I’m Sandra Simpson, and I will serve as your guide as we compose a 12-verse junicho (june-ee-cho, as in choke). Thank you to all the poets who contributed offerings for our wakiku, or second verse. There were a number of verses that could have completed our loose tanka, among them: a fragrant … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
Book of the Week: Closing the Circle
Alexis Rotella made her mark particularly in two realms, psychological haiku and senryu. This volume from 1982 (Muse Pie Press) shows both of these aspects of her work, along with the second-most famous one-word haiku in the language. You can read the entire book in the THF Digital Library. Do … [Read more...]
Bookstories 12: Joanne Morcom’s A Nameless Place
Every book tells its story, but what of the other story, the story behind the book? Bookstories offers an opportunity to tell that story. If you have a story about a book or poem you would like to share, contact us and we’ll help you make it happen. Thanks for letting us know the rest of the … [Read more...]
The Renku Sessions: Junicho – wakiku
I’m Sandra Simpson, and I will serve as your guide as we compose a 12-verse junicho (june-ee-cho, as in choke). Thank you to all the poets - 19 of you - who contributed offerings for our hokku, or lead verse. There were a number of verses that appealed, among them: gator hole the heavy … [Read more...]
Book of the Week: A Sealed Jar of Mustard Seeds
Scott Metz has, in a brief and interrupted career, put a decided charge into haiku, with his audacious editing as well as his own challenging poems. This title encompasses the entirety of this issue of ant ant ant ant ant (2009), edited by Chris Gordon. You can read the entire book in the THF … [Read more...]