Presents of Mind
Jim Kacian's book of haiku, Presence of Mind is the first scholarly translation of an English language haijin into Japanese,
Book of the Week: The Birds That Stay
Beverley George has been a strong advocate for haiku and related poems for more than a decade in Australia
Book of the Week: A White Distrust
Aging, eros, Covid 19, and the beauty of the night haunt our Book of the Week, Silence: A White Distrust.
Book of the Week: Bug Haiku
James Hackett published this charmingly illustrated collection of Bug Haiku to open it to our eyes in its multifarious business.
Book of the Week: This Is Hilarious
Marshall stands out as haiku poet for his knack in combining disjunctive images to create order out of chaos, and chaos out of order.
Book of the Week: Endgrain
One of my personal favourites, this volume of poems contains scarcely one misstep.
Book of the Week: Past Time, Baseball Haiku
The first baseball haiku were written by Shiki, as he watched the Japanese version of American baseball.
Book of the Week: This Wide Sky
Nola gives us a strong taste of her native eastern Pacific environment.
Book of the Week: Haiku U
David’s delightful Foreword might be regarded as adequate revenge on the authors he sends up,
Book of the Week: Moss Hung Trees
This collection captures the less well-defined seasonal variations of the rain forests of West coast British Columbia.
Book of the Week: Dystopian Dreamscapes
. . . the hardships experienced in the Rust Belt provided motivation to this apocalyptic, hell-bent-for-leather poet of the people.
Book of the WeeK : Somokuto (Grass and Tree Cairn)
Santoka published Somokuto (Grass and Tree Cairn), an assemblage of earlier chapbooks, several months before he died of a heart attack while asleep drunk.
Book of the Week: And A White Butterfly
His haiku are notable for the poet’s gentle connection to the natural world, and his extraordinary powers of imaginative observation.
Book of the Week: Ikebana
A collection about natural renewal that repays attention during these dark days.
Book of the Week: Sting Medicine
Cherie's fine haiku are published widely in the journals of 'modern' haiku, and elsewhere.
Book of the Week: Called Home
Paul is recognized as one of the leading voices in English language haiku. I
Book of the Week: Dewdrops On the Weeds
.. a master of expressing brief, emotional moments that open a light into the darkness.
Book of the Week: When Almost Nothing Happens: Haiku With Very Few Verbs
. . . something to savor as one sniffs the aroma of the still life or the bouquet of a portrait.