House of Haiku Recap for September 2025

Three lines, no waiting

August recap | July recap | June recap | May recap | April recap

Celebrating the 6th month of Chris J. Franklin’s single word (usually) prompts for our haikus. It’s wonderful to see all the responses. Such creativity out there! The six months ahead should have even more. And please join in.

Photo by A.C. Cargill, ©2025, all rights reserved

Prompts in September

A bunch of terrific entries. Take a good look through them.

Never too late to add your own to each of these prompts, and “like” any that really appeal to you.

Prompt: Echo (it bares repeating)

HOUSE OF HAIKU PROMPT: ECHO

Prompt: Park (I got stuck on this one)

HOUSE OF HAIKU PROMPT: PARK

Prompt: Magic (you never know what’s gonna come out)

HOUSE OF HAIKU PROMPT: MAGIC

Prompt: Happiness (found in the oddest places)

HOUSE OF HAIKU PROMPT: HAPPINESS

Final Note

A great thing on Substack is NOT earning money from it but the camaraderie that grows here. These haiku prompts are an example. People come together, post their three-line poems, read other contributions, and generally have a bit of fun. Hope you’ll join in.

Please check out my author website. And thanks for reading.

———

My five books (so far) from Wordwooze Publishing:

• From the Files of Fontaine Investigations – paranormal mystery that I had so much fun writing (ebook, paperback, and soon on audio).

• The Greeting Card Girl’s Christmas – a sweet romance novel for the holiday season (ebook, paperback, audio).

• Wind Down the Chimney and Other Eerie Tales – my first book of eerie short stories (ebook, paperback, audio).

• The Stardust Alliance and More – my second book of eerie stories with a touch of Sci-Fi (ebook, paperback, audio).

• The Wiccan Tales – a novel and a real Halloween treat (ebook, paperback, audio).

(All human written. I even designed the covers.)

See them all here:

Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Bookshop.org | BookBub | Everand | Apple Books | Kobo | Thalia (German) ebook & print | Smashwords | Angus & Robertson: | Mondadori (Italian) | Vivlio (French/English) | Fable

Audio versions:

Wind Down the Chimney | The Stardust Alliance | The Wiccan Tales | The Greeting Card Girl's Christmas

All human-created. No AI.