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Nicholas Klacsanzky
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An editor at Haiku Commentary and Frogpond journal. Author of “Transported" and “Zen and Son.” See my poetry at https://nicholasklacsanzkyspoetry.wordpress.com/poetry/
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Beyond Emptiness is a collaborative mystiku (mystical haiku) collection by Hifsa Ashraf, Jacob D. Salzer, and Nicholas Klacsanzky.

Please get your copy from Lulu.

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#haikuk#micropoetryr#mysticisms#writerslifef#writerscommunityt#meditationo#peacece
October 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Thrilled to have two Haiku in #FemkuMag Autumn/Winter issue. It is a stunning collection and it’s an honor to be alongside some of my favorite women poets. My thanks to Editors Rowan Beckett Minor and Kelly Sargent #haiku #womenpoets
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Featured on Haiku Commentary

oil spill fish blowing bazooka bubbles

— Elliot Diamond

old snow
unfolding mom’s
bridal gown

— Hifsa Ashraf

hard-boiled summer
a busboy’s smile
begins to crack

— R.C. Thomas

Commentary at: haikucommentary.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/d...

#haiku #poetry #commentary
Haiku by Elliot Diamond, Hifsa Ashraf, and R.C. Thomas
oil spill fish blowing bazooka bubbles — Elliot DiamondFailed Haiku, issue 98.1, 2024 Commentary from Jacob D. Salzer: I appreciate this one-line haiku for revealing one of the severe consequences …
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November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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with each wave
the hush of pebbles . . .
father’s ashes

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Cold Moon Journal, January 1, 2025

#haiku #poetry #poem #micropoetry
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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quiet street
a leaf and I
cross together
#haiku #poetry #writing
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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three-quarter moon
a monk tells us
he’s enlightened

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Published in Failed Haiku, issue #106, 2025

#haiku #poetry #poem
November 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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grass pillow
a dog also in the cold rain
on a night of voices

#haiku poems of Matsuo Basho between 1684-1688
translator: Jane Reichhold
#micropoetry
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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strolling
through an art gallery
my fart on display

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Published in Failed Haiku, issue #106, 2025

#haiku #senryu #poetry
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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My poem featured at the haiku dialogue this Wednesday. Thanks 🤩 to the editor 🌹
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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trail map
the legend’s lack
of bear scat

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Published in Failed Haiku, issue #106, 2025

#senryu #haiku #poetry
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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#dailyhaikuprompt #kite

broken string
the boy's kite flies into
a passing cloud
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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somewhere in snow . . .
dinosaur mist

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smols, October 10, 2025

#haiku #poetry #micropoetry
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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#haiku
a feather
rushes into
the elevator
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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blue butterfly . . .
my wife and I conjure
a new language

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tsuri-dōrō, issue #30, 2025

#haiku #poetry #poem
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by Nicholas Klacsanzky
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I must start writing more #tanka and tanka-bun this year!
February 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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waterfall vapor . . .
the eagle reaches
a second sky

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tsuri-dōrō, issue #30, 2025

#haiku #poetry #poem
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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sunlit fence~
each nail head
a tiny sun

#haiku
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Yule stroll . . .
each stone on the walkway
lit by a dead star

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Modern Haiku, issue 56:3, 2025

#haiku #poetry #poem
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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walking room to room
the no one around the corner
says nothing

#wss366 #room
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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thick snowflakes . . .
one last whiff
of grandpa’s library

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Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn issue, 2025

#haiku #poetry #poem
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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wrong turn
right sunrise
and nothing to fix
#haiku #poetry
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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abandoned tracks
the whistle
of a saw-whet owl

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Jersey Devil Press, #123, 2024

#haiku #poetry #poem
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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At this year’s Seabeck Haiku Getaway I invited the attendees to Complete the Haiga with “haiga squares.” I have selected three to feature.

Congratulations to: Lisa Gerlits, Nicholas Klacsanzky, and Kristen Lingquist for their haiga linked below!

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the three selected haiga squares from Seabeck Haiku Getaway
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Honored to have a haiga published on completethehaiga.org:
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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crisp blue sky
a pair of chuck taylor's
hanging from a wire

- Deborah A. Bennett
Tsuri-Doro Haiku/Senryu, Issue 25
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM