Kathryn Mockler's "Haiku Sucks" | Issue 25

The Great Canadian Haiku Controversy: In 1997, I won a poetry contest and the magazine's readership was not happy. I felt I was undeserving of the honour, and, as it turned out, so did everyone else!

Mar 8, 2023

∙ Paid

Kathryn Mockler holding her haiku trophy. The haiku reads: My father's canoe / falls from the roof of the car / onto the dirt road. — Photo from Issue No 26. Printed with permission of Geist Magazine

In 1997, early in my writing life, when I had a couple of small literary publications under my belt and was an MFA student at UBC, I won Geist Magazine’s Great Canadian Haiku Contest, which was judged by poet David McFadden.

Much to my surprise, I won.

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to

Send My Love to Anyone

to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.