re:Virals 9
Jim Kacian considers how the reading of a single word can change a poem’s effect altogether.
Book of the Week: The Cottage of Wild Plum
These idiosyncratic layouts belie a staunch traditionalist sensibility that might be found in all of Spiess’s work . . .
THF Galleries: Haiga of Stephen Addiss
Stephen is one of the best brush-and-ink style haiga artists in the world
Book of the Week: Cricket in the House
And then there’s the Western (United States, that is) sensibility in haiku, intriguingly captured in the sole book by this author . . .
Per Diem: Daily Haiku from Around the World—November 2015
This month's Per Diem poems come from a trio of small haiku cultures. How do they compare? Read Per Diem to find out.
THF Haiga Galleries
Haiga is haiku painting — the wedding of visual image to haiku. The very best practitioners — Buson would be the nonpareil — have been masters, then, of two arts. Needless to say, only a few such artists have arisen…
re:Virals 7
Marion Clarke expounds upon Melissa Allen’s haiku of autumnal beauty and wisdom.
Book of the Week: Shadows in the Empty Road
Lewis Sanders was one of the mainstays of haiku publishing in the 1980s, bringing an Eastern sensibility to his Western life . . .
Book of the Week: Gaza
One of a very few books of haiku that are expressly political in expression, this interesting work doesn’t take sides . . .
re:Virals 5
Marion Clarke plumbs the mysteries of Claire McCotter’s inverted syntax in this week’s re:Virals.
Book of the Week: The Elements
One of the Radish series of miniatures published by Wim Lovfers, Hans Reddingius’s work seems perfectly at home in such a setting . . .
Old Pond Comics: Insect Singing
Every Saturday morning Jessica Tremblay will delight us with a comic strip from her new Haiku-Comics series.
re:Virals 4
Scott Mason offers his take on Julie Warther’s haunting one-liner of the transition state from dream to reality.
Nominate Your Favorite Haiku for a Touchstone Award
Bruce Feingold, chair of the Touchstone Awards committee, urges you to nominate your favorite work from 2015.
Book of the Week: 21 Erotic Haiku for Samantha
This is one of the most unusual books of haiku you will ever read . . .
Old Pond Comics: Issa’s Dragonfly
Every Saturday morning Jessica Tremblay will delight us with a comic strip from her new Haiku-Comics series.
re:virals 3
Nick Virgilio explains the origins of one of his best-known poems, and Dan Schwerin explores it in this week’s re:viral.
Per Diem: Daily Haiku from Around the World—October 2015
In October, the Per Diem poem in the header will be a haiku from India.