Welcome to re:Virals, The Haiku Foundation’s weekly poem commentary feature on some of the finest haiku ever written in English. This week’s poem was flowing by water making room for water — Gary Hotham, frogpond vol 42:2 … [Read more...]
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Welcome to re:Virals, The Haiku Foundation’s weekly poem commentary feature on some of the finest haiku ever written in English. This week’s poem was train window... the shape of an apology on her lips — Praniti Gulyani, The Heron's Nest, Volume XXII, … [Read more...]
Gary Hotham — Touchstone Distinguished Books Honorable Mention 2019
Gary Hotham is the recipient of a Touchstone Distinguished Books Honorable Mention for 2019 for his volume Rightsizing the Universe: Haiku Theory (Scaggsville MD: Yigralo Press, 2019). Commentary from the Panel: The first thing that strikes the reader about this collection is its extraordinary … [Read more...]
The Touchstone Distinguished Books Award Committee Announces Its Shortlist For 2019
On behalf of the Foundation and panel members, I hope everyone is staying safe in this uncertain and frightening time. I am reminded of the classic children’s book Frederick, by Leo Lionni. While the other field mice are busy gathering grain and nuts for winter, Frederick sits on a sunny rock. “I … [Read more...]
Book of the Week: Against the Linoleum
Today’s Book of the Week, Against the Linoleum, hand-printed by the author, Gary Hotham, and published in 1979 by Yiqralo Press, is one of the classics of 20th century American haiku. Hotham is a master of haiku spareness and simplicity, and adept at bringing everyday images to … [Read more...]