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 […]
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Books Read: Mostly haiku
Haikool: 108 Haijins: français, picàr, nederlands, deutsch, español, english, edited by Rob Flipse & Eric Hellal (éditions l’iroli, 2013) was a gift from a neighbour. It is a gorgeous international collection where each poem is translated into 5 languages and each writer has a line drawing of them. I boggle at the logistics of making […]
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 […]