John Rizzotto, artist
48 pages
128 haiku/senryu
1 tanka
1 haibun (with 1 poem)
2 sequences (each with 4 poems)
1 linked verse (with 35 poems)
6 art pieces
Editor’s Choice Awards
Letter from the Editor by Francine Porad
Haiku and Senryu
“Adoration (and Tangents Thereto)” (second series) sequence by Robert Spiess
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
“out in/ah” essay (excerpt) by Marlene Mountain
“Regarding Marlene Mountain’s essay, ‘belly up/pushy/pissed/mine’ in Brussels Sprout VII:1” essay by Tom Clausen
“haiku as crutch/the buck-naked empress: Marlene Mountain’s revolution” essay by Michael Dwyer
Haiku and Senryu
Readers Comment by Renée Luria Leopold, Guy Simser, and anne mckay
Haiku and Senryu
Artist Statement: John Rizzotto
“Yellow Water Billabong, Northern Territory, Australia” haibun by Lauren Kaushansky
“Haiku in English” essay (excerpts) by Raffael de Gruttola
“the single leaf” linked lines by anne mckay and m bennett
“Abandoned” sequence by Yvonne Hardenbrook
Haiku and Senryu
Books Received (10 listings)
New Publications (3 listings)
Contributors
Favorite poems selected by Susan Lee Roberts
sending off the haiku—
bills
in a straw basket
Charles D. Nethaway, Jr.
six months pregnant
she walks through the orchard
touching each tree
John J. Dunphy
dragonfly asleep
the blade of watergrass nods
sharing the wind
Robert H. Zukowski
demented boy
as others turn away
the baby smiles
Gloria Procsal
through my hand
the sun’s warmth
from the skipping stone
Paul O. Williams
Editors’ Choice Awards
drought
ants disappearing
into cracked earth
Tom Clausen
spruce grouse
have eked out the wínter,
needle by needle
Emily Romano
Filled with old women
and lilies.
the church in the hills.
Alexis Rotella
Contributors
Dora E. Anderson
Amadigaz Araghelti
Aholaah Arzah
Ron Asalo
Doris Ash
Herb Barrett
Shaunt Basmajian
M. Bennett
Cathy Drinkwater Better
Carl Brennan
Leon J. Breshears
David Cashman
James Chessing
Tom Clausen
Denise Coney
Christopher Conn
Ken Crawbuck
William Cullen, Jr.
Raffael de Gruttola
Charles B. Dickson
Mike Dillon
Gene Doty
Jean Dubois
John J. Dunphy
Michael Dwyer
Amy Ehrler
Kathleen England
Carrie Etter
Síster Mary T. Eulberg
Kevin E. FitzMaurice
Bradley J. George
Howard Gofreed
Larry Gross
Andrew J. Grossman
Lee Gurga
Rosamond Haas
Yvonne Hardenbrook
Maxine Carey Harker
Jeanne Harrington
Mary Ann Henn
Stephen Hobson
Momi Kam Holifield
Randy Johnson
Jean Jorgensen
Lauren Kaushansky
Akira Kawano
Pat Kennedy
John King
Davina Kosh
Renée L. Leopold
Minna Lerman
D. S. Lliteras
Matthew Louvière
robert d. lovitt
Peggy Willis Lyles
R. Nikolas Macioci
Daniel Marcus
anne mckay
Lenard D. Moore
R. H. Morrison
Marlene Mountain
Charles D. Nethaway, Jr.
Patricia Neubauer
sally I. nichols
H. F. Noyes
Marian Olson
Jeanne Paliatka
Brent Partridge
Francine Porad
Gloria Procsal
Zhanna Rader
Edward J. Rielly
Harland Ristau
John Rizzotto
Joseph D. Romanelto
Emily Romano
AIexis Rotella
Lawrence Rungren
Lewis Sanders
Christopher Schendel
David Schuster
Helen J. Sherry
Rob Simbeck
Guy Simser
Karen Sohne
Robert Spiess
Elizabeth St Jacques
Ira F. Stone
Richard Straw
George Swede
M. Anne Sweet
vincent tripi
Mitzi Hughes Trout
Kevin Walker
Michael Dylan Welch
Nina A. Wicker
Paul O. Williams
William Woodruff
Robert H. Zukowski