Sandra SimpsonSandra Simpson

Sandra Simpson is an award-winning haiku poet whose work is published internationally. She is the South Pacific-Africa editor for the annual Red Moon haiku anthologies (published in the US), editor of the online Haiku NewZ and secretary of the Katikati Haiku Pathway Committee. Sandra lives in Tauranga.

Haiku are not a joke: a plea from a poet who has had it up to here

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Sandra Simpson, champion of haiku, writes to those who misunderstand – and disrespect – the form that defines her writing life. (This weekend, a response from Uther Dean). On March 15 this year The Spinoff published in its coveted Friday Poem spot 11 “haiku” by Uther Dean. The quote marks are intentional. Brace for a … Read more