Haiku: Three-Line Short Stories    by Roy B Merritt
Price: $4.95 USD. 1060 words. Published by Neponset River Press on May 2, 2010. .
Haiku is an ancient type of Japanese poetry with a strict form. It is an unrhymed three-lined verse: the first with five beats or syllables, the second with seven and the third with five. Each poem describes a single brief episode that may be taking place as you read. Traditionally each verse should contain a reference to nature or a season, expressed either directly or by implication.

In the Spirit of Haiku    by Kamala Moore
Price: Free! 760 words. Published on May 5, 2010. .
"In the Spirit of Haiku," is a book of short poems of three lines each, which contain an insight or describe the flavour of a moment in time. Rather than being true to the form;they are true to the spirit of Haiku poetry which is an attempt to convey the impact of a moment of truly seeing.

Butterflies Under a Japanese Moon    by Helen Ruggieri
Price: $3.50 USD. 7720 words. Published by Kitsune Books on January 14, 2012. .
Prolific poet Helen Ruggieri’s meditative journey takes readers from an exploration of the past to the transformations of the present. Travel with her as she immerses us in Japanese history and culture, experiments with the idea of staying, and then develops a surprising longing for home. The book is for poetry lovers (especially of haiku and haibun), Japanophiles, artists (for Angele Mele’s shimm

108 Breaths    by Mark Wollacott
Price: $0.99 USD. 10540 words. Published on January 23, 2012. .
A haiku is one breath. It is the kodak moment of poetry. In 2004, Mark Wollacott moved to Japan to teach English. Along the way he picked up a love of haiku in all its forms and this collection chronicles his five years in Osaka through the highs, the lows and the plain weird.