International Aspects of Haiku in English
From Quendryth Young, editor of the haiku pages of FreeXpresSion,
an Australian magazine published for over ten years now by Peter Pike,
comes this report:
"Haiku have been published in FreeXpresSion from fourteen
countries including Australia, plus contact with Ireland and Canada.
And from five different states in the USA.
The countries are: New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
of America, Romania, Japan, Poland, Netherlands, Israel, India,
South Africa, Austria, Belgium, Trinidad & Tobago, and of course,
Australia."
As a haiku editor, Quendryth is always ready to consult nationally and
internationally before advising readers of perceived best practice for
writing haiku in English. Her efforts are helping Australians to understand
this tricky small genre better.
Beverley George