re:Virals 10
Welcome to re:Virals, The Haiku Foundation’s weekly poem commentary feature on some of the finest haiku ever written in English. This week’s poem was Arrival & the Place Is gone — Amiri Baraka, Un Poco Low Coup (Ishmael Reed Publishing…
re:Virals 9
Jim Kacian considers how the reading of a single word can change a poem’s effect altogether.
re:Virals 7
Marion Clarke expounds upon Melissa Allen’s haiku of autumnal beauty and wisdom.
re:Virals 5
Marion Clarke plumbs the mysteries of Claire McCotter’s inverted syntax in this week’s re:Virals.
re:Virals 4
Scott Mason offers his take on Julie Warther’s haunting one-liner of the transition state from dream to reality.
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.
re:Virals 1
Allan Burns comments on a Martin Lucas haiku to inaugurate Re:Virals on The Haiku Foundation blog.
Viral 8.3
Virals: a domino game of haiku selections and commentaries .......................................................................................................................................... (Viral 8.3) The Search By Rich Youmans ................................................................................................................................................................................. stars roof aerials facing different directions Gonzalo Melchor I first saw this haiku in Acorn No. 17 (Fall 2006). I loved the…
Viral 8.2
Virals: a domino game of haiku selections and commentaries .......................................................................................................................................... (Viral 8.2) No Horizon By Patrick Sweeney ................................................................................................................................................................................. burial at sea— the horizon so much nearer Rich Youmans I read this haiku in Without Halos, a New Jersey literary…
Viral 8.1
Virals: a domino game of haiku selections and commentaries .......................................................................................................................................... (Viral 8.1) 78% By Scott Metz & Paul Pfleuger, Jr. .......................................................................................................................................... under the nitrogen blue sky the white horse of my life —Patrick Sweeney SM: For me, this ku is…