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Modern Haiku • Volumes 1-10 • 1969-1979

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AUTHOR INDEX OF MODERN HAIKU
Volumes 1–10 (1969–1979)

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Eastlund, Madelyn
days pass slowly / not even the mailman / remembers this house 7:1, 33

Eastwood, David R.
July afternoon — / this year the long scar / is white 10:1, 41
The Archduke Trio — / when the cello takes the theme / eyes open and meet 9:2, 46
windless August noon — / yellow chrysanthemums sway / with a dozen drones 10:1, 11

Ebberts, Ruth N.
The catkins bending / with weight of morning dew — / a green frog blinking … 1:2, 32
the sun dips low / slanting down the vineyard rows — / amber aisles of light … 1:3, 17

Eberly, Ralph D.
My swift, angry words / wounded my son. He comes now, / bringing tea and peace. 7:1, 12
Echoes on the Wind, A Collection of Haiku, by Vicki Silvers [book note] 1:2, 41

Eckstein, Willie Mae
He has a big voice — / the one, tiny mosquito / who wails in my ear. 1:3, 35
Hidden from the wind / beside this old stone building — / wild ginger blossoms. 1:3, 27
Shy desert-lizard / scribbles footprints on sand / in disappearing act. 1:2, 33
Snow-cone mountain peaks / fold one behind the other — / trails drop into space. 1:1, 28
Some green willow twigs / swim upstream with the beaver — / first day of spring thaw. 2:2, 14
Tattered old scarecrow / undulating pants-leg — / small squirrel’s storehouse. 3:3, 28

Edelman, Curtis
Tractors are waiting … / to plow up the milo fields — / and next comes planting 8:1, 22

Edelman, Dalton
Down on the old farm: / the last rooster on the place, / crowing to echoes 6:1, 5

Edelman, Sheila
The old rusted wheel / with leaves fluttering slowly / leaving the tree bare 9:3, 44

Edwards, Ann
already sunrise! / and me — wishing / upon last night’s stars 10:1, 44
minutes … / splashed about / like cool water 10:1, 45

Edwards, Cliff
That final farewell / not as in stories and books — / sleep well, that was all 8:4, 33
That hen-pecked husband / weary with his wife’s talking — / how I envy him 8:4, 33
“The 5–7–5 Discipline in Haiku” [essay] 9:1, 40–42

Edwards, Gene M.
Caterpillar track / widens, spreads, disintegrates / leaving wisps of clouds. 1:1, 23
Fingers of dark cloud / reach out, point the direction / for following storm. 1:4, 15
Shards of moonlight skip / through shallow puddles into / deep water beyond. 4:2, 42

Einbond, Bernard Lionel
As the crippled boy / sits down, his friends rush for turns / to try his crutches 10:3, 49 (r)
Early spring — / an old man complains / of the cold. 2:2, 14
In Greenwich Village, / tourists asking how you get / to Greenwich Village. 7:4, 21
The white of her neck / as she lifts her hair for me / to undo her dress 10:3, 49 (r)
Unable to sleep — / I imagine an old pond, / and a frog jumps in 10:3, 49 (r)
Unable to sleep — / in the ample room’s darkness, / one person, one clock 10:3, 49 (r)

Eisminger, S.
at the end of the stem, / a caterpillar / feinting with the wind 6:3, 41

Elcan, Ruth E.
As the wave recedes / the sound of the new wave / forming. 7:2, 38
Bare winter hedge / full of little sparrow / sitting out the rain. 6:2, 18
My stooping shadow / startles me / out of my youth 6:1, 14
Thistledown / floating / on the muddy pond 6:1, 19
To stand in cool woods / and listen to the quiet / among the low ferns … 6:1, 19

Elder, Larry Richard
Cold autumn wind … / the lid over vegetable soup / rattles all morning long 9:1, 59
Logging road / Hillside of stumps — / The quiet wind 10:2, 41
Morning fog … / Bright orange squash blossoms / In the cornfield 9:2, 13

Eleanore-Melissa
One A.M. stillness / ruptured by passing truck — / squealing pigs. 5:3, 32
Shards of box-kite trapped / by black prongs of winter elm — / sparrows borrow string. 4:2, 38

Elliott
flying silently / the black wings of a crow / awaken me. 6:2, 34

Elliott, David
a cricket / on the bedspread / … quiet rain 8:1, 18

Elliott, Don
an evening in spring … / clouds which colored the sunset / now hiding the moon 5:1, 36
buddha’s birthday / an old poet / comes back 7:3, 17
Darkened clouds merging / just behind the yellow kite; / the song of a lark 5:2, 30
Forgetting the top / while climbing the green hillside, / yet arriving there 5:2, 30
gazing at the pines … / a man and his dog run past, / their breath just ahead. 5:1, 36
in the autumn night / the tap of the blind man’s cane / comes back through the mist 7:1, 4
the first of the year / angels embrace in the sun / above the gravestone 7:3, 17
the glowing sunset; / waves washing over the rocks, / over the shadows … 5:1, 36

Elliott, Margaret Drake
Fog secret morning, / an unknown bird calls again / mist-bound and hidden. 8:3, 21 (a)

Ellis, Michael
The old cabin: / its door open / to wind and leaves. 3:1, 9

Ellison, Jessie T.
in the macrame / unfinished in the closet — / a working spider 8:4, 31
new boy in the ward — / first day in a body cast — / quiet tears flowing 6:1, 38
on last resists / the year’s the / wall cicada wind / skin 6:3, 39
tadpole in the bowl — / already the first two legs / creating s stir 8:1, 12
Taking up old bulbs — / disturbing a sleeping toad / deep in the cool earth. 5:3, 20 (c)

Elwood, Crary
Brown pelts patched with green / rain-beaten foothills crouching / for the coming spring. 3:3, 28
Two gray-haired men / reliving their war — chuckling — / their sons’ blank eyes. 4:1, 30

Emery, Ray
Aged canyon walls / cradle the River Colorado; / a balloon boat bounces by. 5:2, 42

Enos, Leonard James
another storm … / looking for the illusive leak / in the kitchen roof 10:3, 45

Epps, David
Driving down the road, / watching the snowflakes fall, / listening to silence. 7:2, 22

Epps, Natalie
Hop, hop, hop they go! / Off the ground grasshoppers go, / Merrily onward. 7:4, 22

Esler, Richard C.
A cold night / bristling with stars … / skim ice on the water pail. 3:1, 38
A long walk / through teaberry woods … / the sweet smell of winter. 5:1, 27
Beans, potatoes, / Asparagus, cucumbers — / To each his own beetle. 5:1, 44 (r)
Christmas eve and snow … / a loose shutter / striking the hours, 5:1, 27
Guests, empty bottles, / and warm yellow light / spilling out into the snow. 7:1, 42 (r)
In the high meadow, / a convy of quail bones / trapped by crusted snow. 5:1, 27
In the middle / of a silent night, / that fox barking. 7:1, 42 (r)
Life in a salt marsh — / The ins and outs / Of the noisy, nosey tide. 5:1, 44 (r)
Littering the grass, / tree-ripened russet apples / eaten by the wind 2:4, 32
Snow that melted / on Basho’s hut long ago, / is it falling now? 7:1, 42 (r)
The outermost cape / Gray rocks, gray fog, / Gray gulls, gray sea. 5:1, 44 (r)
White sunlight. / White clouds, / White herons, / All on the take. 5:1, 44 (r)
Yellow jackets / Out of their mudhole / Into the stinging sun 5:1, 44 (r)
Esor Derdlim, by Mildred A. Rose [book note] 7:1, 47

Espinosa, John
The wind rustles dead leaves, / making the trees come to life, / slowly dancing ….. 2:4, 27
Walking old dirt paths / not knowing which way to turn / from the trails. 1:4, 16; 2:3, 37 (a)

Esslinger, Dawn
A bare little tree / blowing in the autumn wind, / not even a leaf. 8:2, 22

Ettelson, R.E.
Grass / slowly cracking / the old highway 9:1, 21

Eulberg, Sister Mary Thomas
at the fence / stroking the bull’s nose / the retarded child 10:3, 54
bronze stillness / the swallow / upright on the branch 9:3, 12
pine needles / interlocking / on the cobweb 10:1, 57
solitary / on the shorn hayfield — / iron reaper 10:2, 40
the blind boy / twining a cat’s cradle / on his playmate’s hands 10:3, 42

Eulert, Don
A blue heron stands / between the yellow crocus / on thin stems. 1:2, 26
Across the water — / such a deep sound of water — / in the darkness. 4:3, 52 (l)
Are you lost inside / the bougainvillea’s purple winds, / yellow butterfly? 4:3, 60 (r)
As sings the pine tree in the wind, / So sings in the wind a sprig of the pine. 4:3, 61 (r)
Eating raspberries, / I pull nettles from my socks — / one by one by one. 1:1, 22
Finished with flowers, / the bumblebee staggers / in the wind. 1:3, 39
How suddenly, after all, / pines seem to shoot up / and fill the pastures! 4:3, 61 (r)
I gather the last / handful of yellow plums, and / smile at the quince tree. 4:3, 60 (r)
The fall rain whispers / — and a grasshopper hinges / slowly down a thistle. 4:3, 60 (r)
Tonight a single frog / talks through the darkness / of crickets. 1:3, 34
Under the avocado / worms swing on carved webs / green in the wind. 1:2, 26

Evans, Dan
Brown kelp blisters / washed in lines on the cold beach — / snails under my feet. [photo haiga] 3:2, 41
Desert sun fades / and the sand turns to snow — / Bare branches rattle. [photo haiga] 3:3, 20
photo 7:2, 25

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Fakumi, Yasuko
A winter blast / even gerbils stop eating / the listen attentively 8:2, 19
My drifting life: / a tiny Christmas tree / in the rural bus depot 8:2, 19

Falke, Wayne
on the compost pile / two snails lie motionless / their bodies touching 6:3, 29

Falkowski, Ed
After the threshing / a lingering fragrance / over the stubble. 5:2, 6
By lantern’s light / a centipede of shadows / stepping over trees 5:2, 6
From baseball backstop / crow calls out a decision; / befogged seagulls squawk. 5:2, 19
Handlaid pebble cross / on mounded sand covering / oily tern’s body. [haiga] 4:3, 25
On the footbridge … / pausing to gaze at the moon / battling the rapids 5:2, 6
Peeping from igloos / new violets filigree / old snow scatterrugs. 2:2, 14
Shuffling to the door / to see the sun set again — / cane gets in the way. 5:3, 39
The swinging gate adds / the gardenia’s fragrance / to departing guests 8:2, 31 (a)
Tooth-worn manger box / no timothy or clover / dry thistle flower 4:3, 25
Water from birdbath / thaws out ring of frosted grass / cardinal bathing 5:1, 19

Fargason, Ina M.
A clear sunset — / but the rain-crow caws / as if he knows … 1:2, 31
By an old ash heap, / morning-glory vines reaching / for the black chimney. 1:2, 21
Candles on the mantle, / sound of laughter in the house, / snow falling quietly … 1:1, 20
Early spring morning — / calves pulling on ropes — / the smell of warm milk … 5:3, 36
Patch of plowed ground / pegged to the hillside / with tasseling corn 2:3, 22
Watering the horse — / leaning against him / for warmth … 4:1, 30

Fasnacht, Theresa
Passing his office, / thinking of surprising him — / then turning away. 6:3, 16
The thud of a ball / against the side of the house / over and over … 6:3, 15

Fay, Diana
The far horizon / sinks slowly into the sea … / hopeless cries for help. 1:4, 16
The pure falling snow, / white covered streets and highways … / gray, slushy problems. 2:4, 26

Feathers, Victor
in the middle / of the football field … / a violet 3:3, 16
sweating / the plowman slowly / turns up his collar 3:3, 16

Fehn, Paula
Aging in the sun, / strawberries in an old crock — / tomorrow’s wine! 4:3, 17
My first hunting trip. / Through a child’s eye, the dawn / was a setting sun. 4:3, 17

Ferlita, Blanche M.
Under the coarse rain / Apriling along with me / wind stammers of spring. 1:2, 31
Unfurled from a cloud / cold dry winds walk in the woods / rattling brittle leaves. 1:1, 31

Fertig, Nelle
“A Trilogy” [sequence] 3:2, 40
Across the racetrack, / the whirlwind gathering speed — / the tickets racing! 4:3, 17
Across the spinster’s letter box / the web / is twelve days old. 2:4, 14
Fingers of the fern / gather perfume of woodbine / from the forest mist. 1:2, 32
Full moon and one star / in a shroud of shredding fog: / two ghost lanterns. 2:1, 17
In this thirsting place, / small round mouths remain open / where the few drops fell. 1:3, 31
Left to the snow, / the unfinished housing tract — / the smoke from the shacks. 3:1, 29
Lightning reflecting / in the scarecrow’s eyes — / Storm clouds thickening. 3:2, 40
On the screen, / leaf shadows drip-dry / in the morning sun. 2:3, 23
Portrait of a Kiss (Selected Love Poems), by Archie Rosenhouse [review] 3:3, 44–45
Rain polka-dotting / a pocket patch / bulging with mouse. 3:2, 40
Seven damselflies / needle the damask sunset / stitching red on red. 3:3, 37
Shaping these loaves, / the hands are my mother’s / then mine again. 6:1, 39
Tail is tree-tangled, / paper flesh is speared. / Small boy holds limp string. 2:2, 37
The dark spider stares / from his web in the cupboard. / A silver wing falls. 2:1, 39
The marshy marges / with cattails dripping — dripping — / and the fog lifting. 2:4, 37
Trees sifting moonlight / filigreeing the gutters / between streetlamps. 4:3, 17
Wind stirring the corn. / The flap-flap of shredded sleeve. / Loose straw flying. 3:2, 40

Figgins, Ross
a butterfly, poised — / behind the glass a hand opens / to hold the shadow 9:1, 19
A thin line divides / the grays of sea and sky, / for accent — a gull 5:3, 31
A thin line divides / the twin greys of sea and sky / a gull for accent! 1:4, 31
Above the wet sand / a seabird line tracks the sky / memories of flight! 1:4, 31
Again and yet again / the butterfly flies past / the last flower. 5:1, 18
And the first seashell / I stooped to pick, ran off / on tiny crab legs 2:1, 36
back country — / a sunburned hunter draws / directions in the dust 6:3, 38
baked land — / the morning sun / inches up / the dry water tower 10:1, 53
Behind the kneelers, / a bright garden in the sun / dries along the banks. 1:3, 8
beside the field, / generations of stones — / most carefully stacked 10:3, 18
Birches sway, / leaves fill the wind — / an empty road 2:4, 28
“Breaking Out of the Creative Doldrums” [essay] 6:2, 26–27
Broken fence — / a hunter kicks aside / the scarecrow 5:3, 31
broken fence — / hunters pause beside / a fallen scarecrow 9:1, 58
bronze bell — / a wooden bucket sways / above the dark well 8:1, 15
Brook at midnight / old moon cupped in hands — / thirst vanishes 5:3, 31
Brown water subsides, / dawn ripples nudge / the last tilted shack 4:1, 12
calloused hands — / sipping silvered water / in cool moonlight 8:3, 20
Car headlights / shadows on the ceiling / moving … moving… 2:2, 18
caterpillars — / floating beneath the willow / vanish one by one 10:1, 21
cornered — / coiling slowly / into a hiss 10:2, 4
Crickets / loudly spill evening / among these crumbling walls. 5:1, 18
crisp morning mist — / all the apples vanish / where they fall 8:3, 20
crowded subway platform — / the sacred Quetzalcoatl / decorates a tote-bag 9:1, 31
dark night — / silence follows the sound / of running feet 9:1, 20
dark power lines — / a broken kite twists / in the moonlight 10:1, 19
Dark water — / a white crane ripples / among the shadows 5:3, 31
deserted headland — / the wind sweeps / unmarked graves 6:2, 37
Dewy spiderwebs … / The correct number of drops / on each slender thread. 1:4, 34
drawn shades — / the rain runs down / the children’s slide 9:1, 12
dried flowers / sway in the lantern light — / drifting snowfields 6:1, 15
Dripping — the cormorant / shakes dry his feathers of black / dawn touches the sea! 2:2, 12
Each cratered raindrop / plopping loudly in heaped dust / sounds another autumn 1:4, 4
Early morning light / spreads across flat fields / touches town towers 2:2, 26
Earth and Sky, by William Oandasan [review] 7:4, 42
empty corridor — / rows of open umbrellas / left behind to dry 9:3, 22
empty crates — / moonlight trickles / over broken melons 9:3, 51
empty house — / an old cat howls / from room to room 9:3, 21
empty sleeves flapping, / the scarecrow dances alone / in the moonlight 8:3, 20
Everywhere islands / arise from a foggy sea — / smell of mountain pines 3:1, 23
Festooned with nets, / fat white fishing boats / set sail in the mist 4:2, 21
Following the tides / over expanding mud flats — / a solitary fisherman 3:2, 40
forgotten mine shaft — / the new silence / of a falling stone 7:3, 26
Grey sky — / black power lines / crackle in the rain. 5:1, 18
Haiku-Vision in Poetry and Photography, by Ann Atwood [review] 8:3, 42–43
Heart of Pine, by Barbara F. Buck (bee) [review] 8:1, 41–42
“Helen Stiles Chenoweth: A Pulse — Beating!” [essay] 5:2, 7–9
In shimmering blaze / homewarding fisherman at dawn / watches city grow old 2:2, 12
in the market — / stuffed animals glare / at strolling tourists 6:1, 15
last moments of summer — / a large blue butterfly / glides through the stillness 10:1, 22
Leaning forward, / his gnarled hand clears the dirt / for another story 5:3, 31
light summer rain — / water drips faster / from the bell rope 7:3, 26
long lines, / expressionless faces — / thud of a rubber stamp 10:2, 42
Long-haired girl / reading haiku / eating gumdrops 2:2, 18
moonlit snowscape — / two travelers move toward / a distant light 7:3, 26
Morning path — / two men, with rod and hoe, / nod in passing 5:2, 23
morning rain — / only the sounds of pigeons / leave the loft 6:1, 15
new padlocks — / twelve old buses, / border crossing 9:1, 32
new pastures — / a long-legged colt / learning to drink 9:3, 52
New Year’s Day — / alone, / on a foggy bridge 9:1, 9
New Year’s Eve — / the dancers swirl / around empty chairs 9:1, 9
New Year’s Eve / midnight; the bells toll — / cold hearth 5:2, 23
night jasmine — / the rasp of a cricket / smoothes the stones 6:2, 37
Oil slick — / tiny rainbows glimmer / in the mud 5:2, 23
old pond — / dark stones / edged with ice 8:2, 4
old sun dial — / wet petals fall slowly / through the mist 9:3, 23
old woman — / walks in the rain / carrying her shoes 10:1, 8
Oxcart silhouette … / In this flame torn of the late sun / this homeward journey. 1:4, 33
Paint-chipped horses / gallop against winter skies — / deserted fairgrounds. 2:1, 8
Perhaps agreeing / to voices from a stone jug, / an old tippler nods 5:3, 31
poised / the bamboo rake — / leaves fall at the sound 6:2, 27 (a)
Retelling / forgotten tales — / the twisted cypress 4:1, 12
Retired scarecrow / leaning against cornshocks — / frost on the ground 3:3, 33
rusted trawler — / resting quietly in the hook / of the moon 9:3, 50
scarecrow, / pockets full of winter — / empty sky 7:1, 30
scattered dry leaves / the kitten shakes its paws / to remove the sound 6:3, 38
Seagull / hooked to the wind / motionless 3:2, 40
sentinel rocks — / motionless in the rain, / a black cormorant 6:1, 15
snow white heron — / climbing higher and higher, / lost in a ripple 9:3, 36
Sparrows bicker / among newly planted vines — / farmers whittle and watch 2:4, 30
Speaking softly, / during the planting rains — / the hands of villagers 9:1, 12
tall marshgrass — / a standing fisherman glides / among the many shadows 9:3, 43
The ends of the bridge / disappear into a fog — / old man’s shuffling step 1:4, 20
the marble player — / frayed elbows, bulging pockets / rattles homeward 10:3, 41
the old bullfrog / croaks for the absent moon — / thunder 7:3, 26
The old couple, / in bright hats, walk the beach / hands held lightly 3:2, 40
the prospector / points to the empty hills — / scarred hands tremble 7:2, 30
the storm subsides — / an overturned boat swings / slowly toward the sea 8:1, 15
the wind — / full of laughter / and kite strings 9:1, 18
the woman pushes / a stroller full of bundles; / a child in her arms 3:3, 33
the wrinkled driver / rides his donkey homeward — / sandals drag the dust 7:2, 30
The young boys’ catch — / held up for the fisherman — / a broken — toothed smile 5:3, 31
they line the river; / frozen reeds that chatter / in the wind 6:1, 15
this dusty alley — / a thin kitten surrounded / by small hands 9:1, 45
To gather their nets / kneeling fishermen lean / far over the sea 2:3, 13
torn screens — / flies hurry back and forth / through the empty rooms 10:1, 21
Trip, by George Mills [review] 9:2, 16–18
Twisted oak branches, / shadows on cracked porcelain — / winter moon viewing 4:2, 21
Two furious suns — / merging in one another / until both vanish! 1:4, 30
Untended garden / the gate rusted shut — / smell of wild herbs 3:3, 33
Wading fisherman / casts high his butterfly net / petals drifting by 2:3, 39
Walking through the rain / the farmer bows his head — / cracked brown earth 4:1, 12
water drips swiftly / from round-bellied nets — / a rusted knife 8:1, 15
Waves breaking on rocks — / some of them quicksilver arcs / spin through the air! 2:1, 21
Whispers of hooves / surf — hardened sand — dawn lit / dream of wild horses! 2:1, 21
whistling in the rain — / a barefoot fisherman / his oar heavy with fish 9:1, 12
Wings torn, / a moth buffets the window — / fading sun 3:3, 33
winter storm — / the cat’s shadow yawns / across the ceiling 10:2, 26
Withered fellow / with your pumpkin head / always looking wiser 2:4, 14

Filkel, Janet
winter coming / a beggar asks me / for the time 9:3, 9

Finefrock, Thelma
Church bells’ unuttered notes / ring for the deacon / out fishing. 3:2, 37
Going home late / my head keeps turning — / only a dry leaf. 5:1, 27
on park benches / old men tell / themselves without words 4:1, 38
Treeless prairie farm — / unpainted house, big white barn, / row of red tulips. 2:2, 34

Finkbeiner, Theresa
Handmade wooden things / he gives to me, a piece of wood / transfigured with love. 8:3, 23
Pages of black print, / paragraph and paragraph, / ending with a tear. 8:3, 23
Silent, breezeless night, / stars shining brightly above — / a blanket of dreams. 8:3, 23

Fischer, Adele
Ice melts to puddle … / with a twig I draw from it / a tiny river. 2:3, 34

Fitzgerald, Lawrence
buds / on that winter branch: / the headless roosting of sparrows! 9:2, 55
just now / in the wind / a pretty girl’s thigh 9:2, 24
Five Caribbean Haibun, by Robert Spiess [book note] 3:3, 47

Flezada, Tommy
A day of spring light, / I walk through a field of grass, / smile at the scarecrow 3:3, 22
Flute over Walden: Thoreauhaiku, by Raymond Roseliep [book note] 7:3, 47
Focus on a Shadow, by Makato [book note] 8:3, 47

Ford, J. Michael
this autumn evening — / how lonely the sound / of my feet in the leaves 6:1, 20
Forest & Mountain: A Memorial, by Foster and Rhoda Jewell [book note] 7:2, 47

Forrest, Ida M.
Old empty farmhouse / One single cricket chirping / breaks lonely silence. 1:4, 22
Tumble weed dancing / on deserted beach as the sun / slowly rises. 2:2, 12
Violets starting / a trail of blue along the / empty house driveway 1:2, 31

Forthman, Susan
Man with the red nose / pockets our quarter, saying, / “Take care of that kid.” 2:1, 18
Strangers pass and smile / a block from the library; / each carries a book. 2:1, 18
Fourth Poetry Anthology, edited by David Earl McDaniel [book note] 7:3, 47

Fowler, Renee
Morning sea mist; / silhouettes on a grey sky; / a foghorn wails. 5:1, 21
Winds of the night / whispering dying secrets / through silent trees. 5:3, 29

Fowler, Truth Mary
A sound like shrapnel … / acorns bombard the tin roof … / small wintry skirmish … 3:1, 38
From my bed / rose bushes / hiding the mountain. 7:1, 30

Franklin, Sister Mary Lawrence, RSM
A traffic light / commanding / a vacant street. 6:2, 30
Briny Irish moss, / gathered at low tide, / dying by the roadside. 3:3, 28
Early November … / Upon immaculate snow, / fallen leaves. 3:3, 28
In convent yard / High palings shut out / All but the moon. 7:1, 12
Sharing leaf-bare boughs / with fresh-fallen snow; / shriveled crab apples. 4:2, 20; 8:2, 44 (r)
Shoreline waters / beat against their frozen roof, / rearing icy domes. 3:1, 39

Franks, Karrie M.
Morning breezes blow / through awakening darkness / and sing at the dawn. 1:4, 16
Water flowing down / into the silver-blue stream / rippling over rocks. 2:1, 42

Fredericks, Carl
dandelions PUFFBALLS [concrete poem] 8:2, 40 (r)
fresh morning / pissing in a cellar / the cobwebs melt 8:2, 40 (r)
in the back seat of the car / lovers / mosquitoes 8:2, 40 (r)
rain / hitting / rain 8:2, 40 (r)
winter / the black owl winks / the forest shakes 8:2, 40 (r)

Fredericks, Mary
spruce into each other / unbroken snow / broken shadows 6:2, 38

French, Lilian
Courageous man / finding no green cheese aloft / pilfers sticky dust. 1:1, 18

Frey, Jenny
Sun shines on the snow, / a snow man stands all alone / as the cold wind blows. 8:1, 22

Friedman, Robyn
A cricket’s clear call / and a grass frog’s deep lament … / Fall’s last eulogy. 8:2, 23
Dappled wings outstretched, / weary geese head southward, / calling the sky. 8:2, 23
Feathery gliders / released by the playful wind / soar up and away. 8:3, 23
From a Cup of Old Coins, by Michael Tarachow [book note] 6:3, 47

Fry, Maggie Culver
Snowplows splaying / deep drifts, leave white ruffles / with shadings of amethyst. 4:3, 19

Fuchinshi
At eldest son / who is like his father, mother / impatient. 6:1, 45 (r)

Fuhrer, Patricia S.
Autumn afternoon; / Waddling seagull becoming / smaller than his tracks … 7:2, 26
Deserted freeway; / Silhouetted on the bridge — / Solitary bird. 7:3, 38
From the crackling log / a small brown worm crawls slowly / toward the staring cat 6:2, 34

Fukumi, Yasuko
A red kite struggles / and rides the spring wind / “Hurrah!” I cry 8:3, 34
Clouds hardly move / over the huge camphor tree / the sound of cicadas 8:4, 42
Easter! / the ears of rabbits move / among the grass 8:3, 34
Full Moon Is Rising: ‘“Lost Haiku” of Matsuo Basho (1644–1694) and Travel Haiku of Matsuo Basho, A New Rendering, by J. David Andrews [review] 8:3, 44
Priests chant the Sutra / the past whirls in my mind / at my father’s funeral 10:3, 8
The torn kite / fluttering in the bare tree / autumn deepens 10:3, 10
The winter tempest / children listen to a witch story / with startled eyes 8:1, 19
Whenever I come home / there is something compassionate / in the Buddha’s face 10:3, 42
Full Moon Is Rising: ‘Lost Haiku’ of Matsuo Basho (1644–1694) and Travel Haiku of Matsuo Basho, A New Rendering, by J. David Andrews [book note] 8:2, 47
Full Sails, by R.E T. Johnson [book note] 2:4, 47

Furukawa, Takako
Blossoms of persimmon: / Nobody noticed them / Going … 10:3, 32

Futch, Greg
Broken bindings fade, / forgotten books of students / worms nest in knowledge 10:2, 34
The sea runs inward, / teasing with salty lips … / then running backward 10:2, 35

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Gallagher, William F.
Ocean haze erases / the horizon. Grey boats float / in the sky with gulls 10:3, 47

Gallub, John R.
sticking out / from the sparrow’s mouth … / the first day of spring 10:2, 8

Garcia, Jamie
Icicles / dripping / in rhythm 9:3, 44

Garin, Marita
Late autumn sunshine, / a small boy and his shadow / leaning tall, 3:2, 7

Garling, Molly
A lone nighthawk / sweeping up insects / from the morning sky … 1:2, 18
A noisy fly / divides my Sunday nap / between two windows. 1:4, 33
a sleek Siamese cat / pouring itself over / the end of a wall … 1:2, 18
Blustering dusk … / and a second pheasant settles / on the snowy bough … 3:1, 21
Brisk pace slowing … / the bald man passes / a barber shop. 1:2, 18
Cornered / where two fences meet / tumbleweed … 2:2, 19
dune walking — / my desert boots singing / the texture of sand 3:2, 8
First snowflakes / losing themselves / in the willow fronds … 3:1, 21
From the big red barn / the sound of children hiding / in the prickly hay. 1:1, 23
just touching / the skeletal beauty / of cholla! 3:2, 8
Like rotten cotton, / wet snow-balls plop / from the rosebush. 1:4, 36
More slowly now, / the old angler casts a line / across autumn rain. 4:1, 13
Now empty-eyed, / the frame house staring / at unkempt fields … 1:3, 36
On this evening / even the frog’s croak / ends in a shiver! 1:4, 29
One new board shines / in the weathered / snowfence … 2:2, 14
One small tumbleweed / casting all its fertile seed / down a concrete street. 1:3, 20
Sharpening his call / against the edge of morning, / the rusty flicker. — 1:4, 12
Swirl follows swirl / on the cold black water / where the muskrat was. 3:1, 21
The mockingbird / fills the shadowed canyon / from rim to rim. 2:3, 20
The Mojave: A Sequence 3:2, 8
The white poodle rolls / in the newly cut lawn / juggling the sky… 2:3, 20
This evening again / the mockingbird stirs the scrub oak / with other birds’ songs. 3:2, 34
through desert brush / stalking a roadrunner, / finding … a jay … 3:2, 8
Through scattered holes / in the boxelder branches / a red sun drops. 3:2, 34
Trying again, / the old dog circles / the crumpled rug 1:3, 33
Winter afternoon: / I stand and watch my shadow / growing in the snow … 2:1, 33
Winter grass … / holding the last rays / of the setting sun. 2:2, 27

Garnett, Peggy Windsor
The newly swept porch / is covered with three-pronged marks, — / the sparrow’s wet feet. 3:2, 39

Gates, Larry
A cliff by the sea / releases a flock of gulls / to the swirling winds. 2:2, 5
A dangling streetlight / in front of a noisy bar … / a silent swarm of moths. 2:1, 6
A gray haze at dawn … / the warped sun rises / between two smokestacks. 2:1, 41
A white egret / perched on the old cow’s back — / autumn dusk 3:3, 16
After cherry-feasting / the stillness / of waxwings 2:4, 22
all day long / the uncertain edges / of the mist-covered mountains 5:1, 28
As the falls darken / a little water-thrush / flashes white 2:4, 22
Autumn dusk — / the killdeer runs through the shadows / on the abandoned field. 3:2, 43
Autumn nightfall, / the sound of snow / on the withered grass. 3:1, 29
Bells ring across the bay … / there is a touch of wetness / in the morning breeze 4:3, 32
“Bird Haiku” [sequence] 2:4, 22
Bitter November … / one leaf, clenched like a fist, / remains on the elm. 2:1, 17
Dawn light / one by one the cypresses emerge / on the misty lake 3:3, 16
Dawn on the prairie … / overhead, in the dark part of the sky, / the song of the horned lark 5:2, 19
Day ending / where the river twists / into the hills 2:4, 10
Distant thunder … / my reflection on the window / trembles 3:3, 6
drifting along — / headed for the place where the river / flows into the sky 5:2, 19
Drifting with the clouds / on the old pond — / a water lily. 2:3, 43
Egrets / lifting their long legs / through the water-flowers. 2:3, 43
fish swim / through the reflection / of drifting mist 5:1, 28
In a wayside chapel … / sharing a pew / with a cricket. 2:2, 6
In the old church steeple / an ancient engraved bell / muted by cobwebs. 1:2, 33
In the stillness / of the reflected willow … / a fish jumps 4:3, 32
In this tulip / sleeps a small spider / dreaming of geometry. 2:2, 26
“Mist Haiku” [sequence] 5:1, 28
mist on the field / birds fly back and forth / from the exposed bushes 5:1, 28
mist on the pond / swallows feeding / in the open parts 5:1, 28
My lengthening shadow / stretches down the mountain path / pulling me home. 1:4, 4
On the autumn wind, / the jumbled voices / of killdeers. 3:1, 32
Out of gas … / seeing nothing but cornstalks — / the meadowlark sings. 2:3, 12
Petals / turning this way and that… / as they drift downstream. 2:3, 43
rowing / out of the mist / into the bright colors 5:1, 28
Sound of a bell / the dragonfly’s wings tremble / in the evening breeze. 3:2, 43
Sound of the surf … / the crab fishermen throw their nets / into the mist 4:3, 5
Spring again … / flowers breaking through / the rocks 4:1, 38
Standing, for a moment / outside of myself, / as I watch the seagull … 4:2, 44
Stranded catfish / in a shallow pool — / the drifting mist. 3:1, 32
Sunrise … / water-beads line the arched stem / of a drooping tulip. 2:2, 15
The hovering tern / flutters down past the sun / into the sea. 5:2, 19
The islands in spring … / out of an empty sky / a thousand birds have appeared 6:1, 29
The killdeer flies / into the autumn wind / screaming its name 2:4, 5
The little warbler / fluttering fluttering / through the Spanish moss 2:4, 22
the mist parts / revealing the blue sky and cloud / on the pond 5:1, 28
the mockingbird’s song / off somewhere / in the misty field 5:1, 28
The monotonous cricket / skips a beat… / night deepens. 2:3, 43
“The Non-Subjective Nature of Haiku” [essay] 3:3, 11–12
The old well / now is overflowing / with crisp autumn leaves. 1:4, 22
The silence of the islands … / a frigatebird drifts closer and closer / to the morning sun 6:1, 29
The silent Buddha / holding in his lap / a handful of shadows. 1:4, 30
the snowy egret / treads on the mist / with yellow feet 5:1, 28
The vireo / that never stops singing / has stopped 2:4, 22
This patch of woods / even more naked / in the moonlight. 3:2, 43
touching / the pale colors of the flowers / morning mist 5:1, 28
Turning from the wind / we pause to watch our footsteps / filling up with snow. 1:1, 20
Two white butterflies / weaving through a barbed-wire fence, / never touching it. 1:2, 33
Under a full moon / the wet cicada climbs out / of himself 4:3, 6
Weaving its way / through a cobweb / the many-legged sun. 1:4, 33
Windy morning / a swallow drags its long tails / across the meadow 2:4, 22

Gates-Junek, L.
Weeds and rubbish … / beside an empty bottle — / one red flower 3:1, 23

Gay, Garry
Sitting on driftwood / listening to seagulls cry … / the end of summer 10:1, 25

Gellis, Mark
Over tender grain / Dark summer skies ripped open / By lightning 7:2, 26

Gettis, Alan
An October walk; / deer droppings / already stepped in. 7:2, 33
as an old man drinks / from the Jhelum River — / water buffalo 9:2, 30
backwoods cabin — / a deer hangs from / the barren elm 9:1, 58; 9:3, 28 (r)
bordertown: / breastfeeding mother / asks for a handout 8:3, 18
First day of school — / the child clinging / to his mother’s leg 7:4, 21
hashish aroma … / clippers lying next to / the half sheared sheep 9:1, 21
in the mailbox — / a card marked occupant; / the cold of winter 7:3, 35
“Indian Journey (3)” [sequence] 9:2, 30
inside the camera / a holy man chats / with an old leper 9:2, 30
now and again / out of a hole in the ice / … seal’s heads 8:3, 38
now and again / tasting it as we walk / … snow powder 9:3, 28 (r)
snow coming … / the pregnant widow / caresses her belly 9:3, 53
snowed in; / unfastening / her braid 9:1, 10
spring dawn: / the living and the dead / arrive at the Ganges 9:2, 30
spring evening / curry and rice simmer over / the fire of dried dung 9:2, 30
spring rain; / reading Ecclesiastes / in the motel bed 9:3, 41
The confused children! / two Santa Clauses / on one corner … 7:2, 33
the jubilant crowd — / horses drag an earless bull / from the arena 8:3, 19
the long day — / a tenement child / gives me the finger 9:3, 26
winter dusk: / only the length of his cage / again and again … 9:3, 53
without looking up / winos pass a bottle — / the long night 10:1, 35
Ghostwood, by Ina Fargason [book note] 2:2, 47

Giammarino, Jaye
After the wake, / the darkness / in the house. 4:2, 38
April shower. / On the glistening sand — / wet sunshine. 3:1, 42
At the new graveside … / only moan of autumn wind / and withered flowers. 4:2, 3 (c)
Boy watching frog / leap into lily-pond … / sound of second splash. 4:3, 17
Day of burial … / finding the open grave / filled with flood waters. 4:3, 17
Floating with debris / in the ebbing flood waters / an empty coffin 6:1, 32 (c)
Freezing rain … / strung on telegraph wires / tiny crystal beads. 2:1, 23
From the mountain-top / the tiny houses and church … / feeling of childhood. 1:1, 22
In Santa’s alms pot / the shoppers drop coins … / vapor halos rise. 3:1, 42
Jet flying low … / on the field below / shadow of a cross. 5:1, 36
Kneeling in prayer, / eyes uplifted … / the cobwebs. 5:3, 35
Lifting / my mourning veil … / this April breeze. 6:1, 43 (r)
Lotus Buds, by Eleanor DiGiulio [review] 2:1, 45
New Year’s Day Mass … / on heads bowed in prayer / paper confetti 1:1, 28
On heads bowed in prayer / patches of color … / the stained glass window. 2:1, 12
On New Year’s morning / around the breakfast table … / a whiff of last night. 6:1, 43 (r)
Rabbit / stealing the carrot nose / from the snowman. 2:1, 37
Rain puddle; / this autumn moon / wobbling at my feet. 2:4, 33
Scarecrow … / under his arm, / red ball of sun. 4:1, 19
Serenade of the Seasons, by Sr. Mary Lawrence Franklin [review] 8:2, 43–44
Since she has gone … / all her mirrors / are empty. 4:1, 19
Sunflower stalk … / he measures the height / of his little son. 4:3, 17
Sunrays glittering / on the ship’s rigging … / spider webs. 1:2, 30
Sunrise on the sea … / already the growing sound / of fishermen’s oars. 6:2, 35
The gossipers / standing on the sidewalk, / shadows in the gutter. 6:2, 29
The melting snow / uncovering autumn leaves … / in my neighbor’s yard. 3:1, 42
The picnic fire … / nearby this scarecrow / without arms. 2:3, 12
The red ball of sun / bounces along outside / the train window. 1:3, 17
The twinkling fireflies / over the dark, smooth water … / distant city lights. 1:2, 302:1; 15 (a)
Viewing / his dead wife … / the set lips. 5:3, 35
Wind on the lake … / the wrinkled water / hurrying. 2:4, 31

Gibson, Gwynneth
A brown leaf flutters / in the oak tree’s crotch / wood thrush nesting. 1:1, 31
Early spring waters / thundering in the deep gorge / shake little footbridge. 1:2, 31
Lime-green, stagnant pool / green eyes suddenly surface / frog up for the day. 1:2, 31
On a sunny hill / wild strawberries tasted sweet / till small Eden snake … 1:3, 17

Gill, Jerry
the fog / a seagull vanishes / with my breath 7:1, 16
viewing the moon / the voice of ducks is close / the cold 7:3, 36

Gillon, Adam
beyond the mountains / fiery lining — / the dying sun, 4:2, 46 (r)
From muddy water / a callused black hand flashes / glittering diamonds. 2:2, 46 (r)
I wanted my son / to achieve what I could not. / He did — dying young. 2:2, 46 (r)
lined with lichen and moss / the face of the stone / wrinkles with time. 4:2, 46 (r)
men walk safe in space — / they cower below on earth / dreading one another. 3:1, 45 (r)
one roaring jet / drowns out a thousand voices / of a quiet wood. 4:2, 46 (r)
Over city roofs / a forest of antennae / nothing grows below. 2:2, 46 (r)
Seagulls / poised on floating / driftwood. 4:2, 46 (r)
So many clocks and / watches in this modern house / and so little time. 2:2, 46 (r)
son dying young / spared the agony / of losing a son. 3:1, 45 (r)
the bald-pated man / combs his few remaining hairs / elaborately. 3:1, 45 (r)
The sound of my voice / propels two mallard ducks / in flight from the pond 2:4, 30
year after year / you sit with me / in an empty room. 3:1, 45 (r)
You leaped, laughed and wept / Seeking for meaning and thrills — / The fragile stem snapped. 3:1, 45 (r)
You were my mentor / yet you never told me that / one must die alone. 2:2, 46 (r)
Young love — crumbs of bread / on a snowdrift. Birds, wind or / thaw — the crumbs are lost. 2:2, 46 (r)

Gold, Larry
dense fog hugs the sea / as unseen waves lap the shore … / lighthouse hangs in air 2:4, 33

Gold, Lloyd
Autumn path / losing itself in brambles / these twisted limbs. 4:3, 28
bright march day / tips of poplars glazed with shine / … still the freeze at roots 7:4, 38
Culvert: / adder / oozing / out 3:3, 16
Factory-smoke-puffs / ride the chill air, cast shadows / over sparkling floes. 3:1, 39
lost and shrieking / in Housewares, he rushes down / the up escalator 5:2, 40
pointing to her short lifeline / she laughs / then smooths her white hair 4:1, 38
sulking / she sits cross-armed / in her sister’s hand-me-downs 7:1, 32
The haircurled housewife / sweeps driveway grime / onto the glistening lawn. 6:2, 30
the meadow / widening / with dawn 6:3, 28
This sunless dawn / only the geese / honking through the fog 5:1, 27
White wall / where hoe and rake / lean against their shadows 3:3, 16

Goldberg, Joshua
Sunbeams on water: / the lengthy shadows of fish / curve against the rocks 5:2, 42

Golden, Rima
Neglected garden … / rotting fruit … / letters … letters 2:2, 18
Goldengrove Unleaving, by Richard Esler [book note] 5:3, 47

Gómez de la Serna, Ramón
The swallow / shrugs its shoulders / in midflight 7:4, 17 (a)

Goodwin, James G.
“The Timelessness of Haiku” [essay] 2:3, 31

Gordon, Willard H.
Eclipse / of the moon … / mirror in a dark room. 2:4, 28
The hometown, / changed since it went away / from this stranger’s face. 1:4, 11
The soldier / follows — / his shadow. 2:4, 28

Gorman, LeRoy
back turned / to the last solar eclipse this century / the grinning billboard girl 10:3, 5
beneath the haybale / rotting grass stubble / nestles newborn mice 10:3, 44
down the road from the billboard girl’s Instant Beauty / a young oak / buds 10:3, 5
“The Billboard Girl” [sequence] 10:3, 5

Graham, Elfreda
Tawny fungi — / row upon row half circling / the trunk of the birch. 2:2, 11
Thunder, low rumbling, / rain, rain pouring in torrents — / cozy, my bleak room. 1:2, 35

Grant, Nan
Space vanquishers / pie-wedging meringue sky … / feathered modules. 3:2, 37

Gratton, Steven
An old wagonwheel … / repaired with web spokes / and a new movement. 8:3, 46 (r)
Beyond the land of dandelions, / and on … / to the land of daisies. 8:3, 46 (r)

Graves, Penny
Spring fawn / resting beneath the oak trees, / listens … waits. 6:2, 23

Gray, Daryl
Tree tops lean against / the clouds in the sky so high / they scrape the sky’s face. 2:3, 35

Greb, David
Now, we have / comfortable silences. 7:4, 38

Greenup, Reba
The bony hand / of the skeleton tree / shields moon’s face from earth. 2:4, 26

Grossenbacher, Douglas
The bare trees seem to / scratch the sky as a strong wind / sways them back and forth. 7:3, 22

Grosslight, S.R.
That trembling moment — / my own part in creation! / like a small whirlwind. 3:3, 28

Grossman, Rae
the hook / in the torn jaw of the pike / the glaring eye 10:2, 29

Gudmundson, Gene
a new ax / and now a pile of wood / too big to carry home 7:2, 32
Drifting by / smoke from a young man’s pipe / my grandfather 5:2, 33
following the trail / of the fox across the ice; / here he stops to roll … 7:2, 32
Montana spring: / on every post the open mouth / of a meadowlark 7:2, 32
So tiny / new snow speaks with a whisper: / mouse trail 6:1, 34
Summer rain / the horse’s tail stops / brushing flies 5:3, 3 (c)
Walking on gravel / then pavement / the sudden hush 5:2, 33

Gugelman, Cindy
Rippling waters blue, / a salty ocean mist sprays, / fly, old sea gulls, fly! 9:1, 48

Gunn, Louise D.
Crocus shoots crack earth / poke through small fissures and stretch … / shiver to touch snow. 2:2, 11
Gray walls of granite … / lizard lolling in bright sun / on green cloth of moss. 1:2, 32
Space in Sung painting / points to a branch of flowers / I think of silence. 1:4, 38
The old tree cut down, / lying in logs for burning … / Who cried in the night? 1:4, 21
Two dropped leaves on rock … / Pinned in butterfly fashion / to all the ages. [haiga with a photo by Will Higgins] 3:2, 15

Gyomindo
There is a festival / under / the fireworks [shikishi] 10:1, 16–17

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Hadman, Ty
Ancient ruins: / from underneath the rubble / a black snake appears 9:3, 9
Balancing / on a glass wind chime — / the butterfly 10:3, 25
December dusk deepens; / a middle aged man stops / shadow boxing 10:1, 35
Pointing to the sun / every morning & evening / the scarecrow 10:3, 9
Stunted pines — / moon shadows lengthening / over frozen lava beds 9:2, 42
Watching headlights / from an old oak hollow — / a mustard-eyed owl 9:2, 9
Haiku and Senryu, by Don Eulert [book note] 4:2, 47
Haiku from Japan [haiku selection] 10:3, 32–33
Haiku from the Windless Orchard, edited by Robert Novak [book note] 8:4, 47
Haiku in Western Languages: An Annotated Bibliography, by Gary L. Brower [book note] 3:3, 47
Haiku Moments — June 1977, by David Priebe; Haiku Moments — July 1977, by David Priebe [book note] 9:1, 60
Haiku of Hawaii Nei: Haiku Poetry by Islanders and Visitors, edited by Carl Reynolds [book note] 10:1, 42
Haiku Poetry, by Charles Scanzello [book note] 8:1, 47
Haiku Revisited, by Louis Cuneo [book note] 7:1, 47
Haiku Sketches, by Foster Jewell [book note] 1:4, 47
Haiku Society of America [with comments by Robert Spiess]
“Toward a Definition of Haiku” [essay] 4:2, 39–40
Haiku, by Washington Poets Association [book note] 5:2, 47
Haiku, Senryu and Poetry, by Karl Kulokowski [book note] 9:3, 34
Haiku-Vision in Poetry and Photography, by Ann Atwood [book note] 8:2, 47

Haines, Patricia Evelyn
Children walk to school / drinking the last of summer / kicking tinted leaves. 1:4, 38
On a dusty road / weary Dobbin plods along — / boy riding bareback. 1:4, 32
Snow-covered tips pierce / the centers of drifting clouds — / mountains touching sky. 1:1, 20
Uncluttered green hills / roll into the horizon / endless reaching. 1:2, 21

Hakyô
As the drug takes hold, / the moon of the thirteenth night / scampers away from us. 7:3, 42 (r)
The captive eagle / because of his loneliness is / flapping his wings — oh! 4:1, 44 (r)

Halcrow, Allan R.
Cats becoming spies / quietly stalking across / slick city sidewalks. 2:4, 27
Radiant lava / slowly molds new forms in rock … / melting history. 2:2, 30
Standing on the porch / looking at the shining bay / islands traveling. 1:4, 16
Handbook of Haiku and Other Forms, edited by Jean Calkins [book note] 1:2, 41

Hanf, James A.
A wild bull standing / amid the reeds of a marsh … / summer flies buzzing. 5:2, 41
Misty autumn rain; / the sound of the limbs dripping / in the quiet night. 5:2, 41
Summer afternoon … / even the clouds / do not move. 5:1, 37
Winter morning, / the pond’s ice captures / the cattails. 5:1, 37

Hansen, Richard A.
Foggy shore / two fishermen cast toward / each other’s sound 9:3, 42
Spring bridge; / fishing lines connect old men / with the river 10:2, 3
Two days of rain; / the same maple leaf sticks / to my window 10:1, 54
Happy Thoughts, by Margaret and Paul Elliott [book note] 1:4, 47

Harada, Takahiro
A sport too / entwined with work / golf! 7:1, 14 (a)
Burning sun / crazy golfers / lined up waiting 7:1, 14 (a)
Playing golf / the efficiency rating / changes 7:1, 14 (a)
Playing with my superior / I yield the score / tomorrow’s promotion 7:1, 14 (a)
Sleepy heads / on weekends / no wakening bell 7:1, 14 (a)
Harazda, R. Thaddeus
In the great ballroom / The music having ended / We again … just people. 7:2, 41

Harbeson, Martin
night bird / keeping me up. / love you! 7:1, 36

Hardcastle, Marcia
Twisting in swirls / tree bark, upward, outward, / constantly upward. 1:1, 32

Harding, Donald E.
A cold winter day / when I turned on the heat / the parrot talked. 8:1, 13
Hot summer day; / beside the dry water tank / a motionless windmill … 10:3, 49 (r)
In flooded pasture / motionless water freezing … / honking of wild geese 10:3, 49 (r)
New Year’s dawn / only the neighbor’s dog / barking 9:1, 9
Winter loneliness … / suddenly in the lampshade / that old fly buzzes 10:3, 49 (r)
With each winter snow / the abandoned cabin leans / closer to the hills 9:3, 21

Harms, Raymond J.
Abandoned island / claimed by abandoned people — / and still the cruise boats. 1:4, 6
Along Grant Avenue, / exploding firecrackers, / distant cable car clanging. 2:1, 31
And below the Cliff House, / wrapped in mist, / seals and fog horns barking. 2:1, 31
And below, / the river, / wrapping around itself. 2:4, 8
and last night’s snow-prints / melted by this morning’s rain / gleam now in the sun. 1:1, 19
Conch on window sill / roaring with the summer seas; / outside — winter winds. 1:1, 19
Concrete coated hills / echo cable car clatter — / shooting stars tonight. 1:4, 37
Digging here and there, / Probing into frozen ground — / snowflake-feathered birds. 1:1, 19
Draped across the bay, / a bridge / reflecting the sunset. 2:1, 31
Drawing my finger / through the sand, / tracing the canyon. 2:4, 8
Eroded walls / holding in the heat, / the sunset. 2:3, 40
Fire engines echoing / echoing through Coit Tower / wailing up and down. 2:1, 31
From its depths / rise dust, heat, / and a hawk. 2:4, 8
My mule, / wheezing on the dusty trail, / waters it down. 2:4, 6
November flurry: / Moratorium leaflets / covering the mall. 1:2, 28
Now, — so close to the moon, / shadowed by an eagle’s wing / as footsteps echo. 1:2, 28
Rising and falling, / the yacht, / the water rat. 2:2, 5
“San Francisco” [sequence] 2:1, 31
The ebbing tide / swirling around the rocks — / tourists on the wharf 2:1, 31
“The Grand Canyon” [sequence] 2:4, 8
The sunset, / rimming the canyon / the evening. 2:4, 8
Throughout the canyon, / thunder, — / and the river. 2:4, 8

Harned, Jennie
out of the cold / a scarlet bird 6:3, 39
The wind reveals a star / the elm tree hid 6:1, 20

Harned, Sam
Walking in the same field — / though last year bringing flowers / to that small white house 8:1, 16

Harr, Carl F.
Garbage picker / amassing treasure — his son / learning the trade. 4:3, 38
Pumpkin vines / making a lush growth / among the garbage. 4:3, 38
Throwing rocks / kicking cans — exposing / the headless doll. 4:3, 38
“Town Dump” [sequence] 4:3, 38
Twilight; / scuffling brown rodents / merge with other browns. 4:3, 38

Harr, Lorraine Ellis
A dragonfly skims / among the water-skaters; / the sunset clouds. 6:3, 43 (r)
A few cows graze / inside the old pasture fence / — wires rusted through 7:3, 46 (r)
A few honey bees / join with the hornets / on the melon slice. 4:3, 13
A flying squirrel — / poised in a moment of time / between two branches. 2:3, 6
A gutted catfish / on ferns by the campfire; / grease smokes in the pan. 2:3, 20
A humid dawn; / the dew on the leeks / how fast it dries … 4:2, 7
A little grebe / wanders up and down the beach / intently searching … 7:1, 35
A single gnat / in the bottom of the glass; / fresh apple cider. 3:3, 13
A slim white egret / on one foot … then the other / in the icy pond. 3:1, 30
A sultry day — / trout coming to the surface / for a breath of air. 4:2, 7
A tipsy gnat / crawls over the bung stopper / … still searching. 3:3, 13
All the dandelions / dug from the spring lawn / … have returned. 7:4, 15
Among the sand dunes / throwing away the melon rinds — / instant bees! 4:3, 13
An early winter — / two hawks circle the foothills / white-tipped with snow. 3:1, 30
April showers; / branches of the willows / dripping in the pond. 4:1, 8
At the cider press / slapping at hovering gnats / appearing from nowhere. 3:3, 13
August heat! / a crow resting in the shadow / of the scarecrow 5:1, 38
August heat; / again the old gander / mounting the goose … 4:2, 20
August trail … / the smell of saddle leather / and pack horses. 5:2, 36
Autumn chick-a-dees / deep in the claradendron / rattling leaves. 7:2, 29
Autumn morning: / making their own sunshine — / gold chrysanthemums. 5:2, 36
Autumn roadside; / sitting on his bed roll / a yawning hippie. 2:4, 11
Back from the polls; / Mother won’t tell Father / how she voted. 6:1, 14
Behind the red barn — / a crumple of corn tassles / and burned paper scraps 7:3, 46 (r)
Beneath the willows / a few cows resting — / sharpening the scythe. 4:1, 8
Blowing out the candle / letting the moonlight / have the room 4:2, 20
Blue is just blue — / until one sees the blueness / of this one dragonfly! 6:3, 43 (r)
Blue morning glory / growing beyond the fence post / clutches at the air, 2:2, 15
Bright-eyed gulls / circle in mid-air, watching; / pup chasing a stick. 3:2, 13
By the carousel — / little blond miss, in ruffles, / choosing fiercest horse. 5:3, 19
By the covered bridge / a crow / caws from the willows. 4:1, 8
Carefully / shooing away the hornets — / but they come right back. 4:3, 13
Clouds forming / among the mountain humps: / a spiraling hawk. 5:2, 36
Cutting quack-grass / with dull garden shears — / even the jaws work! 7:2, 29
Cutting the melon; / At the touch of the knife / its loud “pop!” 4:3, 13
Dark of the moon; / a steady drumming rain batters / the white camellias. 7:4, 15
Delicate as lace — / new wisteria tendrils / search the brick wall. 1:3, 27
Deserted beach fire; / the incoming tide sputters / among the embers. 2:3, 20
Discussing business; / father and son talking / man-to-man. 6:1, 14
Dog-baying night: / the mist that rims the moon / holds a single star. 8:2, 34
Drenched with wet sand / the spaniel chews a driftwood chip / growling … 3:2, 13
Empty school yard — / hung on a teeter-totter / a faded jacket. 3:1, 30
Evening begins / with the willows darkening / in spring rain. 4:1, 8
Evening rain; / gulls drift idly with the wind / over the tide flats. 7:1, 35
Expecting the warbler / to sing again — but all is quiet / in the night thicket. 6:3, 34
First cider sipping; / even the gnats get tipsy / after awhile. 3:3, 13
First day of winter; / snow falling into the sea / just at twilight 6:1, 12
First snow of winter; / grosbeaks stripping the firethorn / of its orange berries. 3:1, 30
Fringed gentians: / along the bank where the stream / bends in moonlight. 8:3, 14
Gnats gathering / around the apple press; / the dripping juice. 3:3, 13
Gnats winging in / over the wine-barrel bung; / the ripe apple smell! 3:3, 13
Great fleecy clouds — / the distant farmer ploughing / such straight rows. 6:3, 34
“Haiku — As Elusive as Basho’s Frog” [essay] 3:1, 35
Heart of the melon, / saving it for the last bite / — dropping it. 4:3, 13
Hippie Haiku: A Sequence 2:4, 11
Hippies in the park / by the “Keep off the Grass” sign / … sharing a joint. 2:4, 11
Hitch-hiking hippie — / huddled in the autumn rain / giving the peace sign. 2:4, 11
Hot summer night / walking in the garden / trying to catch a breeze. 4:2, 7
Hot summer road; / the man hurrying along / where is he going? 4:2, 7
If the “darning-needle” / lights on the thimbleberry — / will it need thread. 6:3, 44 (r)
If the dragonflies / are sleeping-out, they’re surely / well hidden. 6:3, 44 (r)
In a paper cup / beside the watermelon — / some wilting daisies. 4:3, 13
In half-darkness — / what is it the wind hunts / among the cornstalks? 7:3, 46 (r)
Indian summer — / the old hound lies in the shade / worrying a bone. 3:2, 34
Indian summer; / the tomatoes are wilting / on the vines. 4:2, 7
Into the silence / of the summer day — a gull’s cry, / over and over. 7:1, 35
Last day of school; / blowing across the playground / a crayon picture. 3:1, 6
Losing the straw / and jigging as the wind blows / that scarecrow dandy! 5:1, 38
Making Cider: A Haiku Sequence 3:3, 13
Making plum butter; / houseflies sticking / to the screen door 4:2, 7
Mid-summer morning / the radishes have a hotness / of their own! 4:2, 7
Morning quiet; / after a while the sparrow / pecking in the eaves. 5:2, 36
New Year’s Day: / A handful of sparrows / blowing with the wind. 7:1, 17
New Year’s Day; / Green pea soup gone cold / in an old cup … 9:1, 5
Night shadows; / weeping willows whispering / among themselves. 4:1, 8
Now as sunset fades / a wind comes from the sea / Still the fisherman … 4:2, 20
October evening … / a misty rain falling / with the leaves. 5:2, 5
Old black tom cat / under the bird feeder / utterly motionless. 5:3, 19
On the manure pile / the old farm rooster crows; / Winter sunrise. 7:3, 36
On the night / that Father gets paid — / family togetherness. 6:1, 14
On the picnic table / hornets, one at a time, / find the watermelon. 4:3, 13
Once again / the dragonfly alights / on the same leaf. 6:3, 43 (r)
One red dragonfly / time after time finds its way / back to the same leaf. 6:3, 43 (r)
Raccoon … / up the rotting cabin steps / to the pine nuts. 5:2, 36
Racing up the beach / a tongue-lolling spaniel — / the gulls scatter. 3:2, 13
Rain squalls / beat upon the brackish swamp; / earth and sky lost in mist. 8:1, 12
Ripe watermelon; / The first bite is practically / all juice! 4:3, 13
Roadside dogwood trees; / White autumn blossoms amid / the red seed clusters. 7:4, 15
Sampling the cider — / the gnats mill around / in mid-air. 3:3, 13
“Seabirds” [sequence] 7:1, 35
September heat — / grain is leaking through a hole / in the feed sack. 4:2, 7
Sequence on a Watermelon Theme 4:3, 13
Slicing the melon — / the hum of the hornets / gets louder … 4:3, 13
Spring moon; / ferns uncurling between / the river rocks. 5:3, 36
Spring rain / drifts down over the pines; / Crows fly in and out. 7:3, 36
Spring rains — / making a damp sound / among the willows. 4:1, 8
Spring storm; / watching the willows / bending in the wind. 4:1, 8
Sucking a peach pit; / the lost of the fruit / in jars on the self. 5:2, 36
Sudden downpour — / but under the grape arbor / only a drop or two. 2:2, 22
“Summer Heat: A Sequence” 4:2, 7
Sunflower seeds — / the awesome geometry / of their slow swelling! 7:3, 46 (r)
Surfside Sequence 3:2, 13
The chicken-head bait; / a crawdad moves around it / cautiously … 5:3, 36
The dragonfly / on the morning glory bloom; / blue! blue! blue! 6:3, 43 (r)
The dragonfly eats / 400 mosquitoes a day — / yet, stays so slim! 6:3, 44 (r)
The dragonfly’s weight / moves the morning glory shadow / on the quiet pond. 6:3, 43 (r)
The grasses bend / under the autumn rain — / and bend again. 4:2, 20
The little spaniel / in a frenzy of barks … / chases a gull’s shadow. 3:2, 13
The mating dragonflies / over the field flowers … / fly as one. 6:3, 43 (r)
The midday heat — / even the fruit gnats / are getting weary. 3:3, 13
The old scarecrow — / getting a spring jacket / of a newer cut. 5:2, 36
The plover’s nest, / well hidden in the sedge; / A breeze from the sea. 7:1, 35
The red ladybug / folds up its wings — dragonflies / can’t. 6:3, 44 (r)
The shower dwindles — / but still, the distant growl / of thunder. 8:3, 14
The spaniel puppy / plunges into the surf — / barking at waves. 3:2, 13
The spring moon; / Ferns growing between / the river rocks 5:1, 38
The still autumn pool: / Onto the cloud reflections / a single leaf falls. 7:2, 29
The sun … / melting through the sun / in the ice pond. 4:2, 20
The Throat of the Peacock, translated by Harold J. Isaacson [review] 6:1, 45
The Willows: A Haiku Sequence 4:1, 8
The winter sun — / melts through its reflection / in the icy pond 7:1, 6
This morning’s beach / pockmarked with clam holes … / quarreling seabirds. 3:2, 13
Turned on / to dragonflies; blue — / bluer — bluest! 6:3, 43 (r)
Twilight; / still the heat clings / to the garden wall 8:3, 14
Under autumn elms / setting up the cider press; / the first ripe apples. 3:3, 13
Under the willows / bubbles of a hidden fish / break the surface. 4:1, 8
Unstrapping packs / by the steep mountain trail; / the sound of water. 2:2, 39
Until it alights / on a white daisy — just another / blue dragonfly. 6:3, 43 (r)
“Vacation” [sequence] 3:1, 30
Vacation days — / written on the schoolhouse walk / a four-letter word. 3:1, 30
Voices from the street / pass by the open window / and fade away … 4:2, 7
Voices of children — / “Ole ole oats in free.” / An early cricket. 2:3, 12
Weeping willows / trailing in the current, / a carp jumps. 4:1, 8
Weevils in the grain; / all that’s left of them / is their overcoats 7:3, 46 (r)
What heat! / the smell from the outhouse / increases … 4:2, 7
Windless heat; / the old man … watering / his house plants. 4:2, 20
“Winter Birds” [sequence] 3:1, 30
Winter might; / firelight from an old log / flickers on faces … 8:4, 31
Winter rain / dripping sown / the scarecrow’s neck. 6:3, 34
Young bean tendrils / circle the bean-poles / circle themselves. 3:2, 34; 7:3, 46 (r)

Harter, Douglas
I saw a flock of geese / on our pond — they were wild, / when they saw me, they flew 10:1, 45

Hatmaker, Bonnie
Graceful animals / bound across the open plain / with tiger behind. 8:3, 22

Hauptman, Mariko Kurashita
Via Time Machine: Disclosures in a Mid-America: Haiku, by Rhoda de Long Jewell [review] 6:1, 44–45

Hayes, Joseph
Circling together / in the canyon — / a raven and his shadow 8:3, 37
Hearing the Wind, by Janice M. Bostok [book note] 7:4, 45
Heart of Pine, by Barbara F. Buck (bee) [book note] 8:1, 47

Heath, Beth LaPointe
Across the roof / rattling hail of leaves / iced new sights. 2:2, 26
After the wedding / poor children picking up rice / kernel by kernel. 2:1, 26
Black shadows stretch / as sunset slants the mountains / narrow into night. 1:2, 28
Chestnuts echoing / as they drop upon the ground, / rabbits run frightened 1:4, 20
Electric failure / to undress and go to bed / with only moonlight. 1:4, 10
Florescent lights / along swamp edge — / mushrooms. 2:4, 33
Imprisoned flies / buzz against cobweb windows / in the old attic. 1:3, 36
Leaves on leaves / beaten into the ground / by rain after rain. 2:1, 30
Mirror image moon — / where the rain left a puddle — / crinkled by the wind. 2:3, 19
Moonlight trickles / between curtain slats / whippoorwill calls. 2:2, 40
Pussy willows / in this flurry of snow / and a lone robin. 1:2, 28
The constant horn / and now the church bells / overflow the fog. 1:2, 28
The same scene / passes the train on the prairie / the same scene 1:1, 14
Two goldfish / the round glass bowl / and slow circles. 1:1, 14
Wind in a storm / pigeons in the eaves — / sound under sound. 2:2, 9
Wind sailing clouds, / tree silhouettes disappear / following the moon. 1:4, 19

Hedin, Robert A.
Autumn. Old hirelings / stoop to clean dirt from letters / engraved in granite. 3:1, 32

Hefti, Flora McKinney
Conservative dress / in regulation outfits / but with some new colors. 1:1, 18

Heitmeyer, Eva Joy
Touch not my heart; / it is a delicate thing / already broken. 2:1, 30
Trees along the street / turn green in spite of pavements. / Spring in the city. 1:2, 27
Veterans’ Day! / Feet marching down the street, / a sound of taps. 2:4, 30

Hekigodô
how still / the road becomes / dokudami buds 7:3, 37 (w)
Recently, the greengrocer’s wife being dead, / Father and daughter load the greens, / Load the onions 5:1, 43 (r)

Hendershot, Peggy
Over frosted stone / my breath mingles with / the stream’s mist 10:1, 7

Henderson, Harold G.
see also Tairô
Foreword 1:1, 2
Harold G. Henderson (Tairô) [In memoriam] 4:3, ifc; 5:3, ifc

Hendricks, Paul
A rattling of wings / carrying the grasshopper / through the summer’s heat 6:3, 6
Just soaring higher / until it becomes the sky / with an eagle’s cry 7:2, 41

Henschen, Robert A.
far from town / foot markings / cross in the snow 7:2, 30

Henson, Elizabeth
the wind sings a song / that reminds me of your smile … / lost between the miles. 1:4, 16

Herzig, Drew
An empty shell / moves / with the rain’s pulse 5:3, 36
Fallen blossom / on the brick path — / the Milky Way 6:2, 38
The short night is through — / a squash blossom / still half-open 6:3, 37

Hess, Harvey
blackened with mildew / mangrove branches overhanging / the brackish lagoon 9:1, 44
breaker’s sheer back light / and a net, perfectly thrown … / summer’s dusk, Hilo 10:3, 57
grown pale with the wall / a gecko gazes and waits … / the gray summer haze 10:1, 38
Hilo’s sun rises; / on a new banana leaf / dewdrop meets dewdrop 10:3, 9
O morning glory / full blown again encircling / the cooled cinder cone 10:3, 16
Hiawatha’s Country, by Foster Jewell and Rhoda de Long Jewell [book note] 7:3, 47

Hicks, Helen
A child’s toy … / and apple blossoms / shroud that song sparrow. 2:3, 23
Drab, cold day / still — that crocus blooms / where the sun was … 2:2, 13

Higashi, Rose Anna
The sound of a dove / Cool and gray in the morning / Before the heat comes. 7:4, 14

Higgins, Frank
a tapping cane; / suddenly my liver spots / look better 6:2, 29

Higgins, Will
photo haiga to a haiku by Louise D. Gunn 3:2, 15

Higginson, William J.
A wet night / garbage cans all full / but the far one. 1:1, 14
autumn red / maple / blossoms 1:2, 24
before the descent / musing then seeing / the sudden bluebird 4:1, 36 (a)
Between pink / and blue — a wash / of aqua. 2:1, 7
Catching / bare-handed: / eels! 1:2, 24; 2:1 (a)
every block / has its own / ‘hey mister’ 6:3, 45 (r)
First Dawn / slowly lowers / the clouds. 2:1, 7
Grackles announce / the first fading / of dawn. 2:1, 7
I look up / from writing / to daylight. 2:1, 7
in Wilshire’s / center lane lies / a cane 5:1, 12
New Year … / bacon fat / spatters. 2:1, 7
New Year’s Dawn — / making breakfast / in the clean kitchen. 2:1, 7
Petty rivalry / for the Sunday comics / all over now. 1:1, 14
Scrambling / last year’s eggs / for breakfast. 2:1, 7
Sequence: New Year’s Dawn 2:1, 7; 2:2, 7
Smoke wisps / so far below / that bird … 2:1, 7
Suddenly awakened / from noisy fevered dreams — / this deep blackness. 1:1, 14
summer moon — / the only white / in the afternoon sky 7:4, 14
Sun at zenith, / exposing spring sides / and bottom. 1:3, 17
The sun’s rays / have a different slant … / after the climb. 1:4, 22
The Wordless Poem: A Study of Zen in Haiku, by Eric W. Amman [review] 1:1, 36–37

Highbridge, Lee
A raucous parrot / shiny bleak a megaphone, / damns the universe. 1:2, 35
Snub nose aquiver, / he flushes out the cookies / with bird-dog instinct. 1:3, 33

Hilikimani, Loke [Ruth Hirshman]
among chromatic trees / one elm / bare 6:3, 36
brisk wind / ruffling the lake … / unruffled ducks 7:3, 35
Cloudburst! / on the hill / shattered sunlight 7:2, 26
Death Valley: / a broken mesquite branch marks / the shifting sand 10:2, 41
flash flood — / the stream overflowing / with sound 9:2, 33
last bathers gone — / horseshoe crabs / overturned on the sand 10:1, 37
on the village / Liberty Bell / a funeral wreath 7:4, 21
sunset: / day lily petals enfold / the growing dusk 9:3, 5

Hill, Douglas
A teddy bear sits / and, with open arms, / stares at my childhood. 6:1, 39

Hill, Maurice
Wind, over desert sand, / hollowing out new holes, / filling old ones. 7:1, 26

Hilliard, Truett L.
beneath the frozen earth / slumbering frogs — / a child’s croaking cough 7:2, 36
freezing clouds / from each bawling cow / dot the brittle cold 7:2, 36
in his handshake / the feel of wood / dark and old 4:1, 13
laughing at themselves / old men in a fly-specked cafe / eating raisin pie 3:1, 23
on each marble step / the gnawing nose / of these old shoes 3:1, 4

Hillringhouse, Mark F.
dead leaf / whisked down a street / wet and cold 6:2, 34

Hilts, Robert
Bright leaves drifting down / covering the bare pavement / lovers parting 4:3, 42
Dry, brittle, brown leaves / stop blowing across bare fields … / one shrub protection. 2:4, 26
Grumbling sounds / made by distant thunder / rain begins to fall. 2:3, 34
Listen; tick, tick, tick, / Time absconds with alacrity … / only silence remains. 2:2, 31

Hina
Muttering to himself / the old mallard wings / over the dry marsh 9:3, 36
Spring winds. / At the end of the kite dances / a red haired boy 10:3, 54
Through an open vent / in the stained glass “Crucifixion”: / an iris garden 10:1, 9

Hinchee, Ray
A blue heron wades / out of the mist … but still / that clurr of cypress. 3:1, 6
dark against the sky / seed pods and cedar waxwings / clustered on bare limbs 3:2, 29
Faded damask drapes / the fragrance of lavender / … and now the silence 6:1, 27
Old woman in shawl / hurrying toward the church / leans into the wind. 6:2, 21
past the dark station / along rails wet with fog / to this empty bench 6:2, 21

Hindman, Kathleen B.
Erratic glints wing / along the wall, sunlit darts / from my maundering pen. 2:1, 27

Hines, Gary
Dry electric / tumbleweed / winks goodbye 9:3, 29 (r)
Just like the sky / to disappear / before I reach it 9:3, 29 (r)
Mountain treetops / sift morning clouds; / the girl washes her hair 9:3, 30 (r)
Restroom so / cold / my urine steams 9:3, 30 (r)

Hirasawa, Nobuo F.
leaves blow over / the kitten’s tombstone / with its chestnut [shikishi] 10:1, 15

Hiroshige, Ichiryusai
Fox Fires on New Years Eve at the Enoki Tree, Oji [reproduction of a color print] 4:2, 17

Hirshman, Rose
see also Loke Hilikimani
Deep in the still wood / sound of a brook / sound of green leaves 6:2, 18

Hitahata Seito
When according to the price-tag / it can’t be bought, / takes mother along. 6:1, 45 (r)

Hogetsu
The second son / who made his way in the world / takes mother on a trip 6:1, 45 (r)

Hokki
Even the way that / the shoe heels wear down: / like father, like son. 6:1, 45 (r)

Hole, Francis D.
Sunshine on plowed fields / Shows hilltops bright, footslopes dark, / all moist from Spring rains. 9:2, 40 (a)

Holland, Sheryl
Secluded forest … / buried deep in sun and moss … / a single cricket — 3:2, 27
White mountain silence / fills the valleys below … / meadows of moondust. 3:3, 23

Holmes, Elizabeth L.
Doe autumn … / Grandma remembering / forgets who I am 10:1, 47

Holroyd, Donald L.
After the thunder, / the wary tiger cat / edges outside 10:3, 46
At a beach cottage, / opening all the windows — / the sound of the surf 7:4, 33
At the drive-in, / a flock of noisy sparrows / feasting on yesterday. 5:1, 36
First October frost — / inside the morning paper / a tiny cricket 10:1, 21
First October frost — / on the kitchen window-sill / the cat … peering in 6:1, 27
In frozen brown mud / under the kitchen window … / a tiny green sprout. 2:2, 13
In the old garden / a spray of yellow mums / among so many weeds. 2:4, 39
Near a sheltering pine / this gray December day — / one bright dandelion. 3:2, 29
November morning — / an old man bent double / slowly gathers leaves 7:2, 40
Soft spring rain — / the last mound of the snowman / disappearing … 7:2, 40
Through dark March clouds, / a ray of sunlight / strikes the child’s blond hair. 2:2, 13

Holshuh, Laura
Sunrays ripening / golden fruit upon a bough: / oh, the burning sand! 6:3, 22

Holt, Jim
October night — / I watch the moon / grow smaller. 3:1, 9

Homestead, Magnus Mack
A boy and a man / Cast lines in the old canal, — / White summer moonlight 10:3, 44
Autumn woodland: / A helmet full of water cleans / The naked soldier 10:2, 41
Hot summer day: / Two sparrows on / The cool knees of Lincoln 10:3, 6
Spring moon: / The soldier’s shadow falls / On a dusty tent 10:1, 19

Hood, Elizabeth G.
Gourd vendor / selling me / the October moon 2:4, 15
green and hazel eyes / watching their first frog watching / green and hazel eyes 3:1, 23
letting thoughts drift through / that old wooden bridge pausing / where the wood pauses 3:1, 5
the first look lasted / so long that I need to look / once more from this bridge 3:1, 23

Hood, Elizabeth Gregg
Hippie writing verses / as long as his hair and / just as dirty 1:2, 35

Hoopes, David
On the sandy beach / a single track of footprints / long is the spring day 3:3, 46 (r)
Random rays of light, / slipping through the dark forest / catch a dogwood’s bloom 3:3, 46 (r)

Hooser, Philip
stone bridge over creek — / higher, tips of maples touching / another bridge 10:3, 35

Horton, Opal V.
Cry of a screech owl / shattering the stillness / of a summer night 6:1, 19
Sunflowers / casting giant shadows / in the moonlight 5:3, 39

Hôsai
Moonlit night: / a reed / is broken. 7:3, 42 (r)

Hotham, Gary
Across the Loud Stream, by Martin Shea [review] 6:1, 46
After the burial / the heaviness of dust / on the lamp shade. 5:1, 19
all evening / sharing the rain / with my wife 6:1, 5
autumn / the rain comes / slanted 7:4, 35
awakening / after the dream, / the cold in my feet 8:1, 43 (r)
beginning the new year / the bear paces a circle / in the cage 6:2, 18
below the glass / the trout’s / lightless eye 7:1, 30
beside me / my wife clipping her nails — / New Year’s Eve. 6:1, 41
Blackdog in the Headlights, by Martin Shea [review] 6:3, 45
Cicada Locust Haiku, by O’San (Martha Kennedy Searle) [review] 5:2, 46
Cycling Paterson: A Haiku / Senryu Sequence, by William J. Higginson [review] 6:3, 45
distant thunder — / the dog’s toenails click / against the linoleum 6:2, 18; 7:2, 16 (a)
dry afternoon grass / the battlefield cannons / filled with cement 8:2, 34
each lull / in the winter wind / you and I 8:1, 43 (r)
early morning breeze / the mountain’s shadow / begins to move 8:4, 46 (r)
every night / the same shop — / the stuffed hawk’s beak shines 10:3, 28
Evidence of Light, by E.T. Caldwell [review] 6:3, 45
fingers grip the cane — / the old man in the snow / standing 6:1, 20
fog. / sitting here / without the mountains 8:1, 44 (r)
further down / the water comes apart / among the rocks 6:3, 5
in & out / of a small town / river water 7:2, 4
in a rented room / with a hot plate / the soup boils 7:4, 20
Late summer darkness / the mountains of home / so distant … 5:2, 41
morning fog / not seeing far / the fern’s underside 8:4, 46 (r)
new false teeth / vigorously white / in his mouth 5:3, 35
not finding / the word to say / the plant dried up / in its pot 7:4, 20
on the ceiling / a large leak stain — / autumn coolness 6:3, 10
outside the door / daylight / waits 8:1, 44 (r)
petals / fall off the sunflower — / our guests leave in the rain 9:3, 41
Seventeen Grains of Sand: One Hundred One American Haiku and Other Poems, by Sol Markoff [review] 7:2, 43
sipping the soup — / the evening light slides down / the bowl’s side … 6:2, 18
spring rain / the mountain / further away 9:3, 28 (r)
spring wind — / my wife drinks from a cup / we’ve always had 9:2, 23
stalled car / foot tracks being filled / with snow. 8:1, 43 (r)
stepping out of the wind / broken glass / under foot 8:4, 17
summer resort / the autumn wind / back 7:2, 33
sun & moon / in the same sky / the small hand of my wife 8:4, 46 (r)
sundown: / the chip in the soup bowl / before me 8:1, 44 (r)
the wind comes up — / mannequins / dressed for winter 8:4, 17
waiting room quiet — / an apple core / in the ashtray 6:2, 18; 8:1, 43 (r)
waking up / before you / winter darkness 7:4, 35
winter solstice: / the mountain sits quietly / above the town 6:3, 10
your cough / then mine 6:3, 17

Howe, Garnett
Fallen white petals / dot the grass like confetti / under spirea. 1:3, 21

Howell, Mildred Moon
The spider’s spun web, / a work of fragile beauty, / imprisons a fly. 1:3, 27

Hoyt, Clement
Hair, in my comb’s teeth, / the color of autumn wind — / this whole day is gray. 5:2, 45 (r)
photo 6:2, 7

Huey, Lisa
Big mountain stands tall / On the top is soft white snow / People try to climb. 3:3, 22

Huguez, Julia
The warm spring morning, / a butterfly is racing / to a red flower. 5:3, 28

Hunt, Evelyn Tooley
see also Tao-Li
A foreign accent / coming closer and closer — / “Rags! Old iron!” 7:4, 16
a muddy pond — / basking at its shallow end / the golden carp 9:1, 44
A shaft of sunlight / piercing the rotted porch floor / has found the lost doll. 2:4, 34
After the concert / the cricket in the bandstand / audible again. 6:1, 39
and water striders, / each one dancing toe to toe / with his own shadow. 5:1, 17
Between pink and blue / the expectant grandmother / takes one skein of each. 2:4, 14
Beyond the shrilling / of the fish-peddler’s whistle / the smell of his wares 8:3, 40
choir rehearsal: / never quite perfecting it — / “hallelujah!” 10:3, 41
Clumps of skunk cabbage / at the edge of a dark pool … / a deer lifts its head. 2:1, 5
Deserted cabin: / the empty windows curtained / with yellow jasmine 1:4, 22
Destroying his world, / I have let that cabbage worm / crawl into the light. 5:3, 9 (a)
Drifting through the town: / thin wisps of morning mist / … and white thistledown 8:3, 4
Even in this fog / the waves keep slapping the shore / … wherever it is 9:1, 55
five generations / of plowing — still they turn up: / these flint arrowheads 10:2, 5
“For Mickey” [sequence] 6:3, 27
For the funeral / all the women mourners / have had their hair done. 7:3, 14
higher and higher / the monarch butterfly — / and the milkweed seed 10:3, 15
His fine straight furrows / marred by a island of weeds / — where a killdeer nests 5:3, 8 (a)
How fragrant the sawdust / spread this morning on the floor / of the butcher shop 7:4, 16
Hugging huge bouquets / children knee-deep in daisies / and mid-summer haze 8:4, 31
In the widow’s field / wearing her black dress and veil / the new scarecrow 9:1, 51 (r)
In the wishing well / the tossed pebble / multiplies the pennies 4:1, 6
In this deep ravine, / a little creek describing / a sun-dappled field. 1:3, 8
Measuring-worm … / has he, too, lost count / of the inches? 2:4, 14
“Meet the Scarecrow” [essay] 5:3, 7–9
Mid-morning / and last night’s fog / still dripping 5:3, 11
Mountain laurel / bright pink with new buds … / the stone wall hidden. 2:2, 13
no shampoo today: / the staves of the old rainbarrel / have given way. 7:2, 15
Old beagle / guarding another litter / of kittens 6:3, 27
Pelican slowly lifting / out of the ocean… / full moon rising 5:3, 11
Rainbows on the grass … / a finger of mullein / pointing to the sky. 3:3, 27
“Remembered Moments” [sequence] 7:4, 16
Rimming the old quarry / the pueblo dwellings / of cliff swallows 4:1, 38
Shucking June peas — / fingers still stained with the juice / of wild strawberries 5:2, 31
Sleeping soundly on the grass / the beagle / wearing a new flea collar 6:3, 27
Smell of wet dust / along the unpaved street: / the sprinkler passing 7:4, 16
So cool to a child’s tongue / the glistening shards / from the iceman’s wagon 7:4, 16
Stilled Wind, by Geraldine Clinton Little [review] 9:2, 35
Such a little tune / but the mourning-dove sings it / over and over 7:3, 14
Summer midnight: / the glow of fox fire / … the full moon. 3:2, 36
Summer: / even the freight whistle / mellows. 7:3, 14
That constant buzzing / in the sticky flypaper / above the dinner table 7:4, 16
That frail spider-web / destroyed last night by the wind: / there it is again! 4:3, 28
The fast flowing tide / swirls around the barnacles / on these old pilings 1:4, 35
The frog’s legs / look longer / entering the water 5:3, 11
the measure of winter / on every slender sapling / where rabbits fed 10:2, 26
The new garbage pails, / their lids tilted rakishly / in the bright sunshine 2:1, 27
The old millpond: / a brown leaf falls / into the silence [hokku] 10:1, 27
The owl-eyes / of the bell tower — / striking midnight. 2:2, 40
the paper sailboats / of the kindergarten class / pass under the bridge 9:2, 50
The rumble of coal / bumping down the cellar chutes / through summer windows 7:4, 16
Two empty clothespins / on the line this rainy day / and two wet sparrows 2:3, 42
Two old pines / supporting a hammock / of gray fog 3:2, 36
Two sounds this hot night: / creaking of the scarecrow’s joints, / and the growing corn 3:3, 27
Two young hikers / adding fresh sassafras leaves / to peanut butter sandwiches. 4:3, 28
Veterans Day — / the strawman wearing a trench-cap / holding the flag 9:1, 51 (r)
Where its petals fell, / now the plum leaves, too, drift down / on the pool, the stone … 9:2, 49
Where the cabin stood: / a chipmunk making a nest / in the cold chimney. 1:2, 23
“William Howard Cohen, ‘a Chinese Jew’” [essay] 8:2, 7–9
Wind from the bayou … / the rich smell of swamp water / — and catfish frying. 1:4, 40
Wind out of the north: / shaken, the leafless branches / rock the empty nest. 1:2, 7
Winter rabbit hunt: / the little beagle floundering / behind my snowshoes. 3:3, 27
with old Shep gone / it grows slowly fainter — / the smell of him 9:1, 46
Yesterday’s paper / still on the old lady’s porch — / and the day before’s 8:3, 18
Hunt, Evelyn Tooley, Doug Ingels, and Robert Spiess
“The Old Millpond” [linked verse] 10:1, 27–31

Hunt, George
A great bird settles, / and out come all the tourists / to search for luggage. 1:4, 11
Outrigger canoes / race in Ala Wai Canal / after warm school hours. 3:2, 12
Thin young bamboo bends, / leaves flying in gusty wind, / but old trees are straight. 1:4, 29

Hunt, Lee D.
A dog, / now two, / one shadow. 7:3, 23
The old post / holding the tattered remains / of the scarecrow. 3:3, 22

Huntsman, Robert Clayton
Encroaching black cloud / scatters crows and cricket songs — / a teapot boiling 5:2, 43 (r)
Falling rain on shingles — / mice in the attic rafters, / listening … 4:1, 35
Firewood neatly stacked / sharing its pinegum secret / at the hearth tonight 5:2, 43 (r)
High in the hemlock / making music as they pass — / Pacific zephyrs 5:2, 43 (r)
In step with silence / old leather boots of workmen, / apricot blossoms 5:2, 43 (r)
Kyushu ferry / rocks the sea with laughter / and passes, leaving smiles … 4:1, 35
Over the green grass / soaring in the deep blue sky / a red dragonfly 5:2, 43 (r)
Seas and continents / swirling, merging and parting — / October tempest 5:2, 43 (r)
Sun through redwood leaves / strikes upon forgotten moss — / a sparrow feather. 4:1, 35
That ship on the night horizon — / only seen / when not looked at 5:2, 43 (r)

Hurtubise, Mark
near and far in the darkness … / the rubbing / of a thousand forewings 6:2, 30

Hutter, Albert D.
Daybreak’s sun in snow: / cool sharpness, dry green flavor / of white country wine. 4:3, 21
In the low shadows / of a stoneware jug fresh milk / beads quietly, cools. 4:3, 21
Sunflower bees rest / gingerly on the cushioned / bed of golden spikes 4:3, 21
Three Summer Haiku 4:3, 21
Under a brown-edged / sky, ivy chokes on the dust / of summer cobwebs. 4:3, 21

Hutton, Virgil
Deserted backyard … / two gaily colored beach balls / roll with the cold wind. 7:2, 33
Dusk over the lake; / a turtle’s head emerges / then silently sinks 10:1, 37
Joyous fishermen / holding the thrashing, netted pike / up to the summer’s sun 10:2, 29
Spring rain; / under aging camellias / the ground turns pink 9:2, 49
Summer drouth; / in the calm canal / a shrunken sky 10:3, 9
Years of practice / make this task no easier — / changing calendars 8:3, 19
I Hear Voices, by William Packard [book note] 4:2, 47
Images, by Marion J. Richardson [book note] 1:4, 47
In the Manner of Haiku, by Adam Gillon [book note] 2:1, 46
In the Twinkling of an Eye, by Larry Gates [book note] 1:4, 47
In this Blaze of Sun, by Elizabeth Searle Lamb [book note] 7:1, 47

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Ingels, Doug
Almost bearding it, / a wisp of autumn mist / beneath the Great Stone Face 9:3, 43
As the rain arrives, / puffs of dust in the road — / and the smell of both. 8:4, 6
Autumn rain — / left beside his chalk outline, / the beggar’s cup — fills 9:3, 9
Before the storm, / the jack-in-the-pulpit — / darkness in its hood 9:2, 11
Blocked-up fighter plane: / children in wing-shade / feed the park doves. 8:4, 33
Christmas night — / tramped into the old braid rug, / flattened tinsel 7:4, 30
Crunching the snow / in the shade of the pine grove; / pausing for the wind… 9:1, 10
empty laundromat: / rows of open machine lids / this winter night 8:1, 20
late autumn — / the long train stretches / into the mist [hokku] 9:1, 35
“Late Autumn: A Linked Verse” 9:1, 35–36
midnight popcorn / lingers … the ferris wheel / goes dark 7:3, 9
morning thaw — / the scarecrow’s forehead / sweating snow 9:2, 34
New Year’s Eve — / in the grandfather clock’s face / seeing my own 10:2, 45
Over the lodge door / branching toward the winter moon, / antlers … 9:1, 6
Quiet rain — / a blackbird’s lowest trill / as ash-bark reddens 9:1, 4
spring mist — / the albino mare’s back / dogwood-pet1ed 9:2, 49
The first flakes of snow, / touching the cattail head, / slowly — sink — in — 9:2, 54
the hobo / slowing up as he eyes it — / the scarecrow’s shirt 10:2, 43
Wanderings, by Foster Jewell [review] 10:2, 36–37
Wormwood, by Jerry Carson [review] 10:1, 32–33
Yield of Fallow, by Foster Jewell [review] 9:2, 36–38
Inner Light, by Catherina Albright [book note] 3:1, 47

Iodice, Ruth G.
The old woman’s hands, / earth brown, cradling their yield: / a pale crocus flower. 6:1, 22

Ireland, Thelma
A glass-blown, blue pond / Crackled by the urgent wind / Drumming at the shore. 1:2, 30

Ishida, Mari
In the twilight … / It seems to float / The peony … 10:3, 32

Ishizawa, Chieko
Enjoying the evening cool — / A round fan from last year, and / A goldfish globe 10:3, 33
Under the eaves, / A wind bell is roaring / At a poor chess player 10:3, 33

Issa
A gentle spring rain. / Look, a rat is lapping / Sumida River — 4:3, 59 (r)
Come to me / and frolic! parentless / young sparrow. 8:2, 15 (a)
Distant mountains / mirrored in its eyes — / a dragonfly! 8:2, 14 (a)
Just simply alive / both of us / I and the poppy. 5:2, 32 (a)
The first of the year / And I’m not the only one, eh? / Bird without a nest. 5:1, 40 (a)
The frog / is having a staring match / with me. 5:2, 32 (a)
the world of dew is only a word of dew / and yet — / and yet — 10:3, 31 (r)
Itadakimasu: Essays on Haiku and Senryu in English, by William J. Higginson [book note] 2:4, 47

Itami, Mikihiko
Reaching out for cookies in the tray boring nothing-to-do homecoming 8:1, 45 (r)

Izu, Noriko
Summer rain / Gets in my eyes / As we separate 10:3, 33

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