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Chetta is the nom de plume of Deborah Guenther Beachboard a poet writing since 1992. Her poetry has been published in Modern Haiku, Sijo West, Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Short Stuff, Twilight Ending and numerous other online and in print journals. Chetta makes her home in the Adna Valley in southwest Washington in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

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Poetry Resource: The Haiku Foundation

Blog Posted:12/2/2021 8:13:00 PM

For those of us that love to read and write haiku, The Haiku Foundation is a valuable resouce. It has monthly as well as weekly contests on specific themes.

In addition has a Haiku Registry: Have you published English-language haiku or senryu in an edited journal, either in print or online? If so, you can be part of the Haiku Registry. See Apply to be Listed."

Example of winning haiku:

autumn leaves
knowing when its time
to let go
— Asni Amin

Venus
the sweet sound
of her name
~Florin C. Ciobica, Romania

https://thehaikufoundation.org/

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Sam
Kauffman

Date: 12/5/2021 6:57:00 PM

Thank you so much Chetta! Through PS have learned to love writing haiku. Always wonderful to have a new outlet for haiku. Blessings and all the best!

Anitha
Jayasankar

Date: 12/3/2021 10:28:00 PM

Thank you for the information Chetta Achara... ~ Ani

Suzette
Richards

Date: 12/3/2021 10:27:00 PM

Yes, this is also my go-to site for information regarding haiku. A facebook page, My Haiku Pond, features contemporary as well as older examples of haiku - a refreshingly down to earth community you might wish to check out.

Chetta Achara
Date: 12/5/2021 8:37:00 PM

I will check that out. Thank you.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 12/3/2021 8:57:00 AM

Nice resource . Thanks for sharing!

L Milton
Hankins

Date: 12/3/2021 7:59:00 AM

Thanks so much for the information, Chetta. We can always use more resources.

Constance
La France

Date: 12/3/2021 7:26:00 AM

Chetta, thanks so much for sharing this informtion ~ love and serenity _Constance

My Past Blog Posts


Google search your name Date Posted: 7/21/2024 1:37:00 PM
The Young Dead Soldiers Do Not Speak by Archibald MacLeish, 1949 Date Posted: 7/4/2024 11:25:00 AM
Call for Submissions: SweetSmell Journal Issue #2: Theme: Road Travels Date Posted: 5/30/2024 4:41:00 PM
Rejection: A Poem by Rudyard Kipling Date Posted: 5/28/2024 7:02:00 PM
May 18, 1980: Remembering the eruption of Mount Saint Helens Date Posted: 5/18/2024 8:38:00 PM
Songs are Poems Set to Music: Carrie Underwood Date Posted: 5/7/2024 6:23:00 PM
Songs are Poems Set to Music: Willie Nelson and Ray Charles Date Posted: 4/20/2024 8:42:00 PM
A Favorite Poem by John Shea Date Posted: 4/16/2024 3:41:00 PM
Songs are poems set to music: Gordon Lightfoot Date Posted: 4/14/2024 7:14:00 PM
My Cinquain: an explanation Date Posted: 4/12/2024 4:48:00 PM
Songs Are Poems Set To Music: Simon and Garfunkel Date Posted: 3/8/2024 9:43:00 PM
The Rattle: Poem prompt of the month Date Posted: 3/5/2024 1:31:00 PM
Songs are Poems Set to Music: Kris Kristopherson Date Posted: 2/28/2024 11:41:00 AM
Fantasy Poetry Contest finalized Date Posted: 2/27/2024 7:49:00 PM
I found a treasure this morning Date Posted: 2/21/2024 1:03:00 PM
Fantasy Poetry Contest Date Posted: 2/18/2024 1:07:00 PM
Science Fiction Poetry Contest finalized Date Posted: 2/6/2024 10:00:00 AM
An Obscure Poetry Form: Ungalino Date Posted: 2/5/2024 8:22:00 AM
The Monthly Tricycle Haiku Challenge Date Posted: 2/3/2024 12:42:00 PM
Half Immersed: a favorite poem, part 1 (edit 02/04) Date Posted: 1/30/2024 12:54:00 PM
A favorite from childhood and a new to to me poetic form Date Posted: 1/22/2024 10:53:00 AM
Science Fiction Poetry Contest Date Posted: 1/18/2024 1:12:00 PM
Short poetry forms x 3 has been finalized, finally! Date Posted: 1/15/2024 5:24:00 PM
Short form poetry x 3 Contest update: I am frustrated Date Posted: 1/7/2024 6:16:00 PM
Short form poem x 3 contest apologies Date Posted: 12/30/2023 11:13:00 AM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
7/26/2024	Rapper at the Summer Games	Limerick	humor,
7/26/2024	Mister Cat Must Pay	Rhyme	humor,
7/25/2024	Monet In Venice	Senryu	nature,
7/24/2024	En Pointe	Limerick	humor,
7/23/2024	What you ::don't:: see is what you get	Limerick	humor,political,
7/23/2024	Down A Forest Path	Free verse	fantasy,
7/22/2024	Days of Wonder	Verse	fantasy,
7/22/2024	Your Absent Heart	Free verse	heartbroken,
7/22/2024	Nope	Political Verse	political,
7/21/2024	Breaking News: He Will Go Away	Political Verse	political,
7/18/2024	Minichu on Dilema	Rhyme	absence,poetry,
7/18/2024	Only God Knows Why	Free verse	death,evil,faith,life,
7/17/2024	Empty	Haiku	nature,
7/16/2024	When Summer Is Gone	Free verse	seasons,
7/11/2024	The Sunset Porch	Verse	nature,
7/10/2024	Whiskey and Rum	Rhyme	drink,
7/9/2024	July heat	Haiku	nature,
7/8/2024	I'm Not Changing	Monoku	old,
7/8/2024	STARS	Tanka	love,
7/8/2024	My What Big Teeth You Have	Limerick	humor,
7/7/2024	After the Debate	Limerick	political,
7/7/2024	Downward We Spiral	Couplet	corruption,
7/6/2024	The Chakra Abracadabra	Rhyme	heartbroken,
7/6/2024	Nature Cares Not	Suzette Prime	death,life,money,nature,
7/6/2024	Playing Games With Daisies	Free verse	love,
7/4/2024	Stopping By Corn Field On A Sunny Day	Rhyme	humorous,
7/4/2024	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep	Free verse	loneliness,science fictio
7/2/2024	Trees	Haiku	nature,
7/1/2024	Where are we going	Monchielle Stanza	death,
6/30/2024	Shattered	Free verse	addiction,
6/30/2024	A Brand New Screw	Limerick	political,
6/27/2024	Raindrops	Free verse	nature,
6/26/2024	Snoopy For A Biography	Rhyme	angst,
6/25/2024	dahlias	Haiku	nature,
6/24/2024	Tomorrow Totality	Acrostic	life,
6/23/2024	a pink sunset	Senryu	humanity,
6/22/2024	Minus Identity: An Impossibility	Hybronnet	identity,
6/21/2024	Magnificent Trees	Free verse	nature,
6/20/2024	One Pair of Shoes	Free verse	conflict,
6/20/2024	Time Rolls Over	Verse	seasons,
6/20/2024	On Rainy Days	Free verse	depression,
6/19/2024	Just Another Day In The Kingdom	Couplet	fantasy,nonsense,
6/19/2024	Off of the Beaten Path	Rhyme	fantasy,nature,
6/19/2024	The Big Guy Clerimerick	Clerihew	humor,political,
6/18/2024	entwined	Haiku	nature,
6/16/2024	Yesterday's Wishes	Free verse	love hurts,
6/16/2024	Raindrops	Pleiades	spiritual,
6/15/2024	only the sound	Haiku	nature,
6/13/2024	I Want to Write a Poem	Rhyme	future,
6/12/2024	I Have No Memory of You	Lyric	love hurts,
6/12/2024	Carpe Diem	Carpe Diem	life,
6/12/2024	Waterfall of Love	Tritina	love,
6/12/2024	the rain goddess	Haiku	mythology,
6/11/2024	In Jealousy	Rhyme	spiritual,
6/11/2024	After the Flood	Free verse	childhood,history,
6/8/2024	Rock Art Carvings	Other	history,
6/8/2024	Gemini Garden, Silent One Poetry Contest	Free verse	nature,
6/8/2024	She Clipped Her Faerie Wings	Free verse	fantasy,
6/7/2024	Enigma	Free verse	moving on,
6/6/2024	I Sometimes Question Reality	Free verse	life,
6/6/2024	Always Blooming	Bio	life,
6/4/2024	I Retreat Swap It Quatrain	Quatrain	mental illness,
6/3/2024	The Empty Room	Rhyme	angst,
6/2/2024	My Ten Minutes Worth	Rhyme	political,
6/2/2024	Ai and I	Rhyme	science,
5/31/2024	After the Party	Light Verse	hilarious,
5/31/2024	A Ragged Bag	Political Verse	3rd grade,political,
5/31/2024	I Can't Believe You're That Naive	Prose	political,
5/31/2024	I'm Not Playing Whist	Verse	nonsense,
5/31/2024	The Dance of Jealously	Rubaiyat	jealousy,
5/30/2024	Always On My Mind	Suzette Prime	love,
5/29/2024	I Am A Mountain	Shadorma	myth,nature,
5/28/2024	Cheery Day	Etheree	spiritual,
5/27/2024	Poetry Soup 101	Free verse	angst,silly,
5/27/2024	Light the Pathway	Blitz	peace,
5/27/2024	How Fast Is That	Free verse	desire,love,
5/26/2024	In The New Utopia	Rhyme	evil,
5/24/2024	I Cannot	Rhyme	fantasy,
5/23/2024	Sisters	Free verse	magic,
5/22/2024	Quill Bleeding Ink	Free verse	nonsense,
5/20/2024	Elephant	Shadorma	lost love,
5/20/2024	Lilith	Shadorma	evil,
5/17/2024	The Poison of Poetry	Ottava rima	pollution,
5/17/2024	When Everthing Changes	Rhyme	heartbroken,
5/16/2024	Too Close To The Edge	Sonnet	angst,
5/16/2024	Raining In Summer	Free verse	allah,loneliness,
5/15/2024	If Only You Knew	Free verse	desire,dream,
5/14/2024	riverbank	Haiku	nature,
5/13/2024	Leaving Love Behind	Alliteration	love hurts,
5/12/2024	even when dying	Haiku	nature,
5/11/2024	No Show	Couplet	nature,
5/10/2024	Even Dust	Verse	wisdom,
5/10/2024	Lupines Are In The Meadow	Sonnet	nature,
5/8/2024	Rick and Donna	Limerick	humor,
5/8/2024	The Nun and The Dog Palindrome Limerick	Limerick	humor,
5/8/2024	Confused	Couplet	confusion,
5/8/2024	Red Rhododendron	Verse	nature,
5/6/2024	When Silence Speaks	Alliteration	hope,
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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
A Patch of Moonlight	Rhyme	moon,night,stars,
Two Poems About the Iroquois	Free verse	native american,
Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's Library	Narrative	adventure,books,childhood
Unfinished Poems	Rhyme	beautiful,emotions,litera
The Poem of Big Words	Rhyme	dark,
The Duckling - Apologies to Edgar Allan Poe	Rhyme	humor,parody,
Norea in the Garden of Birds	Rhyme	animal,beautiful,bird,hea
Tangerine Trees And Marmalade Skies	Rhyme	mystery,
Dealey Plaza, are you keeping right on the still unresolved Elm street?	Free verse	absence,anxiety,repetitio