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December 31, 2013 By Mark Harris Leave a Comment

Last call for your Touchstone Poems

  Best wishes for a fulfilling New Year, everyone! Nominations for the Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems are welcome until midnight tonight, December 31. Send in one of your own haiku, if you like, and one by someone else; this could be a terrific opportunity to honor a poet you … [Read more...]

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December 30, 2013 By Jim Kacian Leave a Comment

Book of the Week: The Woodcutter

Mark Olson offers a most unusual book in this beautiful 1991 production from Juniper Press: a drama in 4 acts, each act consisting of 4 haiku, and telling a narrative tale. I've selected one poem from each act to give a flavor, since only the whole book can provide the total experience. You can … [Read more...]

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December 23, 2013 By Jim Kacian 4 Comments

Book of the Week: Distant Thunder

S. L. Poulter was an early advocate of formal variety within the traditional haiku genre. He essayed the rarest of haiku formats—the occasional two-liner—along with four-liners, and the cantilevered middle line may be his invention. This chapbook was a product of Peacock Press in 1974. You can read … [Read more...]

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December 16, 2013 By Jim Kacian 4 Comments

Book of the Week: Looking at Shadows

Emily Romano’s work in this modest chapbook, self-published in 1979, gives a good idea of the state of the art at the time. Her skillful handling of the 5-7-5 or near-so form is among the best of the day, feeling fluid and unforced, which, as those who have tried the rigorous syllable count know, is … [Read more...]

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December 9, 2013 By Jim Kacian 4 Comments

Book of the Week: Eye To Eye With A Frog

George Swede has been producing world-class haiku for four decades. Some of his best-known pieces came from this modest chapbook from Juniper Press in 1981. Note his adoption of the one-liner, a relative newcomer at that time. You can read the entire book in the THF Digital Library. Do you have a … [Read more...]

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