The rolling haiku collaboration is an interactive linked poem on the World Wide Web composed of haiku or other short-form poems submitted over a very short time span by poets from around the world in response to a preset theme. It was conceived by Jim Kacian and members of The Haiku Foundation Board in 2015 and named the Earthrise Rolling Haiku Collaboration. Earthrise has been held each year on April 17, International Haiku Poetry Day, under THF sponsorship; themes have typically been keyed to United Nations–designated “international years” and encapsulated in a “seed haiku” chosen by THF.

International Haiku Poetry Day (IHPD) is an annual observance, on April 17, hosted and promoted by The Haiku Foundation since 2012. IHPD has incorporated several components, including the HaikuNow! International Haiku Contest, the annual THF Touchstone Awards for books and individual haiku, the Earthrise Rolling Haiku Collaboration, the HaikuLife Film Festival, and reports on local haiku gatherings around the world.