Thank you so much to those of you who have submitted haiku for the winter advent calendar! We are enjoying them so much. There is still time to submit as the deadline is October 31st

Sally and Michele are still collecting season words from across Canada! We are especially interested in the Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, and the Prairies.

We did enjoy the haiku from the newcomers and gave them a serious reading. But I’m sorry if we missed anything else!

All the rushing did inspire this month’s prompt. So, silver linings 😊

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!