Lakewood Ohio Buzz

03/14/2026

ICYMI: The Best international anthology is now available via Amazon and its brick and online partner booksellers! Here's the "shortcut link" to the U.S. Amazon page...

Visit Amazon's The Best Haiku Anthologies - The Annual Search for The Best Haiku by HaikuCrush.com Page and shop for all The Best Haiku Anthologies - The Annual Search for The Best Haiku by HaikuCrush.com books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of The Best Haiku Anthologies - The....

12/08/2025

Last-minute stocking stuffer?

Visit Amazon's The Best Haiku Anthologies - The Annual Search for The Best Haiku by HaikuCrush.com Page and shop for all The Best Haiku Anthologies - The Annual Search for The Best Haiku by HaikuCrush.com books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of The Best Haiku Anthologies - The....

11/07/2025

The Best Haiku international anthology for 2025 is now available via Amazon and its brick and online partner booksellers! Here's the "shortcut link" to my U.S. Amazon page: TinyURL.com/TheBestHaiku/ (Ordering from other countries, it may differ.)

Visit Amazon's The Best Haiku Anthologies - The Annual Search for The Best Haiku by HaikuCrush.com Page and shop for all The Best Haiku Anthologies - The Annual Search for The Best Haiku by HaikuCrush.com books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of The Best Haiku Anthologies - The....

10/29/2025

Starting today, this year's winning poets are being announced on both Bluesky and Twitter/X. The judges had quite a challenge in choosing about 50 haiku for publication and honorariums in the upcoming 2025 anthology -- The Best Haiku Collection 5.

10/22/2025

While the three judges at HaikuCrush.com are reviewing submissions, I'm working on the book cover for the 2025 anthology.

Just in case you're wondering. 😉

10/09/2025

Reminder... The 2025 search for The Best Haiku ends at midnight on Monday, October 13th. Enter up to four haiku per submission at https://HaikuCrush.com and best of luck to those who compete for honorariums and/or publication in this year's anthology.

— Hege A. J. Lepri, Toronto, Ontario Canada The Best Haiku 2021 Judges Grand Mention Winner https://twitter.com/hegelincanada

08/21/2025

Looking ahead on my calendar... I'm reminded that on November 5th, I'll be part of the Lakewood Public Library "Meet the Author" fall series. In short, I'll be talking about Flash and Micro writing formats (and a bit about haiku, of course). If we haven't visited in a while, it's a free event, I'd love to see you again. Or, if it's the case, meet you for the first time!

06/14/2025

Crush and I are very pleased to announce a new judge on our panel to select 50 winners for inclusion in *The Best Haiku* 2025 anthology book. Details soon on HaikuCrush.com Can't wait? Learn about Daniel Bourne on Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bourne

Daniel Bourne (born March 2, 1955) is a poet, translator of poetry from Polish, editor, and professor of English at The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, where he has taught since 1988. He teaches Creative Writing and poetry.[1] He attended Indiana University Bloomington, where he received his Ba...

06/09/2025

For our new followers, we interrupt this 2025 search for The Best , to help familiarize you with what the previous searches became. Check out The Best Haiku anthologies on most online bookstores. Or visit this shortcut link to Amazon... TinyURL.com/TheBestHaiku/

If you don't love , please feel free to share with your poetic friends. Thank you! (We now return to our regularly scheduled search.)

Visit Amazon's The Best Haiku Anthologies - The Annual Search for The Best Haiku by HaikuCrush.com Page and shop for all The Best Haiku Anthologies - The Annual Search for The Best Haiku by HaikuCrush.com books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of The Best Haiku Anthologies - The....

06/08/2025

Haiku Crush's 2025 search for publication in *The Best Haiku* international anthology is now open for your submission. Enter up to four of your best in your submission at Haiku Crush...

— Hege A. J. Lepri, Toronto, Ontario Canada The Best Haiku 2021 Judges Grand Mention Winner https://twitter.com/hegelincanada

06/01/2025

is alive! Mark your calendar and share. Thank you! The 2025 international search for *The Best Haiku* anthology begins June 8th on http://www.HaikuCrush.com Top prize $150US. Enter up to four of your best.

— Hege A. J. Lepri, Toronto, Ontario Canada The Best Haiku 2021 Judges Grand Mention Winner https://twitter.com/hegelincanada