Announcing the Release of 'The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku: Volume 1'!

Hello everyone!

Today is very special for me. I am delighted to announce that the first volume of The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology is finally here!

This anthology of haiku (and senryu) comes as a result of the most successful submission call Auroras & Blossoms has ever experienced in its four years of existence. Over 260 talented poets from around the world sent David Ellis and I almost 1,500 haiku! 

Yes, you read it right! I am sure you can imagine how challenging the selection process must have been. 

That is the reason why, when we saw how many excellent haiku we would have to reject, we decided that one volume would not be enough. And in fact, we settled on three volumes, each of which contains about 90 haiku!

The Auroras & Blossoms Haiku Anthology is a delightful showcase of superbly crafted poetry that will move and inspire you at the same time. What also sets it apart from many other poetry collections is the fact that it is family-friendly. So, you can read and enjoy it with kids of all ages.

As a writer and reader of haiku for many years, it has been an honor for me to select and edit the poems that appear in this book. Whether it was written in the traditional way or not, each haiku and senryu in this volume is a piece of magic that will stay with me for a long time.

Thank you to Sergio Coronel, Paula Frew, Precious Gauthier, Joelle A Godfrey, Tom Heath, Molly James, Stephanie Jane, Diane Meyer Lowman, Steven-Mark Maine, Isabella Mori, Kari Moss, Nichola Napora, Samantha Ortega, Felicia Prevo, Marjolein Rotsteeg, Pallavi Suri, Ellen Tandojo, Amanda Weir-Gertzog, Jamie Wimberly, Julia Yong LaFrance, and Jade Young for making this volume extraordinary!

Check out our book trailer below:

I hope you will consider purchasing a copy of Volume 1. Many of our contributors have opted to receive royalty payments, so your support means that they will be paid for their hard work! 

Click the link below to access the book's page.

Volume 2 will be released on August 22, 2023, while Volume 3 will be available on September 28, 2023. Make sure you sign up for our newsletter, so you do not miss our future announcements. We also post new submission calls regularly on our website.

About Auroras & Blossoms

Launched in 2019, Auroras & Blossoms is the brainchild of Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis, two artists who believe in the power of A.R.T. (Actions Rally Thoughts) to make the world a better place.

An inclusive and family-friendly platform, Auroras & Blossoms is dedicated to inspiration and upliftment and follows the concept of PoArtMo - Positive Actions Rally Thoughts & Momentum.

Auroras & Blossoms celebrates the diversity of thoughts, visions, and people. No matter who you are, where you come from, and what your passion is, we welcome you with open arms.

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Cendrine Marrouat is a writer, photographer, podcaster, blogger, anthology editor, and the co-founder of Auroras & Blossoms and A Warm Cup of Cozy. She has authored and co-authored more than 40 books, including The Train: A Short Story (2023), In Her Own Words: A Collection of Short Stories & Flashku (2022), After the Fires of Day: Haiku Inspired by Kahlil Gibran & Alphonse de Lamartine (2021), Rhythm Flourishing: A Collection of Kindku and Sixku (2020), Walks: A Collection of Haiku (2019-2020), and In the Silence of Words: A Three-Act Play (2018).

Cendrine's work has appeared in many publications. She is the creator of the Sixku, Flashku, Sepigram, and Reminigram; as well as the co-creator of the Kindku, Pareiku, Vardhaku, and Hemingku.