Pure Haiku is OPEN to submissions of 5-7-5 syllabic haiku on the theme of Encircling. The deadline is 31st October 2025 2359 UK time. Thank you to everyone who has already sent in their haiku on the theme of Encircling. If you're still composing your haiku, please remember to check the guidelines, so that your entry isn't automatically rejected. You can find how to set out your email submission of haiku at…

For the first time in 6 years my soulmate and I recently went away for 7 nights! This was a huge step for me, as for the last 4 and a half years I haven’t wanted to go anywhere, meet anyone or do anything except write. We stayed at Burcott Mill Guest House in Wookey which is very rural and beautifully tranquil.

October’s evewhere do wego from here?into the heartof darknesschasing ghostsfunereal hosts,things can onlyget better,or equally,things can onlyget worse,stealing the lightfrom out of the mouthof th…

Why be a double spy when you can be a triple spy? Which– if I know my fromology, is a creamier spy. trefology loves you. do what it says

Kunst is onbegrijpelijkbetoveringdoor een creatieve geest Art: incomprehensibleit’s just magicby a creative spirit Die Kunst ist unverständlichund zauberhaftvon dem kreativen Geist L’ar…

Hi guys, hope you’re having a great week so far! 😃 I’d been hunting for something to post and realised I hadn’t shared with you, the time I went up Glastonbury Tor! (You know I love to show y…

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Pure Haiku is OPEN to submissions of 5-7-5 syllabic haiku on the theme of Encircling. The deadline is 31st October 2025 2359 UK time. Please use the above artwork by artist, Elisa Ang, as your star…

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Odilon Redon, Illuminated Flower, c. 1900 Awakening Again Always after comes for flowersthat seed and rise again, and the morning star—as if, no night must stand against the green kiss of life,the …

Pure Haiku will be open to submissions of 5-7-5 syllabic haiku during October. Please read the guidelines carefully so that your haiku are not rejected because of a technicality. The theme will be …

It has been a very busy week. Work was moderate after the chaos of the previous three weeks, but I have four poems/articles on various Masticadores sites and my monthly Treasuring Poetry post. I am…

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Welcome to my new blog! If you used to follow me on Dragonscale Clippings, thank you for finding me here! If you've only just discovered me, a very warm welcome to you! I'm Freya Pickard, author of The Kaerling, a grim dark fantasy series, as well as Vampirical Verse and other poetical collections and stories. You can find out all about my different books at…

Pure Haiku is OPEN to submissions of 5-7-5 syllabic haiku on the theme of Encircling. The deadline is 31st October 2025 2359 UK time. Please use the above artwork by artist, Elisa Ang, as your starting point for the current theme of Encircling. Please DO NOT use the word Encircling in your haiku or in the title of your haiku…

She pushed her steed harder, using her power to detect any threat ahead. Quite why she felt so angry at pain being inflicted on Lored, she wasn’t sure. She didn’t particularly like the taku and found him irritating most of the time. But he was a power user and in that respect she felt a kinship with him. Despite her fear of his abilities and the way he sometimes made her feel, Otta also had an inexplicable sense of loyalty to her travelling companion.

Three things to tell you this month ... Firstly, I'm participating in the Enchanted Pages Giveaway run by My Book Cave! One of my novels is available to download free of charge, along with other Fantasy offerings. Secondly, it is with much sadness that I am closing Dragonscale Clippings permanently. This is mainly due to Wordpress removing features that I haven't asked them to remove, namely comments!

Pure Haiku will be open to submissions of 5-7-5 syllabic haiku during October. Please read the guidelines carefully so that your haiku are not rejected because of a technicality. The theme will be announced by 1st October 2025 in a post on this site. If you read all the pages (see links at the top of this page) you are more likely to have your haiku accepted for publication.