I have a few more pics but mostly memories. But I do have news from Haiku Canada! Mike Montreuil is the new president of Haiku Canada as Angela Leuck steps down and more into her publishing, Yarrow Press. Jessica Allyson the new head newsletter editor of Haiku Canada Review. Maxianne and I continue as the […]
Author Archives: Pearl
The Work
There are two types of goals: process goals and outcome goals. Outcome goals, for an example, not my goal, to lead writers on a cruise retreat so that you travel is free. To have 10,000 followers. To sell 5000 copies of your book. To have one of the big companies publish your book. Process goals […]
Top reads for 2026
So far, my fav reads of all genres are these with 6/14 being rereads. I realize the names alone are not giving much detail. I’ve only done reviews of a couple. Be that as it may, The Last Song of the World by Joseph Fasano (Copper Canyon, 2024) [reread]My Red, The Selected Haiku of John […]
Ineffable
(It’s not exactly poetics, but it is fun, therefore poetry. ) Parallel play doesn’t have to be in-person so Bri and I, and the Hellhound—we seem to be pet-sitting for Adam— and a few hundred dozen ants, did a cosplay of our own local. (Ants were playing the role of a legion of demons.) There […]
Spring Poem
the first sugar ant surveys the counter lifting the silver brittleness of last years herbs, fresh oregano is clamped to the ground, more leaf than stem, more green than anything except pincushion moss among its fellows and lichens crowding a planetscape on a boulder.a housefly makes wobbly lobs of test flights. clusters of junco flocks sweep tips of […]