple perspectives.
We accept original, unpublished haiku, haibun, haiga, renku, and sumi-e. We will also accept previously published work, but please include the publication information at the time you submit your work and do not submit work currently under consideration elsewhere. We are always looking for articles on haiku, even from authors who disagree with us. Please contact us with your article ideas beforehand.
The deadline for the next issue of haijinx is May 21st and submissions may be sent to our central address
submissions – at – haijinx dot org
For more details, please visit our submissions page.
help wanted
haijinx is seeking haijin for exciting opportunities with an upstart haikai website.
Proposals for haikai columnists now being accepted. Multiple possibilities. Columnists are invited to submit proposals for weekly, monthly, and quarterly columns. Please contact Mark for details.
Reviews from critical readers now being accepted. haijinx quarterly publishes reviews of recent and classic haikai literature. Please contact us for a list of titles currently under consideration, to make suggestions, and to see how you might help.
Materials from haikai publishers now being accepted. haijinx quarterly publishes multiple reviews in each issue and will maintain a Materials Received section starting with the first 2010 issue this summer. Book announcements may be sent at any time for publication in the haijinx wire. Please contact us for more information.
about haijinx quarterly (hai-Q)
haijinx normally publishes around the solstices and equinoxes each year. Our most recent issue, haijinxIV-1, came out in March 2011. The next issue will be released shortly after the solstice in June.ally publishes around the solstices and equinoxes each year.
As we no longer have regional editors, our submissions process has changed slightly. If you have dealt with Mark Brooks, Alan Summers, or Carmen Sterba before, please continue to send submissions to them directly. Otherwise, please send your submissions to our main address — submissions -at- haijinx -dot- org — to have them routed to an editor.
Created in 2001 by Mark Brooks with an initial team of Alan Summers, Serge Tomé and Carmen Sterba, the haijinx team expanded by 2003 to include Paul Miller, Linda Robeck, and Billie Wilson. The majority of the design elements, not to mention a great number of excellent haiga, originated with haijinx’s first artist-in-residence, Kuniharu Shimizu. Other haijinx projects include the haijinx weekly wire (hww), started in 2001/2002 as both a haikai news feed and an alternate distribution of haijinx, as well as one of the first haikai blogs. haijinx suspended operations from 2003 through 2009.
On February 14, 2010, the lunar new year, Mark Brooks relaunched haijinx with a new haikai twitter feed, @haijinx. Then, six years after being pulled due to faulty external and internal links, the archive of the original haijinx issues returned. Then, on March 20, 2010, the equinox, Alan Summers, Carmen Sterba, and Mark Brooks continued the relaunch of haijinx. Please send your submissions today.
hai again!
Mark Brooks
Alan Summers
Carmen Sterba
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