My Dear Friends:
The Haiku Foundation just republished a free e-book of haiku, Dust of Summers: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2007, the annual anthology of the best haiku and related genres published in English around the world that includes representative selections of haibun, plus several of the year’s best articles on haiku.
Selected Haiku:
slow bend in the river
he comes around
to my point of view
Francine Banwarth
mother’s parasol
I unfold the dust
of other summers
Ernest J. Berry
winter sunrise --
the night waitress slowly
buttons her coat
Barry George
a flare of birches
the way the river
quenches the light
Dru Philippou
family secrets
a thicket full
of ripe raspberries
Marie Summers
morning glories
in the chain link fence
an inmate’s finger
Josh Wikoff
Sierra sunrise ...
pine needles sinking deeper
in a patch of snow
Christopher Herold
autumn twilight:
the wreath on the door
lifts in the wind
Nick Virgilio
pink sunset
through each flamingo’s stance
another flamingo
an’ya
flag-covered coffin:
the shadow of the bugler
slips into the grave
Nick Virgilio
deep inside the faded wood a scarlet maple
Nick Avis
Happy Reading
Chen-ou
Note: In addition to Dust of Summers (2007), Red Moon Press also published The Thin Curve (1999), A Glimpse of Red (2000), The Loose Thread (2001), Pegging the Wind (2002), Edge of Light (2003), Tug of the Current (2004), Inside the Mirror (20050 and Big Sky (2006).
Selected Haiku:
winter solstice --
the slow curving of your breast
into dawn
Yu Chang
nighthawk
back and forth between
the first stars
Rob Krevitz
wrong turn
down a dead-end street
irises in bloom
Paul David Mena
dinner for two
between our silence
the oyster shells
Fay Aoyagi
his death
added to her litany
of complaints
Tom Painting
lift bridge
the broken flow
of tourists
Tom Painting
inside an envelope
inside an envelope:
funeral money
Philip Rowland
A Glimpse of Red, 2000
no-man’s land
the rattle of a troop train
returning empty
Ernest J. Berry
breaking the silence
of the drought
acorn rain
Kristen Deming
a child’s
headstone
breaks
the blossom
fall
LeRoy Gorman
just a trickle
seeping between river stones
summer twilight
Christopher Herold
undressing in the dark –
the sparks
from her sweater
Jim Kacian
spring grass:
new graves blending
with the old
Jack Lent
chest to chest
the baby’s heartbeat
between mine
Rick Tarquinio
the flag folded
something of myself is lowered
with his coffin
Jerry Kilbride
daybreak
shifting his sack of cans
shoulder to shoulder
Pamela Miller Ness
spring evening –
the wheel of a troop carrier
crushes a lizard
Dimitar Anakiev
restless dream
a game of hide and seek
in the graveyard
Joanne Morcom
frog pond ...
a leaf falls in
without a sound
Bernard Einbond
The Loose Thread, 2001
talk of divorce
she feels the knife edge
of her skirt’s pleat
ai li
fiftieth birthday
standing a little closer
to the toilet
Mykel Board
old passport
the tug
of my father’s smile
Yu Chang
scraping frost
off the windshield —
no words between us
Kathy Lippard Cobb
hiking by full moon —
the rockslide a spill of light
down the mountain
David Elliott
exam silence
chalkdust settles
in the sun
LeRoy Gorman
communion wafer
she sticks out
her pierced tongue
R. A. Stefanac
custody battle
a bodyguard lifts the child
to see the snow
Dee Evetts
Pegging The Wind, 2002
old garden shed —
morning glories climb
the bicycle spokes
DeVar Dahl
after love
this sweet burst
of cherry tomato
D. Claire Gallagher
alone again
. . . the last raspberry
sharp on my tongue
Kirsty Karkow
windstorm
the Christmas lights
tangled with the flag
Michael Ketchek
another hot day
an old man scratches
his lottery ticket
Pamela Miller Ness
subway posters —
the stares of missing children
grow familiar
H. F. Noyes
a yellow leaf
touching the green ones
on its way down
K. Ramesh
sharpening the axe –
the wind brings
the smell of snow
Edin Saracevic
the sunset glow —
Hiroshima
as if still burning
Yasuhiko Shigemoto
stuck to the slab
the i
of the frozen f sh
David Steele
jampackedelevatoreverybuttonpushed
John Stevenson
Edge of Light, 2003
morning fog
the creak of boats
at anchor
Owen L. Burkhart
asleep
among watermelons
the vendor’s children
Angelee Deodhar
midnight subway
watching her apply lipstick
he licks his lips
Brenda J. Gannam
An obituary
circled in the newspaper —
pale winter moon
Rebecca Lilly
preparing for war —
a dog barks
at his own echo
Paul David Mena
her only nipple
begins to harden
a new year
vincent tripi
through the cigarette smoke
a young woman
makes eyes at my daughter
Harsangeet Kaur Bhullar
east wind
this inlet
of tossed stars
Laurie Stoelting
Tug of the Current, 2004
end of summer
the rust on my scissors
smells of marigolds
Margaret Chula
drifting snow . . .
lips of the newborn
suckle in sleep
Kristen Deming
lengthening shadow —
above her eggs the hen’s heart
beats against my arm
Beverley George
slave cemetery
the tug of the current
on willow fronds
Carolyn Hall
more deaths in Iraq
a flap of peeling birch bark
flutters in the wind
Christopher Herold
cold snap
dog’s pee on the snow
closer to the door
Karen Klein
the scent
of paperwhite narcissi —
an unfinished dream
Peggy Willis Lyles
hot afternoon
the squeak of my hands
on my daughter’s coffin
Lenard D. Moore
Inside the Mirror, 2005
Rereading the Iliad
another corpse dragged
through Fallujah
Sylvia Forges-Ryan
new boy in town
throwing snowballs
at his own snowman
David Gershator
trial separation
last squeeze
of the toothpaste tube
Anthony J. Pupello
this winter night
you inside
all of my curves
Karina Young
autumn equinox ...
a small rake
beside the grave
Michael Fessler
Mid-winter evening,
alone at the sushi bar --
just me and this eel
Billy Collins
Chemotherapy
in a comfortable chair
two hours of winter
Kiyoko Tokutomi
pulling light
from another world ...
the milky way
Ishihara
Big Sky, 2006
funeral home
here too
she straightens his tie
Roberta Beary
appointment calendar
a coffee ring joins
one day to the next
LeRoy Gorman
camping along one star then many
Jim Kacian
news of his death
I hold tight
to the kite string
Pamela Miller Ness
one leaning post
holds up another ...
snow falling
Edward Rielly
soldier unfurling the scent of a letter
Chad Lee Robinson
mountain stillness --
the loon call
held by the lake
Hilary Tann
Homeless shelter —
the glimmer of sunlight
on broken glass
Edward Zuk
No available copy of the 2008 anthology
where the wind turns, 2009
railway station:
the parallel tracks
of our argument
Philip Ashburner
the bartender
bends to her story
winter night
Glenn G. Coats
lake fog
slowly lifting
a loon’s call
Lee Giesecke
valentine’s day --
a glimpse of the shop girl’s
red bra strap
Paul Hodder
winter river
a heron takes the whiteness
into the dark
Matt Morden
used bookstore
the creaking stairway
to poetry
John Stevenson
... to be continued
A Glimpse of Red, 2000
no-man’s land
the rattle of a troop train
returning empty
Ernest J. Berry
breaking the silence
of the drought
acorn rain
Kristen Deming
a child’s
headstone
breaks
the blossom
fall
LeRoy Gorman
just a trickle
seeping between river stones
summer twilight
Christopher Herold
undressing in the dark –
the sparks
from her sweater
Jim Kacian
spring grass:
new graves blending
with the old
Jack Lent
chest to chest
the baby’s heartbeat
between mine
Rick Tarquinio
the flag folded
something of myself is lowered
with his coffin
Jerry Kilbride
daybreak
shifting his sack of cans
shoulder to shoulder
Pamela Miller Ness
spring evening –
the wheel of a troop carrier
crushes a lizard
Dimitar Anakiev
restless dream
a game of hide and seek
in the graveyard
Joanne Morcom
frog pond ...
a leaf falls in
without a sound
Bernard Einbond
The Loose Thread, 2001
talk of divorce
she feels the knife edge
of her skirt’s pleat
ai li
fiftieth birthday
standing a little closer
to the toilet
Mykel Board
old passport
the tug
of my father’s smile
Yu Chang
scraping frost
off the windshield —
no words between us
Kathy Lippard Cobb
hiking by full moon —
the rockslide a spill of light
down the mountain
David Elliott
exam silence
chalkdust settles
in the sun
LeRoy Gorman
communion wafer
she sticks out
her pierced tongue
R. A. Stefanac
custody battle
a bodyguard lifts the child
to see the snow
Dee Evetts
Pegging The Wind, 2002
old garden shed —
morning glories climb
the bicycle spokes
DeVar Dahl
after love
this sweet burst
of cherry tomato
D. Claire Gallagher
alone again
. . . the last raspberry
sharp on my tongue
Kirsty Karkow
windstorm
the Christmas lights
tangled with the flag
Michael Ketchek
another hot day
an old man scratches
his lottery ticket
Pamela Miller Ness
subway posters —
the stares of missing children
grow familiar
H. F. Noyes
a yellow leaf
touching the green ones
on its way down
K. Ramesh
sharpening the axe –
the wind brings
the smell of snow
Edin Saracevic
the sunset glow —
Hiroshima
as if still burning
Yasuhiko Shigemoto
stuck to the slab
the i
of the frozen f sh
David Steele
jampackedelevatoreverybuttonpushed
John Stevenson
Edge of Light, 2003
morning fog
the creak of boats
at anchor
Owen L. Burkhart
asleep
among watermelons
the vendor’s children
Angelee Deodhar
midnight subway
watching her apply lipstick
he licks his lips
Brenda J. Gannam
An obituary
circled in the newspaper —
pale winter moon
Rebecca Lilly
preparing for war —
a dog barks
at his own echo
Paul David Mena
her only nipple
begins to harden
a new year
vincent tripi
through the cigarette smoke
a young woman
makes eyes at my daughter
Harsangeet Kaur Bhullar
east wind
this inlet
of tossed stars
Laurie Stoelting
Tug of the Current, 2004
end of summer
the rust on my scissors
smells of marigolds
Margaret Chula
drifting snow . . .
lips of the newborn
suckle in sleep
Kristen Deming
lengthening shadow —
above her eggs the hen’s heart
beats against my arm
Beverley George
slave cemetery
the tug of the current
on willow fronds
Carolyn Hall
more deaths in Iraq
a flap of peeling birch bark
flutters in the wind
Christopher Herold
cold snap
dog’s pee on the snow
closer to the door
Karen Klein
the scent
of paperwhite narcissi —
an unfinished dream
Peggy Willis Lyles
hot afternoon
the squeak of my hands
on my daughter’s coffin
Lenard D. Moore
Inside the Mirror, 2005
Rereading the Iliad
another corpse dragged
through Fallujah
Sylvia Forges-Ryan
new boy in town
throwing snowballs
at his own snowman
David Gershator
trial separation
last squeeze
of the toothpaste tube
Anthony J. Pupello
this winter night
you inside
all of my curves
Karina Young
autumn equinox ...
a small rake
beside the grave
Michael Fessler
Mid-winter evening,
alone at the sushi bar --
just me and this eel
Billy Collins
Chemotherapy
in a comfortable chair
two hours of winter
Kiyoko Tokutomi
pulling light
from another world ...
the milky way
Ishihara
Big Sky, 2006
funeral home
here too
she straightens his tie
Roberta Beary
appointment calendar
a coffee ring joins
one day to the next
LeRoy Gorman
camping along one star then many
Jim Kacian
news of his death
I hold tight
to the kite string
Pamela Miller Ness
one leaning post
holds up another ...
snow falling
Edward Rielly
soldier unfurling the scent of a letter
Chad Lee Robinson
mountain stillness --
the loon call
held by the lake
Hilary Tann
Homeless shelter —
the glimmer of sunlight
on broken glass
Edward Zuk
No available copy of the 2008 anthology
where the wind turns, 2009
railway station:
the parallel tracks
of our argument
Philip Ashburner
the bartender
bends to her story
winter night
Glenn G. Coats
lake fog
slowly lifting
a loon’s call
Lee Giesecke
valentine’s day --
a glimpse of the shop girl’s
red bra strap
Paul Hodder
winter river
a heron takes the whiteness
into the dark
Matt Morden
used bookstore
the creaking stairway
to poetry
John Stevenson
... to be continued
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