
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.

Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge

CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
A Place of Refuge
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge explores one of the oldest symbols in Buddhism.

Best of the Haiku Challenge (March 2025)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge

Best of the Haiku Challenge (February 2025)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge

Best of the Haiku Challenge (January 2025)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge

CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
What Is Real?
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge offers a simple answer to the question that haunts the digital age.

Best of the Haiku Challenge (December 2024)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge

Best of the Haiku Challenge (November 2024)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge

Best of the Haiku Challenge (October 2024)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge
Online Courses

Online Course
Learn to Write Haiku: Mastering the Ancient Art of Serious Play
Join Clark Strand in a six-week exploration of this accessible and profound style of poetry.
Dharma Talks

Green Meditation
Recover Your Natural Balance, Do you get enough sleep? Former Zen monk Clark Strand would probably argue that you don’t—and that people haven’t since the invention of the light bulb. With his 4-part video teaching on…

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