We cannot thank you enough for paying off the loan for our dear friend’s grandmother’s pacemaker! She is doing so well, walking around the hospital corridors and attending physio. She will be home soon!

Sally, Frithjof and I are involved with a nonprofit in Bangladesh called the Glory Future Foundation. They do great work with homeless children, including teaching English,

moonlamps —
the flow of a fluther
island-blooming
after ‘reef aquarium’ by Miko San

Sheikha A., Dubai, United Arab Emirates

After all the positive comments from our haiku month calendar, we thought we should share it with you! 

Remember, prompts are just a starting point.

Today’s issue contains another column by our excellent commentator, Sean B. Wright. You may not know that Sean writes several other columns on Substack.

Wow, wow, wow, is all we can say! Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2026 Solitary Daisy Haiku Contest!

Can you even imagine what Loss of Signal would feel like? I have been following the Artemis II mission and have run out of descriptors for everything I have seen

The Solitary Daisy 2026 Haiku Contest is well underway with over 175 haiku already received! Deadline is April 4th at midnight PT. 

This is a deft seasonal haiku that links natural fluctuation with a small domestic moment. Its strength lies in the quiet mirroring between climate and sound.