“oh, admit it, man, there’s no point in poetryif you withhold the truthonce you’ve come by it” -Alden Nowlen
Category archives: Currently reading
Books read: haiku, poetry and a novel
83. A Cartography of Home by Hayden Saunier (Terrapin Books, 2021) is a relatable American collection and Saunier’s fifth. I was granted a review copy from the press. Saunier is an actor and organizer of a poetry and improv group. Her poems remind me closest of Catherine Graham’s storytelling poems. The collection propelled me to […]
Poem in your pocket day
It would mean more if we saw people and could thrust random poetry at them physically. Still. Up with poetry. I got a poem from Kim Fahner in the mail. The postcards are a League of Canadian Poets initiative. You can hear Beekeeping and the 14 other poems at poets.ca or download the postcard pack. […]
Books read, haiku & tanka mostly
70. Mayfly, issue 70, winter issue (Brooks Books, 2021). What an excellent magazine. No slag or baggy poems in here. I heard good things about it and it bears out. I’ll be buying back issues. 71. Wrecking Ball and Other Urban Haiku by Barry George (Accents Publishing, 2010). I nearly bought this book a few […]
Poetry Read
64. A Sonic Boom of Stars: 2020 Southern California Haiku Study Group Anthology, edited by Beki Reese & Susan Rogers Southern California (2020) is a set of haiku, then a “foreign language” section including Spanish, a few haibun and then a chapter of haiku in a theme of windows. There are several outstanding poets but […]