Stephen J. DeGuire

happymizer/haikuist/professional ne’er-do-well/Japanophile/habitual practitioner of random acts of haiku

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Thankful to Jerome, Marie and The Zen Space for including this in the newly released Literacy Showcase Anthology:

#senryu #poetry #shortform

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@Christina_haiku You’re very welcome!!

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Huge thanks to Prof. McMurray for including this in today’s Asahi Haikuist Network:

Stephen J. DeGuire didn’t need to slap a gnat in Los Angeles, California

mosquito
AHA! moment caught
in amber

#haiku #poetry #shortform

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Thankful to Marilyn and Gavin for including this in Echidna’s Tracks 17 Winter/Spring 2026:

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@Senka_guitar Tool は最高です!!

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Thankful to the Consulate of Japan in Toronto for including this in the 2026 Sakura Haiku Challenge Digital Anthology

#haiku #poetry #shortform

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@Christina_haiku You’re welcome!!

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@Christina_haiku You’re very welcome Christina.

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Thankful to Prof. McMurray for including these 2 in today’s Asahi Haiku Network:

Stephen J. DeGuire picked up a seed packet:

warm soil
planting three sisters
at one time

DeGuire raced down his street:

urgent care…
seven to eleven
minutes away

#haiku

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@Christina_haiku Thanks so much Christina. Huge congratulations on your Touchstone nomination!!!

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@Christina_haiku Thank you Christina. And congratulations to you…loved your Feng Shui piece. Great work!!!!

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Thankful to Prof. McMurray for including this in today’s Asahi Haikuist Network:

Before our very eyes, Stephen J. DeGuire matter-of-factly described “a parent no longer in bodily form” in Los Angeles, California.

memento
current vessel just
ash filled urn

#shortform #poetry

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Thanks to Deborah Karl-Brandt for including this in today’s Haiku Dialogue on the topic sports/intoxication:

a breath from
snell’s window closing
free diver

Stephen J. DeGuire
Los Angeles, CA

https://t.co/aY0ebz8ARi

#haiku #shortform #poetry

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@Christina_haiku Thank you SO much Christina!!

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Elated that this piece was chosen as an April semifinalist in the Ito En (North America) New Haiku Grand Prix 2026:

rain becomes
instrumental...
water harp

—Stephen J. DeGuire, CA

https://t.co/8vXZMuLg2j

#haiku #shortform #poetry

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@Christina_haiku Thanks so much Christina!! Great seeing you. It’s been a long time.

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Thankful to Roberta Beach Jacobson for including this in today’s Smol’s Poetry Journal:

neither
this nor that
platypus

~Stephen J. DeGuire

#poetry #shortform #haiku

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Huge thanks to Prof. McMurray for including this in today’s Asahi Haikuist Network:

Stephen J. DeGuire kept walking through hot sand in California

sweat-filled eyes
goal is that distant
Fata Morgana

https://t.co/VXXJkGz6vY

#haiku #poetry #shortform