E. F. Bennett, artist
48 pages
202 haiku/senryu
13 tanka
3 haibun (each with 1 poem)
1 tankabun (with 1 poem)
1 sequence (with 12 poems)
1 essay
7 art pieces
Announcement [next issue is to be the last]
Artist’s Bio: E. F. Bennett
Editors’ Choice Awards
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
Favorite Haiku by Tom Clausen
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
Favorite Haiku by Carlos Colón
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
“35–80 Zoom” haibun by Jean Dubois
Untitled tankabun by Carol Edson
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
“Hospital Blues” haibun by Tom Clausen
Haiku and Senryu
“A Far Country: Impressions of Japan—1993” sequence by Dave Sutter
Haiku and Senryu
“Countless Times” haibun by Simon Ott
Haiku and Senryu
“The Vanishing Act in Haiku” essay by H. F. Noyes
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
Letter from the Editor by Francine Porad
Books Received (17 listings)
Contributors
Favorite poems selected by Larry St Pierre
Last night’s bitterness . . .
he adds twice the sugar
to his coffee
George Swede
the right
of freedom of the press—
no comment
L. A. Evans
I believed
Grandpa’s eyes were failing
till that bikini
Diana Tomczak
giving up
on haiku,
I lay down my pen—
a dragonfly lands
on the clean page
Rich Youmans
Editors’ Choice Awards
Only the telescope
reveals tiny purple buds
atop evergreens
David Nelson Blair
on the wet sand
bird print calligraphy
flourishes of seaweed
Ronan
Gone wandering
in a rice paper brush painting,
trees and grasses sway
and the red kite takes flight
in my heart.
Kay F. Anderson
Contributors
Sandy Adams
Susan Alexander
Nasira Alma
Kay F. Anderson
Jennifer Angyal
H. C. Augustine
Lucas Aykroyd
Pamela A. Babusci
Ed Bennett
David Nelson Blair
Daniel Bourne
Jamie Breuer
Naomi Y. Brown
Richard C. Buckstead
Tom Clausen
Marcyn Del Clements
Carlos Colón
Ellen Compton
Steven D. Conlon
Raffael de Gruttola
William Dennis
Angelee Deodhar
Dennis Doherty
Gene Doty
Jean Dubois
Hank Dunlap
John J. Dunphy
David Earley
Carol Edson
Virginia Egermeier
Edith M. Ellwood
Margarita Engle
L. A. Evans
Mary Lynne Evans
David Alan Faber
Bruce Feingold
Liz Fenn
Joseph Fisher
Elizabeth Fisser
Marie Forsyth
Trevor Gaddis
William S. Galasso
Robert J. Gaurnier
Robert Gibson
William Greenhill
Andrew Grossman
L. S. Gurney
Yvonne Hardenbrook
Jeanne Harrington
Christopher Herold
Ruth Holter
Elizabeth Howard
Phil Howerton
Ken Hurm
Keiko Imaoka
Bette R. Jones
Jerry A. Judge
Jim Kacian
Akira Kawano
Debra Kehrberg
Tom Kerr
Michael Ketchek
Jon Killi
Karen Klein
Nancy Henry Kline
Gunther Klinge
George Knox
Rob Kroll
James M. Krotzman
Addie Lacoe
Jack Lent
Lynn Ann Lewis
Bernie Libster
Daniel Liebert
Leatrice Lifshitz
Jonathan Lilly
Matthew Louvière
M. L. Mackie
Robert Major
Makiko
Janet McCann
Cynthia McClure
M. M. McGovern
Brian M. McGowan
D. McLaughlin
Michael McNierney
Paul David Mena
Dan Mills
Margaret Molarsky
Donna J. Moore
Lenard D. Moore
June Moreau
Tim Myers
Melissa L. Nelson
Blanche Nonnemann
H. F. Noyes
V. K. Oak
David Oates
Peggy Olafson
Marian Olson
William H. Olson
Rebecca M. Osborn
Simon Ott
Tom Painting
Zane Parks
D. W. Parry
Margaret Peacock
Federico C. Peralta
Janet H. Platt
Francine Porad
Gloria H. Procsal
Anthony J. Pupello
George Ralph
William M. Ramsey
Edward J. Rielly
Emily Romano
Ronan
Ce Rosenow
Bruce Ross
Alexis Rotella
Andrew T. Roy
Timothy Russell
Dorothy Ryan
Marilyn Sandall
Tim Scannel
Scot Sickbert
Judy Sisson
Sara Lee Skydell
Elsie Smith
Frances Smith
Tom Smith
E. St Jacques
Susan Stanford
John Stevenson
W. Stolwein
Ebba Story
Dave Sutter
George Swede
K. Tanemura
Diane Tomczak
Evalyn Torrant
J. A. Totts
Luke Trent
R. Van Cleave
Florin Vasiliu
Paul Watsky
Michael D. Welch
Mark A. White
Nancy Wiley
Jeff Witkin
R. Youmans