by Allan Burns on November 22, 2009
Montage #38,
presented by Allan Burns,
is now up
on The Haiku Foundation website.
Montage #38 (“Three Women”) features haiku by Sandra Simpson, Virginia Brady Young, and Eve Luckring, in honor of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25th).
through the dome
of the hammam
bullet-sized pieces of sun
— Sandra Simpson
swollen raindrops
on the breast
of the dead robin
— Virginia Brady Young
we fight
about heading deeper
into the storm
— Eve Luckring
by Allan Burns on November 15, 2009
Montage #37,
presented by Allan Burns,
is now up
on The Haiku Foundation website.
Montage #37 (“THF”) features haiku by three volunteers for The Haiku Foundation: webmaster Dave Russo, secretary Billie Wilson, and blog editor Scott Metz.
watching the flowers
come and go
headstone angel
— Dave Russo
whalebone
from a beach near Savoonga—
winter rain
— Bille Wilson
a child's drawing—
the ladder to the sun
only three steps
— Scott Metz
by Allan Burns on November 8, 2009
Montage #36,
presented by Allan Burns,
is now up
on The Haiku Foundation website.
Montage #36 (“With a Smile”) features haiku by Yu Chang, George Swede, and Jörgen Johansson.
stepping out
with my holey socks
summer stars
— Yu Chang
dropping stone after stone
into the lake I keep
reappearing
— George Swede
moonstruck
a man serenading
the wrong window
— Jörgen Johansson
by Allan Burns on November 1, 2009
Montage #35,
presented by Allan Burns,
is now up
on The Haiku Foundation website.
Montage #35 (“The Europeans”) features haiku by Max Verhart, Dietmar Tauchner, and Dimitar Anakiev.
red light district
a sparrow collects
nest material
— Max Verhart
just before dawn—
the snowplow clears
my nightmare
— Dietmar Tauchner
Spring evening—
the wheel of a troop carrier
crushes a lizard
— Dimitar Anakiev
