Karen Klein, artist
48 pages
244 haiku/senryu
12 tanka
1 haibun (with 1 poem)
1 renku (with 36 poems)
10 art pieces
Artist Bio: Karen Klein
Letter from the Editor by Francine Porad
Editors’ Choice Awards
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
“The Blind Woman Walks Down the Street” haibun by Rich Youmans
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
“A voice so like yours” renku by H. F. Noyes and Emily G. Maxwell
Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka
Books Received (9 listings)
Contributors
Favorite poems selected by Kim Weers
lucky surgeon
sees all the mystery
in my wife’s heart
John Means
Buson, Buson,
where is the white-out
for spoken words?
Bob Gray
standing with dust
between his toes—watching soldiers
in their shiny boots
Michael Ketchek
Her diary—
if only I hadn’t forced
its tiny lock . . .
Larry Kimmel
out of his mouth,
his father’s words
William Scott Galasso
Editors’ Choice Awards
Hyacinth—
forgetting everything
in a breath
Richard Balus
artist’s widow
her painted face forever stroked
by his brush
Mary Lou Bittle-DeLapa
Hole in the clouds
just the right size
for this full moon
Garry Gay
Contributors
Linda D. Addison
Herchel-Ann Aflleje
Nasira Alma
Kay F. Anderson
Jasminda Asencio
Lucas Aykroyd
Pamela Babusci
Richard Balus
D. Beachboard
Ed Bennett
Brent Betit
M. L. Bittle-DeLapa
F. Matthew Blaine
David N. Blair
Beatrice Blattstein
Mykel Board
Dianne Borsenik
Janice M. Bostok
Darold D. Braida
C. Michael Brannan
Connie Brannan
Michael J. Brennen
Beatrice Brissman
Jason S. Brown
Naomi Y. Brown
Edward Burgess
Nancy Bums
David Cashman
Nancy Cheser
R. Chidori/Cohen
Tom Clausen
Ralph S. Coleman
Carlos W. Colón
Ellen Compton
Jocelyn A. Conway
Mark Cunningham
Raffael de Gruttola
Angelee Deodhar
Hannah Dillon
Gene Doty
Jean Dubois
Hank Dunlap
John J. Dunphy
Marje A. Dyck
Carol Edson
V. Egermeier
Lesley Einer
David Elliot
Paul Elliot
Wilma M. Erwin
Laura Evans
B. H. Feingold
Liz Fenn
Joseph Fisher
Scott Forland
Liz Freeh
William S. Galasso
Robert J. Gaurnier
Garry Gay
Robert Gibson
Lee Giesecke
Joette Giorgis
Sanford Goldstein
LeRoy Gorman
Dorothy C. Graham
Bob Gray
William Greenhill
Gary D. Grossman
Rosamond Haas
Y. Hardenbrook
Ken Harrell
William Hart
Doris Heitmeyer
Anne Hensley
Ruth Holter
Gary Hotham
Elizabeth Howard
Alvah K. Howe
Phillip Howerton
Connie Hutchison
M. J. luppa
Winifred Jaeger
Robert A. Jenkins
Randal Johnson
Bette R. Jones
Jean Jorgensen
Jerry Judge
Jim Kacian
Jean M. Kahler
Stanley Keach
Debra Kehrberg
Michael Ketchek
Larry Kimmel
G. Klacsanzky
Judy Klare
Karen Klein
Nancy H. Kline
John C. Knight
George Knox
J. M. Krotzman
Elizabeth S. Lamb
Watha Lambert
P. A. Laster
K. C. Leibman
Jack Lent
Reneé L. Leopold
Jenniffer L. Lesh
Lynn Ann Lewis
Bernie Libster
Chris Linn
Matthew Louviere
M. L. Mackie
Robert Major
Makiko
Sharon E. Martin
Emily Maxwell
Rita Z. Mazur
D. A. McLaughlin
John Means
Mary Fran Meer
Marianne Monaco
Lenard D. Moore
Lawrence Myers
Tim Myers
Melissa L. Nelson
sally 1. nichols
Nika
B. Nonnemann
H. F. Noyes
Patricia Okolski
Marian Olson
R. M. Osborn
Tom Painting
Zane Parks
Brian Pastoor
Francine Porad
Robert H. Poulin
Dawn E. Powell
A. J. Pupello
Carol Purington
George Ralph
W. M. Ramsey
Rengé (David Priebe)
David Rice
William Richmond
Edward J. Rielly
Emily Romano
Ronan
Ce Rosenow
Bruce Ross
Timothy Russell
Sharon L. Shafii
Sara Lee Skydell
Elsie M. Smith
Ruby Spriggs
E. St Jacques
Susan Stanford
John Stevenson
Walter Stolwein
Ebba Story
H. L. Stroupe
Dean Summers
Dave Sutter
Jackie Taylor
Sue S. Tkach
Mary F. Tomaselli
Evalyn Torrant
Luke Trent
vincent tripi
R. G. Van Cleave
E. Waldteufel
J. T. Wall
Paul Watsky
M. D. Welch
Mark A. White
Frank Whitty
Paul Williams
Jeffrey M. Witkin
Robert Wynne
Rich Youmans