Ed Bennett, artist
48 pages
190 haiku/senryu
7 tanka
3 haibun (with 1 poem each)
1 renku (with 18 poems)
7 art pieces
Letter from the Editor by Francine Porad
Editors’ Choice Awards
Artist Statement: Ed Bennett
Haiku and Senryu
Untitled haibun by Mark Arvid White
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
Favorite Haiku by H. F. Noyes
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
“For My Wife on Our First Anniversary” haibun by Rich Youmans
Haiku and Senryu
“New Sneakers” haibun by Tom Clausen
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
“Ah! to be in Japan” linked verse by Francine Porad, Kristen Deming, Laurie Porad, Kayoko Hashimoto, Mami Orihara, Sanford Goldstein, Keiichi Mizumachi, Kris Kondo, and Sonō Uchida
Haiku and Senryu
Books Received (8 listings)
Contributors
Favorite poems selected by Kathleen Tice
letting the cat in—
spiderweb tangled
in her whiskers
Jenniffer L. Lesh
rehearsing my words
until i arrive—
saying something else
John Stevenson
the beggar’s
outstretched hand
spring leaf unfurls
Michael Ketchek
scrap of paper
carefully saved—
another haiku
Joette Giorgis
light rain
the flowering forsythia reaching
up into it
Bruce Ross
Editors’ Choice Awards
evening sun
in the bare hau tree
the pictograph for red
Tony Quagliano
woven into
the oriole nest
last year’s fishing line
Diane Tomczak
nearly worn in two
by the water’s thrust:
river-sculptured stone
Emily Romano
Contributors
Diane Albertina
Nasira Alma
Kay F. Anderson
H. C. Augustine
Pamela A. Babusci
Richard Balus
Kathy Banas
Ed Bennett
james bernath
M. Bittle-DeLapa
Janice M. Bostok
Florence E. Brewis
Beatrice Brissman
Randy Brooks
Marikay Brown
Naomi Y. Brown
Tom Clausen
Carlos Colón
Claudia Conley
Steven D. Conlon
Stephen G. Corn
Sara Curtis
L. A. Davidson
Mark DeCartaret
Kristen Deming
Jean Dubois
Hank Dunlap
John J. Dunphy
Charles H. Easter
Bruce Feingold
Sara Fiegen
Marie Forsyth
Cynthia Fredericks
William S. Galasso
Jill Gansemer
R. T. Gaurnier
Robert Gibson
Joette Giorgis
Sanford Goldstein
Andrew Grossman
Glenn Gustafson
Rosamond Haas
Elizabeth A. Hait
Y. Hardenbrook
Ken Harrell
Kayoko Hashimoto
Elizabeth Howard
Douglas S. Johnson
Hans Jongman
Jean Jorgensen
Jerry A. Judge
Jim Kacian
Akira Kawano
Debra Kehrberg
Michael Ketchek
L. A. Kim
Nancy King
Jeff Parker Knight
George Knox
Kris Kondo
Nicole Krausman
Edward T. Krez
J. M. Krotzman
Addie Lacoe
R. A. Lenio
Jenniffer Lesh
Marilyn M. Lewis
Rebecca Lilly
Matthew Louviere
M. L. Mackie
Makiko
Twyla Mansfield
Janet McCann
anne mckay
Johnny Mckay
D. McLaughlin
Adelaide McLeod
Keith Meyer
Philip Miller
Keiichi Mizumachi
Jolene Moes
Lenard D. Moore
June Moreau
Marlene Mountain
Melissa L. Nelson
Nika
B. Nonnemann
H. F. Noyes
Patricia Okolski
Marian Olson
William Orem
Mami Orihara
Stephen Page
Tom Painting
Zane Parks
D. W. Parry
Matthew Peck
Simon Petkovich
Francine Porad
Laurie Porad
Robert H. Poulin
Dan Pugh
Anthony J. Pupello
Tony Quagliano
George Ralph
William M. Ramsey
Rengé (David Priebe)
Bryan Ricke
Edward J. Rielly
Brian Righi
Emily Romano
Ronan
Ce Rosenow
Bruce Ross
Alexis Rotella
Timothy Russell
Shanon M. Sara
M. Saunders
Tim Scannell
Katherine Schueller
Erin M. Schwartz
Randy Schwartz
Helen J. Sherry
Guy Simser
Sara Lee Skydell
Elsie Smith
John R. Soares
Elizabeth St Jacques
Susan P. Stein
John Stevenson
Walter Stolwein
Denver Stull
Dave Sutter
Wally Swist
Sue S. Tkach
Diane Tomczak
Sonō Uchida
Donna Waidtlow
Paul Watsky
Diane Webster
Mark Arvid White
Robin White
Paul O. Williams
Richard Wiman
Jeff Witkin
Rich Youmans
Alan Yount