Book of the Week: Exposed Wishes: A Collection of Haiku by Billy Antonio
Billy Antonio is a school teacher and was born in 1975 in San Carlos City, Pangasinan, Philippines. His poetry has won international recognition, including first places in the European Kukai and Shiki Kukai. 
He is a Dwarf Stars Award nominee and his poems have been translated into several languages. Samples of his haiku include:
staring at the branch long after the birdsong
the length of a train whistle long goodbyes
doldrums
a ship
in a bottle
what remains after this blackhole
You can read the entire book in the THF Digital Library.
Do you have a chapbook published in 2015 or earlier that you would like featured as a Book of the Week? Contact us for details. Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by THF Digital Librarian Dan Campbell and are used with permission.
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Thank you Jim Kacian and The Haiku Foundation for the opportunity to share my words.
Thank you THF Digital Librarian Dan Campbell for selecting my chapbook “exposed wishes” as the featured Book of the Week.
Hi Billy, thanks for the note and I enjoyed reading “exposed wishes.”