Under the Bashō 2025
Poet's Personal Best Haiku

Editor: Don Baird

The author's listed in this section have each identified a single haiku from their body of self-penned work that they regard as their personal best and may be regarded as a prime example of their haiku mastery and guiding haiku aesthetic. 

Each haiku included in this section is accompanied by the author's own commentary on the chosen haiku explaining what makes it stand out for them at this time as their personal best achievement as a writer of haiku.

It is realised that the way that they write haiku will change as they hone their skills and mature their art and thus we open the invitation again year after year to reflect their changing perspective.