Best of the Haiku Challenge (March 2026)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge
Clark Strand
Clark Strand is a former senior editor at Tricycle. His books include Seeds From a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey and The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary, which was co-authored with his wife, Perdita Finn. He teaches the popular group “Weekly Haiku Challenges with Clark Strand” on Facebook and leads Tricycle's monthly haiku challenge, as well as the Tricycle online course, Learn to Write Haiku.
Best of the Haiku Challenge (February 2026)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge
Best of the Haiku Challenge (January 2026)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge
The One Essential Truth
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge celebrates the eternal return of spring.
Best of the Haiku Challenge (December 2025)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge
Best of the Haiku Challenge (November 2025)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge
Best of the Haiku Challenge (October 2025)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge
CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
To Go, to Move, to Lie Down
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge uses the season word “blanket” as a powerful symbol of dislocation.
Best of the Haiku Challenge (September 2025)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge
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