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January 15th, 2026
Presenting the collected haiku published in all Haiku Imperium publications.
Haiku Imperium Collection #1 is edited and designed by Kirk Ramdath. Published by Florencia Bay Books in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Nanaimo is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples.
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
Haiku Magazine Contest #1 – First Place
"Stories strung with wool" (first line)
by Nina Padolf
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Asia and Oceania
Haiku Asia and Oceania Contest #1 – First Place
"cups of spicy chai" (first line)
by Monica Kakkar
(New Delhi, Delhi, India)
January 15th, 2026 in Canada presents Haiku
Canada presents Haiku Contest #1 – First Place
"a basket of fruits" (first line)
by Anna Nike Leskowsky
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Europe
Haiku Europe Contest #1 – First Place
"wild ducks in the sky" (first line)
by Marie Derley
(Ath, Wallonia, Belgium)
January 15th, 2026 in USA presents Haiku
USA presents Haiku Contest #1 – First Place
"The pattern of life" (first line)
by Diana Izvoznikova
(Aliso Viejo, California, United States)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Africa
Haiku Africa Contest #1 – First Place
"Amethyst! beauty" (first line)
by Asakiri Zen
(Benin City, Edo, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Africa
"I love Africa" (first line)
by Joseph C. Ogbonna
(Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Asia and Oceania
"fallen petals lie" (first line)
by Luke McGuinniety
(Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Asia and Oceania
"The breath of one bee" (first line)
by A.C. Perri
(Manor Lakes, Victoria, Australia)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Asia and Oceania
"summer kerson trees" (first line)
by Ri Dela Borj
(Porac, Pampanga, Philippines)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Europe
"Day one in my arms" (first line)
by Alan D. Parker
(Sandwich, Kent, England)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Europe
"The quiet bayou" (first line)
by Dean Monaghan
(Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
"oil pipeline blockade" (first line)
by Kim Goldberg
(Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
"In the autumn woods" (first line)
by Guohua Li
(Montebello, New York, United States)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
"You are the harvest" (first line)
by Katherine Landry
(Burbank, California, United States)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
"rainstorms and ashes" (first line)
by Ri Dela Borj
(Porac, Pampanga, Philippines)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
"a blooming Malus" (first line)
by Jennifer Zimmer-Wilson
(Newbury, Victoria, Australia)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
"blue moon by the bay" (first line)
by Monica Kakkar
(New Delhi, Delhi, India)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
"Dandelion spores" (first line)
by Ryan Warring Bird
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
"no pages wrinkled" (first line)
by Barbara Anna Gaiardoni
(Verona, Veneto, Italy)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
"mini gazebo" (first line)
by Sheikha A.
(Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
"Sound of snapping twigs" (first line)
by Athena Pajer
(Bloomington, Illinois, United States)
January 15th, 2026 in Haiku Magazine
"Snow blankets. Hides scars" (first line)
by Michael O'Connor
(Medina, Ohio, United States)
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