Book of the Week: January Sun: A Collection of Haiku by Stanford M. Forrester
Stanford M. Forrester is a past president of the Haiku Society of America and founder and editor of bottle rockets.
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Wendy Mader — making a difference: commentaries on Marian Olson's haiku "the world having become / what it is / I plant a few bulbs"
Book of the Week: Winnows: A Collection of Haiku by Canadian Poet Maxianne Berger
Winnows contains haiku and senryu “plundered” from Herman Melville's Moby Dick.
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Gloria Whitney — the freedom to value ourselves and others: Annette Makino's "heirloom tomato / finally comfortable / in my own skin"
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Rupa Anand - unstated yet vivid sensory scope: commentaries on Brad Bennett's "sugar season/a boy with his ear/to the bucket"
THF Galleries: Haiga of Mark Meyer
Mark Meyer brings a scientific mind and training to his practice of haiga
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Amoolya Kamalnath — a playfully poignant ku: Elancharan Gunasekaran's "dusk / tipping dinosaurs / off the edge of the sofa"
Book of the Week: Yellow Light: Haiku by Jack Galmitz with an introduction by Brendan Slater
Jack Galmitz was born in New York City in 1951. His poems, haiku and free verse, have appeared in publications worldwide.
Book of the Week: Tossed Pebbles: A Collection of Haiku and Photo Haiku by Roderick J. Stewart (aka Roderick Ayres).
Roderick writes: “For me the haiku and its relationship to my nature photographs is the best way to express the beauty of life..."
THF Galleries: Haiga of Melanie Alberts
Melanie Alberts’s haiga is a product of her second immersion in the Eastern arts . . .
Book of the Week: Dewdrops on the Weeds: A Collection of Haiku by Bulgarian Poet Ludmila Balabanova
She has published nine collections of poetry and received two Touchstone Distinguished Book Awards.
HAIKU BRIDGES — An Interview with Julie Schwerin
Our conversation with Julie Schwerin, trailblazer in the establishment of outdoor haiku installations.