George Swede, guest editor
Marcia Pence, artist
36 pages
85 haiku/senryu
11 art pieces
From the Editor by Francine Porad
Haikudos by Alexis Rotella
Editor’s Choice Awards, selected by George Swede
Guest Editor Bio: George Swede
Haiku and Senryu
Artist Bio: Marcia Pence
Up from the Deep by Ruth Eshbaugh, reviewed by Connie Hutchison
New and Selected Speculations on Haiku, reviewed by Francine Porad
Books Received (3 listings)
“Who Am I?” essay by Marlene Mountain
Haiku and Senryu
Contributors
The Birth of Haiku Northwest
This issue included the following announcement that launched the Haiku Northwest organization: “Announcing a NORTHWEST HAIKU MEETING for all haiku enthusiasts and friends on September 15, 1988, 7:00 pm, hosted by BRUSSELS SPROUT. To be held at the Bellevue Public Library, 11501 Main Street, Bellevue, Washington. Another meet is being scheduled for mid-January, 1989. Circle the date. Open invitation to anyone visiting our area.”
Favorite poems selected by Richard Tice
a cup of coffee
the cruise ship steams
into another window
Jane Reichhold
hot summer evening . . .
sighing bloodhound flattened
on linoleum
Donald McLeod
seeing myself talk in the mirrored sunglasses
Christopher Conn
folding shadow
into the towel
& putting it away
G. A. Huth
Fourth of July—
brightening the prison yard
searchlights
Johnny Baranski
Editor’s Choice Awards, selected by George Swede
ex-boxer
cocking over his cabbages
a cauliflower ear
H. F. Noyes
free of the plow,
the oxen move to the barn
side by side
Ross Figgins
dim hushed library
against mahogany glow
dust motes twinkling
Mary Lou Bittle-DeLapa
Contributors
Suezan Aikins
Joann M. Anderson
Johnny Baranski
Herb Batt
Jack Bernier
Mary Lou Bittle-DeLapa
Joe Blades
Leon J. Breashears
Christopher Conn
T. Anastasia Connell
Charles B. Dickson
Mike Dillon
John J. Dunphy
Margarita Mondrus Engle
Jack Ervin
Carol A. Etter
Ross Figgins
Don Foster
Jean L. Franko
Frederick Gasser
Phillis Gershator
Howard Gofreed
Rosamond Haas
Amelia Hagen
Yvonne Hardenbrook
William Hart
Jim Henley
Elizabeth Hillman
Stephen Hobson
Ruth Holter
Connie Hutchison
G. A. Huth
Helen V. Johnson
Judith Clare Jones
Akira Kawano
Colleen K. Kelley
Matt Kelly
George Klacsanzky
Bruce S. Krause
Kenneth C. Leibman
Daniel Marcus
anne mckay
Evelyn Slater McLeod
Don McLeod
Margaret Molarsky
Paul T. Motoyoshi
Marlene Mountain
Patricia Neubauer
H. F. Noyes
Rebecca M. Osborn
Marcia Pence
Edgar W. Pope
Francine Porad
Gloria H. Procsal
Frederick A. Raborg, Jr.
Zhanna P. Rader
Jane Reichhold
Doreen Breheney Robles
Emily Romano
Alexis Rotella
Regina F. Smith
Elizabeth St Jacques
Judith Stewart
Ira F. Stone
George Swede
Wally Swist
Merle Taliaferro
Mike Taylor
S. Thompson
vincent tripi
Frank Trotman
Phyllis Walsh
Diane Webster
Henry A. Weiner
Nina A. Wicker