Modern Haiku • Volumes 1-10 • 1969-1979
Introduction • Editorial Design Team • Author Index • Covers Index
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AUTHOR INDEX OF MODERN HAIKU
Volumes 1–10 (1969–1979)
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Tairô [Harold G. Henderson]
Deep in the woods, / spangled with gold and red / a little pine … 5:3, ifc
Takahashi, Masako
Counting raindrops / Nestled by the window / As the train pulls out 10:3, 33
Tami Mitsui
Frozen mackerel: / the belly split open / white foamy roes … 1:1, 36 (r)
Tangeman, Pat
The green grass sprouting; / bare toes wiggling so freely; / beaming sun so bright 9:3, 45
Tao-Li [Evelyn Tooley Hunt]
A Great Blue Heron / Snatches A Fish / From His Shadow’s Beak 7:1, 34
A rusty old windbell / and Tao-Li / singing in the rain 5:2, 19
A squabble of sparrows: / decorating the grave / of the village hero 4:1, 11
A torn spiderweb / catching the last rays / of the sun 2:4, 39
After all those beach-towels / granddaughter’s bikini / has broken the clothesline 8:4, 33
After kicking that dog / my dogs snapping at my heels / all the way home 4:2, 19
After the eulogy / the sound / of first raindrops 7:1, 9
An empty shell / finding it / full of echoes 2:2, 10
Applauding the rock concert / grandfather grinning / his hearing-aid turned off 4:2, 19
Autumn rain / the brown leaf in the gutter / still brown 3:2, 44
Awake all night / and in the morning / only one haiku! 5:3, 10
Beside the cenotaph / a locust has left / his empty shell 4:1, 11
Brittle brown leaf / floating down the stream / over wet stones 8:4, 35
Crows picking up chaff / where the strawman’s ghost / mulches the new field 9:1, 51 (r)
Cutting fodder … / on the scarecrow’s shoulder / a grasshopper 5:2, 19
Dead grasshopper / with fifty small red ants / as pallbearers 2:3, 16
Denies he is deaf / yet only grandfather has slept / through this gale-wracked night 9:2, 46
Empty cabin / even the spiderwebs / are deserted 2:1, 20
First day of spring / the old man in the wheel-chair / his new seed catalog 2:2, 10
First sign of winter: / the old man / letting his beard grow 8:1, 29
First warm rain: / now up come bean seedlings / and the fish-worms 6:2, 15
Freeze warning again — / and back to the bedquilts / over grandmother’s plants 7:4, 12
From my friend’s garden / this rare geranium / including the two leafhoppers 4:2, 19
From the same earth / spring summoned these green seedlings / and this brown mushroom 2:4, 40 (r)
Grandfather in his chair / in the glass of iced tea / a crushed mint leaf 4:1, 11
Groaning as she bends / grandmother picks up the crumb / on her new carpet 10:2, 44
“Haiku for Smiling” [sequence] 4:2, 21; 7:4, 12
Harvest moon tonight / repeating itself / in my pumpkinfield 3:2, 44
Having his beard trimmed / grandfather / takes off his hair-piece 7:4, 12
Hearing a cricket / hearing a cricket in the rain / hearing the rain 4:3, 11
Hidden in the hedge / a nest of naked fieldmice / and last summer’s doll 2:4, 41 (r)
“In Memory of Harold G. Henderson (July 25, 1890–July 11, 1974)” 7:1, 9
In this old house / Tao-Li’s creaking footsteps / all the boards complain 2:4, 15
In weather like this / even the scarecrow / has a runny nose 7:4, 12
Keeping the line taut / young carp fisherman / reeling in his kite 3:2, 44
Late afternoon: / Tao-Li and the old pump / both wheezing 8:2, 39
Laying down her fan — / now that the wind is moving / the plum tree branches 5:2, 19
Looking for my gloves / finding them in the pocket / of the new scarecrow 2:2, 10; 2:4, 40 (r)
“Memorial Day” [sequence] 4:1, 11
Miles of stone fences / and over them go the deer / and poison ivy 2:1, 20; 2:4, 40 (r)
Milkweed seed / dragging anchor in a stream / of air 4:3, 11
My heavy footsteps / water walking on water / erases them all 1:3, 13
Nature trail … / searching each other / for wood-ticks 3:1, 22
New Year’s morning / again Tao-Li spends it / burning his diary 9:1, 5
Not enough wind / to turn the pinwheel / but poplar leaves … 3:2, 44
Old Nipponese / happily serving hot dog / on Noritake 5:3, 6
Old shipwreck / the sea uncovers it / covers it 2:4, 39
on rain-wet bark / a cicada’s empty shell / bursting with silence 10:2, 14
Only a shell-mound / reflected in swamp water — / far away Fuji 2:4, 40 (r)
Over and over / the cry of a night heron / echoes the foghorn 9:1, 47
Over these rough stones / thinner and thinner / the old man’s sandals 5:1, 12
Peace Day parade: / the park doves taking refuge / under the cannon 5:3, 10
Pulling the last onion / in the rain / the scent of phlox 2:2, 5
Rainy night / the heavy odor of skunk / and lilacs 7:3, 9
Riding the chair-lift / up a midsummer mountain / the eagle above 5:3, 10
Silent the small bird / impaled on a long thorn … / the shrike’s piercing scream 6:1, 22
Slowly toward the pond … / the snapping of one twig / has silenced the frogs 6:3, 27
Snow on the mountain / the white head of Tao-Li / looms in the mirror 5:3, 7 (a)
Such white snow! / the old man’s beard / looks even dirtier 7:4, 12
Taking down the flag / now the scent of lilacs / the sound of crickets 4:1, 11
That little calf / the rope holding him / burning my hands 5:2, 19
The echo after Taps … / ah! bluebirds nesting / in the cannon’s mouth 4:1, 11
The end of time: / Tairo has forgotten / to turn the hour-glass 7:1, 9
The harvest finished / and all the field hands paid — / except the scarecrow 5:3, 9 (a); 9:1, 51 (r)
The last capon sold / sweeping the empty poultry house / ah, but these lice 4:2, 19
The locust’s empty shell: / all day his chain-saw screeching / yet the tree remains 2:4, 41 (r)
The old slave-cabin / darkness and the searching call / of a whippoorwill 1:3, 18
The old water-wheel / beside my grandfather’s mill — / silent now also 6:1, 22
The parade goes / a centipede / marches down the road 4:1, 11
The parade passes / the old man in the wheel-chair / salutes every flag 7:1, 34
The pet-store window / two love-birds / in separate cages 2:1, 20
The pounding rain / from the mole cricket’s burrow / not a sound 6:2, 15
The pre-school children / clutching their small bouquets … / of wilted flowers 4:1, 11
The rasp of sawgrass / in the wind — / a marsh wren singing 5:1, 12
The scarecrow too / flying south — / shred by shred 8:1, 29
There he goes again / a man with a power saw / both tree and shadow 7:3, 9
This hot dry wind: / new wrinkles / on the pond’s skin 3:3, 35
Two splashes of sound: / that sudden burst of rain / and crows praising it 2:3, 16
Walking on the beach / stopping to pry a limpet / from a wet rock 6:2, 15
Without moving … / even my glass of iced tea / is perspiring 5:3, 10
Young sycamore tree / the nurseryman delivers it / in swaddling bands 3:1, 22
Tarachow, Michael
kicking pebbles, / puddles — / that shattered sky 6:3, 44 (r)
Tashjian, Georgian
Here in the cornfield / bindweed, as if morning glory, / climbs to tasseled tops. 1:3, 8
The water strider / dents and dimples the surface / of the quiet creek. 1:1, 23
Tatera, Agnes Wathall
Poking up / through a continent of snow, / the grape hyacinths 6:3, 29
Taylor, Elaine
Spring sunrise: / the earth wet with seeping snow; / a speckled egg cracks. 4:3, 40
Taylor, Esther Adkins
Alone again tonight / just moths / beating my window pane 10:1, 22
Feeding the baby / the young mother’s mouth / keeps opening for the spoon 10:3, 40
Teague, Timothy
Standing in the rain / I watch gasoline rainbows / floating down the street. 1:2, 14
Tegtmeier, Brenda
The sparkling white snow / falling on the brown bare trees / making them glitter. 7:3, 22
The “Ah-Ness” of Things, by Phyllis A. Lesher [book note] 2:2, 47
The Anthology of Western World Haiku Society 1974 / 1975 Haiku Award Winners, [edited by] Lorraine Ellis Harr [book note] 7:3, 47
The Circle: A Haiku Sequence with Illustrations, by David Lloyd [book note] 6:1, 47
The Feet of the Lantern, by Thelma Murphy [book note] 9:2, 48
The Fern’s Underside, by Gary Hotham [book note] 8:3, 47; 9:1, 60
The Fields We Know, by Richard Esler [book note] 5:1, 47
The Glass Partition, by S.L. Poulter [book note] 4:1, 47
The Haiku Anthology, edited by Cor van den Heuvel [book note] 5:2, 47
The Haiku Form, by Joan Giroux [book note] 5:1, 47
The Haiku of Tao-Li [book note] 2:2, 47
“The Here and Now” [essay, photo] 8:3, 11
The Old Tin Roof: Haiku, Senryu, Dadaku, by Marlene Wills [book note] 7:4, 45
The Poems, by Peninsula Poets [book note] 7:3, 47
The Seasons Calling: Haiku and Western-style Verse, by James R. McReady [book note] 5:1, 47
The Turtle’s Ears, by Robert Spiess [book note] 2:2, 47
The Way, by Rosana Webb [book note] 1:2, 41
The Wordless Poem: A Study of Zen in Haiku, by Eric W. Amman [book note] 1:2, 41
The Young Leaves: Haiku of Spring and Summer, by John Wills [book note] 2:2, 47
Third Coast Haiku Anthology, edited by Jeff Winke and Charles Rossiter [book note] 9:2, 48
Thistle Brilliant Morning, translations by William J. Higginson [book note] 5:1, 47
Thomas, Larry
A nice cool day is / suddenly interrupted / because of a deer. 1:4, 45
Thomas, Patty
Into her round home, / busy collecting pollen, / black and yellow stinger. 8:4, 22
Thompson, Annabelle
Frost covered window: / I draw a picture / only to lose it to the sun 6:2, 23
Three Rivers from an Ocean, by Inland Makato [book note] 8:3, 47
Thus and Now, by Paul Waterman [book note] 6:1, 47
Tibi
In the leaves / on the hill’s edge again / the chipmunk 9:2, 52
Tice, Richard
night in the sickroom / the throbbing of my temple / and the crickets cry 10:3, 10
shivering / from influenza: / long way home 9:1, 31
“Syllable Count in Japanese Haiku and Related Forms: Its Origin, History, and Effect” [essay] 8:2, 10–16
Tico, Tom
a cloudy spring day; / the branch appears and disappears / on the sickroom shade … 9:2, 53
A forecast of rain: / as I deliver the mail / … the darkening sky. 6:2, 33
A separation … / this fall night I feel / the bed’s cold side. 7:2, 13
a street of spring sun … / the sound of homemade wind-bells / from the hippie house 7:3, 39
A working day through / above park Presidio / a hawk circling high … 6:2, 33
After Swami’s talk / I walk to my sleeping bag; / the Big Dipper. 5:1, 39
Age-old odors / assault the nostrils in Chinatown, / frail wind-chimes tinkling … 4:3, 37
all by herself now, / the old woman rocking / the autumn wind 10:1, 55
All of a sudden, / in the night’s utter stillness / chimes begin to play … 10:1, 42
Another issue … / and the old poet’s poems / are missing again. 7:2, 13
As Krishna pipes / Orion the hunter / fades in dawning sky. 5:1, 39
As the day dawns, / the lavender glow / on the windowsills. 7:2, 13
as the ripples fade / from my wishing pool penny, / the returning moon 10:1, 19
At the alley’s end, / amid bustling Chinatown / a cache of bamboo. 4:3, 37
Atop a gable / of the great Victorian: / owl and autumn moon. 2:4, 5
Autumn evening … / lighting the kerosene lamp / as the cabin dims 10:1, 42
autumn evening. / the convent’s higher windows / being latched-shut. 7:4, 14
autumn moonlight … / climbing the white cottage door / a moth and its shadow 10:1, 55
Beside the tenement / a box of broken glass / filled with autumn sun 9:1, 6
Beyond the boulders / where the stream becomes a pool / morning butterflies 10:1, 42
Bound to his big chair … / he watches the twilight come / over the gables 10:2, 49
Butterflies flit near … / dragons dance in the distance … / the old kiting hill. 2:2, 37
“Chinatown” [sequence] 4:3, 37
Chinatown market: / picking snow peas one by one — / old yellow fingers. 7:3, 39
Dawn, the street empty … / beneath drifts of confetti / the days of last year. 3:1, 31
Deep in the mountains, / at the monastery gate / a view of stars! 10:1, 42
In the color and taste / of the pomegranate seeds: / the Old Testament. 6:2, 33
In the mission garden, / the old fountain overflows / with morning glories 10:1, 10
In the presidio, / concrete fortifications / yield to incoming fog 10:2, 12
Knee-deep in the sea, / my small son dances and laughs / as the waves gather … 7:2, 13
Men in business suits / checking the sundial’s time / with their wrist watches 4:3, 46
Morning … and the fog / where it was the night before: / on the wooded hills. 6:3, 14
Mud-puddle water / going this way and that — / spring wind 6:2, 33
“On a Retreat” [sequence] 5:1, 39
On moonlit sidewalk, / the snail’s silvery path / curves from grass to grass. 2:3, 19
Only ripples now … / and memory of the turtle / sunning on the bough. 2:2, 37
Over the fireplace, / on the living room wall — / the fern’s shadow 9:3, 20
picking golden plums / in the sunny high branches … / the taste of summer 10:2, 39
“Senryu” [sequence] 4:3, 46
Shining on my mother / as she sits in her great chair: / the spring morning sun 10:2, 48
Shining on the belly / of the laughing Buddha: / spring morning sun 9:2, 5
spring wind! / tying up the tongue / of the rusty chimes 10:2, 13
Stepping lightly by, / past our front-yard irises, / her shapely long legs. 5:3, 34
“Tassajara Zen Center” [sequence] 10:1, 43
The empty playground … / an old man scanning the sand / with a metal detector … 6:3, 16
The little street tree … / singing in its sunlit leaves, / a hidden sparrow. 6:2, 33
The old Chinaman / plies the customers … / hand-carved sages look on. 4:3, 37
The old hell-raiser / now knows the whole neighborhood / from his window view. 4:3, 46
The old neighborhood: / the gang all gone, but the names / still in the cement. 7:3, 19
The rattling wagon / journeys into the silence / of the failing leaves … 3:1, 31
The Renaissance Faire: / under the oak, the palmist / telling my future 5:2, 34
The steep winding road — / returning to the world / through a burnt forest 10:1, 42
These cobblestone steps / rise under the three pines / to a city view. 6:3, 14
Under dragon-lanterns / the hum of cars, and sing-song / of an ancient tongue. 4:3, 37
Unheard since childhood, / yet still singing of the sea … / the dusty cowrie shell. 6:1, 27
Walking with a flashlight / to the morning meditation… / a shooting star! 5:1, 39
While viewing the elm: / the crunching sound of its leaves / heard with every step … 1:4, 13
With the children gone / the fall wind opens and closes / the playhouse door. 6:1, 27
Tillion, Diana
A brown and green toad / hopping through the alder leaves / intercepts my way. 3:3, 46 (r)
A grey gull soaring / a spirit searching — calling / never satisfied 3:3, 46 (r)
Perfect reflection / stolen from the water’s face — / wind from the mountain 3:3, 46 (r)
Time from His Bones, by Bill Pauly [book note] 10:1, 42
Tipton, James
all day / shoveling sheep manure / the mind clear at last 7:1, 43 (r)
early morning / working in the garden / bowing in the rain 7:1, 43 (r)
looking / into the pond / two ponds 7:1, 43 (r)
out of the mist / the old barn / and the crickets 7:1, 43 (r)
spring / already / the lilacs gone 1:4, 46 (c)
the fence in autumn / falling under / the elderberries 1:4, 14
the old barber / sweeping hair / into the giant bag 7:1, 43 (r)
the silence in rain / at midnight / on city sidewalks 1:3, 31
To Live on the Earth, by Richard Esler [book note] 4:1, 47
To Walk in Seasons: An Introduction to Haiku, by William Howard Cohen [book note] 5:1, 47
Toad-Song, by Evelyn Tooley Hunt [book note] 1:3, 43
Tojo
December morning / the summer sailors shiver / a nip in the air. 5:2, 32 (a)
Morning sky: first cloud / sail cloud: tiger cloud: wing cloud / mushroom cloud: night sky. 5:2, 32 (a)
Tombo: 26 Dragonfly Haiku, by Lorraine Ellis Harr [book note] 6:2, 47
Torii
Autumn waves … / an empty crab shell / turns over. 8:3, 5
Old stone bridge / a spring peeper sings from / mossy rocks. 8:3, 40
Tow, T.
Winter’s first snowfall — / the children run, catch snowflakes / with their tongues! 2:1, 10
Toya, Jody
Dry leaves / briskly blowing / nowhere 9:3, 45
Tranbarger, Ossie E.
Billowing skyward / from the old smoke stack, / chimney swifts. 8:4, 38
Tremaine, Katharine (“Kit”)
Almost hidden / in the dense pine forest … / an old water tower. 6:2, 38
At low tide / sandpipers flowing / across the wet beach. 5:2, 33
At the county dump / sprawled grotesquely in the sun / her old rag doll. 7:3, 33
At the high tide mark / winter’s first plover / combing kelp strands 6:1, 13
Hopping on the beach, / five willets and one curlew / catching sand fleas. 4:1, 41
In the rainbird’s spray / a yellow butterfly / pausing briefly. 4:3, 32
Newly planted / my garden already boasts / three small lettuces. 6:2, 38
Old water tank / long abandoned. / Grass grows rank. 6:1, 13
Seven years after, / suddenly I know my mother, / if I could tell her … 8:4, 40
Shimmering, / early morning mist of rain / veils the sun. 6:2, 38
Slowly, softly, / fog engulfs the pines, / silences the birds, 6:3, 35
Spent storm, blown to sea; / on the beach a sea urchin, / purple spines erect. 3:2, 12
The yellow flowered squash / in midsummer ripeness / is the garden. 6:3, 35
This rainy morning / only dripping pines … / silent birds. 5:3, 27
Trip, by George Mills [book note] 9:3, 34; 10:1, 42
Trojniar, Sherry
barely seen / in the snowtrees / two sparrows [haiga] 5:3, 37
Trotman, Frank
A willow away / a lark / sings its claim to bud and twig 9:1, 18
Along the cloister / door after door clicks shut — / a gentle rain begins 10:3, 45
Hurrying / the shoppers define / the slant of rain. 7:2, 39
Leaving it here / the lark / flies away from its song 9:1, 18
Pasture horses / melting in morning mist — / rain dove calling. 7:3, 38
Tonight, through the space / where once the tall pine stood, / a shooting star. 7:3, 38
Trotta, Wayne L.
Hanging their heads / at the first frost; / giant sunflowers 10:1, 56
Morning, / We cross the lake on snowshoes — / Your red beard in the sun 9:1, 11
Tsuneishi, Shisei
Absentmindedly / people come and go beside / the charity pot. 2:3, 13
Crimson peach blossoms / strew the disorderly desk / of the proofreader. 1:1, 29
My grandchild babbles; / words make hardly any sense. / The tropical fishes. 2:3, 41
While digging for clams / in the San Diego slough — / sandpipers sudden shriek 7:3, 20
Tsuri
hair dyed black — / the face in the mirror / still gray 9:1, 31
No more rice today / yet he empties his bowl / among the sparrows 7:4, 20
the village drunkard / gallantly doffing his hat / to the pink dogwood 10:2, 38
Under One Roof, by Ray E. Buckingham [book note] 3:2, 47; 5:1, 47 |
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Vakar, Anna
Digging carrots / while cranes fly south; / Remembrance Day 10:3, 27
Spring sun on the sill / and in the pine cone’s / empty spaces 10:3, 18
The pine / growing in the high cleft; / rain on my face 10:2, 41
Valdez, Juana
Between the bulging roots / of an ancient tree, / a new plant 9:2, 44
Valley, Gary
Free at lost, / she paints wildly / leaving her trail of green. 5:3, 29
Vallo, Alfred
A bare bush / wearing leaves / of tiny sparrows. 4:2, 22
A juicy apple hangs … / inside tiny worms work — / winter is near. 4:3, 42
Vallo, Karen
A misty morning / the lightly frosted window / cool against my cheek. 8:4, 23
Dawn / at the peak of / an apricot autumn 9:1, 49
Vallo, Sharon
One leaf falls / followed by more … / the first one is buried. 6:2, 23
Valois, Lucile
A barefoot boy wades … / cool irrigation water … / Boats sail through corn field 2:4, 32
A child plucks peach blooms; / hurrying to his other, / he gives her bare twigs. 1:2, 21
Green hills are hidden / behind a cloud of perfume … / peach blossoms flutter. 1:2, 32
Indoor crocus blooms / make February seem warm … / Bowls of steaming rice 2:1, 23
Maple leaves rattle / wind-heaped against the white fence … / Church spire in moonlight 4:1, 41
Sudden summer rain … / a woman covers her head / then walks on mirrors. 1:3, 19
Transparent sea foam … / bubbles breaking … one by one … / driftwood in warm sand 3:2, 12
Van Blokland, Cathy
Summer heat; / a wasp hunts the rafters / again and again 9:3, 11
van den Heuvel, Cor
“A Reply [to Robert Spiess]” 4:3, 50–51
an empty wheelchair / rolls / in from the waves 3:3, 42 (r)
deep in the darkness / a small cloud of bright dust / slowly becomes a riding cowboy 3:3, 41 (r)
in the hotel lobby / the bare bulb of a floor lamp / shines down on its distant base 3:3, 42 (r)
the clatter of the roller coaster / roars off into space / beyond the parking lot 3:3, 41 (r)
tundra 3:3, 42 (r)
two cows / graze on the common / a train steams into the album 3:3, 42 (r)
water striders / draw the shadows of evening / across the water 4:2, 30, 34 (a); 4:3, 52 (l)
Van Fleet, Katherine Alison
New leaves are budding / on the branch that all winter / was getting ready. 3:2, 27
Van Ree, Gishka
by water’s edge i sit / pondering / upon moons reflection 8:2, 44 (r)
how beautiful, / through trees / sunrays gleam 8:2, 44 (r)
oh, in coming wave / can you too / see the butterfly flying? 8:2, 44 (r)
on front porch / cats curled together / morning mist passes slowly. 8:2, 44 (r)
Vargus, Jadwiga
Close to each wave / the sandpipers waiting / for their sea breakfast — 3:1, 19
Cumulous masses / race the skies; riptide below / fights its own direction 3:1, 19
In dripping fog / the gull settles on rotted post — / a bit of scrimshaw … 3:1, 19
in pool’s mirror / water skipper’s invasion — / a tree shatters … 3:1, 19
Purpling the garden / with grape-vine and asters / a single thistle … 3:1, 19
Velvet Pillows of Perfume, by Gloria A. Martin [book note] 3:1, 47
Via Time Machine: Disclosures in a Mid-America: Haiku, by Rhoda de Long Jewell [book note] 6:1, 47
Victories & Foibles, by David Segal [book note] 9:2, 48
Vigliotto, Giovanni
even now, the drift / of wind-swept snow exchanges / white for prison-gray 6:2, 42
pathways carpeted / in a wintry snowflake pile / / of dazzling white 6:2, 42
snow flurries caught up / in a wintry whirlwind — / now masking the maze 6:2, 42
the shout of children / (waterfalls of sound splashing / … happily about) 6:2, 42
Virgil, Anita
a phoebe’s cry … / the blue shadows / of the dinner plates 5:3, 43 (r)
A rainy day — / even the toiletpaper / comes to pieces! 5:3, 43 (r)
Afternoon: / the slow decent — / hot little strawberries! 1:2, 24
All the colors / in this quilt — / little girl resting … 1:1, 10
back & forth / across the snow goes a woman / folding wash 5:3, 43 (r)
bits of cloud / bits of sky / patch the holey leaves 2:1, 20
bitterness / from an empty hearth / summer coolness 1:3, 6
Brown earth / is their taste, too — / potatoes. 2:3, 9
carrots … / knowing the crunch / of each cut 2:3, 9
Claiming / the outhouse roof: / peacock! 5:3, 43 (r)
Darkening / the cat’s eyes: / a small chirp. 1:3, 6; 5:3, 43 (r)
E07; The Window Washer’s Pail, by Cor van den Heuvel [group review] 3:3, 41–43
framed by crumbling / plaster / this crumbling face 1:4, 37
green beans / fragrance bubbling / against the dead smell 2:3, 9
Light Run: Haiku Poetry, by Michael McClintock [review] 2:4, 41–43
Lighting the lamp / dusk / becomes night. 1:1, 10
low tide: / all the people / stoop 5:3, 43 (r)
morning / light / peeling pearl / onions 2:3, 9
patent stare / from his low wet world / of leaves . porcupine 1:4, 39
Printmaking / on the glistening stretch, / sandpipers. 1:1, 10
Quiet afternoon: / water shadows / on the pine bark. 5:3, 43 (r)
Reeling / himself in! / inchworm. 1:2, 24; 2:1, 15 (a); 5:3, 43 (r)
“Take Lamb Stew, for Instance” [sequence] 2:3, 9
That burst of gold! / deep in the pink / chrysanthemum. 1:1, 10
The dark / throbbing / with spring / peepers 2:3, 39
“The Poem Wherein” [essay] 4:1, 36–37
the warm stone bench / slow bees / phlox pods clicking 1:3, 39
thumbnail / at the green seam peas [concrete poem] 2:3, 9
trickling / over the dam — / summer’s end 5:2, 45 (r)
whacking cold / raw red spring / lamb chunks 2:3, 9
whirr of / machines the silent fall / of grass 1:3, 7
Virgilio, Nicholas A.
A band of vandals / pillaging the village church / lights votive candles. 4:2, 26
A cawing crow / clinging to a creaking limb / seesaws in the cold wind. 4:1, 5
A croaking bullfrog / choking in the summer smog / plums the sewage pond. 5:2, 14
A crumbling oak leaf / tumbling in the autumn wind / overtakes a snowflake. 6:2, 13
A darting tarpon / parting the darkened lagoon: / the path of the moon. 7:4, 10
A distant bell buoy, / and the fog horn beyond: / the cry of a gull. 7:3, 5
A distant deer / disappearing in mist: the horns / of the morning moon. 7:1, 18
A distant dory / disappearing in the fog: / the seadog’s story. 7:4, 10
A distant school bell / is rocking a raft / of naked laughter. 3:3, 10
A distant whistle / has stopped the hungry hobo / from stirring the stew. 4:2, 26
A drooping hydrangea / drinking the moon’s reflection / drains the pool dry. 5:1, 26
A flight of pigeons / is assisting the wino / whitewash the mission. 4:2, 26
a flight of wild geese / has left the dreaming driver / at the traffic light. 6:3, 11
A flock of sea gulls / sucked into the jet engine … / the autumn wind. 7:2, 11
A golden Eagle / gliding over the canyon / hides in the blinding sun. 3:3, 10
A heap of sprays / and bouquets wilt in the heat wave: / the guilt at the grave. 4:2, 26
A little theatre: / a spider in the spotlight / tiptoes a tight wire. 6:2, 13
A long dripping hose / at the rear of the fire truck: / the short night. 7:2, 11
A mangled mallard / floating on the cedar lake: / the wake of a speedboat. 6:2, 5
A patch of black cloud / catches on the horn / of the quarter moon. 3:2, 16
A raucous rooster / perching on an old fence post / curses the cold dark dawn. 5:2, 14
A rickety stairs of sticks / stapled to the bare maple / steps up to the stars. 3:2, 17
A sailing horsefly / tying its trail into knots / plots the hot wind’s course. 7:3, 28
A shoal of tadpoles / penetrating the old pond / impregnates the moon. 7:1, 18
A skinny scarecrow / thinning in the winter wind / shivers in the snow. 1:1, 14
A spawning lake carp / is shaking a few dewdrops / from a spatterdock. 5:3, 16
A spawning sunfish / in the shallows of the lake / muddies the morning moon. 1:3, 32
A string of bootprints / stretching across the wet sand / measures the moonlight. 3:2, 16
A tiny blue crab / sidling from the tidal pool, / creeps in the moonlight. 3:2, 16
A tiny butterfly / is helping little brother / forget the heat. 4:3, 8 (a)
A tiny flag waves / in the autumn morning breeze: / little brother’s grave. 4:3, 8 (a)
A tumbleweed / is giving a jack rabbit / a run for its money, 4:2, 6
A whimpering puppy / on the bank of the river: / a small muddy shoe. 1:2, 17; 4:3, 10 (a)
A wild persimmon / beyond the reach of the raccoon: / the autumn moon. 7:2, 11
adding a new name / to the war memorial: / cold morning rain 10:1, 40
alone on the dark road / reaching the last milestone / and beyond … 8:1, 11
An autumn evening … / beaching the leaky rowboat: / leaving the moon afloat. 4:2, 26
An autumn evening … / leaving the convent for good: / the road through the woods. 4:3, 12
Atop the town flagpole, / a gob of bubblegum / holds my dead brother’s dime 6:2, 13
Autumn midnight … / tiptoeing with suitcase in hand: / the road from the farm. 5:2, 14
autumn nightfall / holding the small boy on his knee / recalls the old country 8:1, 11
Beech trees by the creek; / a screeching blue jay / increases the noonday heat. 4:1, 15
beneath the coffin / at the edge of the open grave: / the crushed young grass 10:2, 40
beneath the cracked bell / still echoing from rafters: / black children’s laughter 9:3, 37
Bitter cold and gray: / and old hunchbacked ragpicker / punches a sway-backed nag. 4:1, 15
Bitter cold wind / carving a frozen snowdrift; / the crescent moon. 4:1, 15
By an empty cell / in the sanitarium — / a cicada shell. 4:1, 15
By the littered beach / at twilight, a dead otter / rides the red tide. 4:3, 12
cemetery corner / covered with canvas again: / cold morning rain 8:4, 26
Cemetery hill, / and the museum beyond / the autumn wind. 1:4, 14
Cemetery path: / footprints in frozen mud / filling up with snow. 5:3, 16
Christmas alone / removing the frozen snow / from the tombstone. 6:1, 18
chromium cross / crowning cathedral dome / crucifies moon 6:3, 11
City cemetery: / cicadas seal the lid / of heat and humidity. 5:1, 26
cousins at the wake / pretending to remember / for the widow’s sake 10:1, 48
dangling from the cliff — / letting go — the last leaf drifts / to the fire below. 7:1, 18
Dead pregnant possum / alive with maggots and flies: / summer arrives. 6:2, 13
Deep in rank grass, / through a bullet-riddled helmet: / an unknown flower. 4:3, 8 (a); 10:2, 31 (w)
Down the dark road they go / blossoms, wind, leaves and snow / following Tairo. 6:1, 6
Down the rusty rails / vanishing in rank grass — / the trail of a snail. 3:2, 16
Early autumn wind / beneath the eaves, a squirrel / curls up on linden leaves. 5:2, 14
earthworm on the sidewalk / contracts … expands … contracts … / expands … the short night. 6:3, 11
empty classroom: / horsefly on the blackboard / walks the chalk line. 8:3, 39
empty mission / filled with flocks of pigeons: / eggs in poor box 7:2, 11
empty temple: / begging bowl on stone steps / collects cold rain. 7:2, 11
Faraway barking / through the frozen darkness: / deep in my feather bed. 4:3, 12
father and son / sitting at opposite poles / cross lines in the creek. 7:2, 11
From the small coffin / dripping all summer night long: / the song of the ice. 7:4, 10
From the willow / it fell into the empty grave: / cicada shell. 7:1, 5
In the city heat, / the blinding sun is sitting / in the driver’s seat. 7:3, 28
In the empty church / at nightfall, a lone firefly / deepens the silence. 4:3, 9 (a)
In the empty room, / where her sewing machine stood: / dark marks in the dust. 1:1, 14
In the sun ray, / in the monastery chapel, / the old monk prays. 1:2, 17
Incoming fog / is covering rocks and rusty hulls / with flocks of gulls. 6:2, 5
Into the blinding sun … / the funeral procession’s / glaring headlights. 4:3, 8 (a)
Kennedy cortege: / creeping caisson / crushes pebble. 6:1, 18
Leaves and litter / up against the spite fence: / bitter cold night. 7:4, 10
like the distant sail / lingering in spring mist: / the fingernail moon 6:1, 18
Like the temple dome / half-hidden by tenements: / the autumn moon. 3:2, 17; 4:3, 9 (a)
like the yellow lily / shaking in the lake shallows: / the belly-dancing moon. 6:1, 18
Lily: / out of the water … / out of itself. 5:2, 45 (r)
Little brother’s grave / covered with young grass: / the dew on my shoes. 3:2, 16; 4:3, 8 (a)
March wind and rain / has blown the spray of lilies / from the coffin again. 5:1, 26
marsh reeds and cattail / sharpening in the March wind: / the scimitar moon. 6:3, 11
Mating geese on the creek / creating a masterpiece: / the alabaster moon. 5:2, 14
monastery gate / swinging open in the wind / admits the moonlight 9:1, 20
monastery ruins: / a string of staggered flagstones / stops at the mirrored moon 9:2, 31
my birthday alone / halfway through a June journey / into the unknown. 6:3, 11
My brother and I / side-by-side, tombstones in snow / epitaph-high. 5:3, 16
My dead brother … / hearing his laugh / in my laughter. 6:1, 6
My dead brother … / wearing his gloves and boots: / I step into deep snow. 4:3, 9 (a)
New Year’s Eve alone / composing another verse / to an old poem. 5:3, 16
New Year’s Eve: / the prize poinsettia / sheds a dead leaf. 3:2, 17
Now the campfire’s bright: / the old storyteller / stops to light his pipe. 8:1, 11
Now the days are long / through the blazing heat and haze: / sprays of sparrow song. 8:4, 26
Now the gong is still: / the monastery pond / mirrors the autumn moon. 5:3, 6
Now the hoarfrost shines / beneath a wreath of pine boughs: / my brave brother’s grave. 5:2, 14
Now the swing is still: / a suspended tire / centers the autumn moon. 4:3, 10 (a)
Now the war-drum rolls: / a lone totem pole / upholds the autumn moon. 3:1, 10
Old rabbi / unrolling Torah scroll: / bitter cold 9:3, 3
On a rope cable / swinging over the swimming hole — / the distant school bell. 5:3, 16
On dandelion hill, / a daffodil blooms: / the saffron moon. 3:3, 10
one wild peach / beyond the reach of the child: / evening sun 10:2, 39
photo 4:3, 7
Picnic by the lake: / a cicada in the pine / rhymes a rattlesnake. 5:3, 16
plantation ruins: / rope dangling from a dead oak / hangs the autumn moon. 6:1, 18
poem [What is a haiku?] 1:3, 2
radio tower / surrounded by sunflowers / talks to moon-walkers 6:1, 18
sailing out of sight / with my new tie for a tail: / little brother’s kite. 7:3, 28
St. Joan of Arc Church: / a pair of perching pigeons / stains the stone statue. 4:1, 15
Scarecrow’s torn sleeve / flapping in morning breeze / slapping corn leaves. 7:4, 10
sick room silence: / a flickering candle / drips on the mantel. 6:3, 11
Sparrows perched in a row: / burrowing pup below / covers up crumbs with snow 7:4, 10
Spring wind and rain / on the museum lawn, a seaplane / with nests in the wings 4:2, 26
Sticky after the storm: / a string of oily rainbows / stains the city street. 4:3, 12
Summer morning: / hauling lumber and nails from town / down the trail to Walden. 7:3, 28
Sycamore Street: / a series of cicadas / increases the heat 9:3, 11
Tenement child / talks to himself, smiles, draws / an elf with chalk. 7:4, 10
tenement roof: / tilted tv antenna / touches moon. 6:3, 11
tenement window / framing little children: / the fire below. 7:2, 11
Thanksgiving alone / ordering scrambled eggs and toast / in an undertone. 6:3, 11
That city scarecrow / guarding the victory garden / wears a hard hat. 5:3, 16
That hungry squirrel / is holding the whole world / in a walnut shell. 5:3, 16
That sprouting scarecrow / splitting the seams of his coat / springs from the dunghill. 7:3, 28
the apprentice pauses, / and the master carpenter / saws faster and faster. 6:1, 18
The autumn moon — / the old storyteller pointing / with a withered branch 1:4, 19; 4:3, 10 (a)
the autumn wind / has torn the telegram and more / from mother’s hand. 7:3, 28
The autumn wind / sweeping the deserted beach / uncovers a skeleton. 7:3, 28
The bare maple sways, / and a tire on a wire cable / swings in the spring air. 5:1, 26
The blind musician / extending an old tin cup, / collects a snowflake. 4:3, 10 (a)
the blind street-singer / rhyming songs in the spring rain: / the heat of his long cane. 6:3, 11
The boarded-up church: / an open Bible soaking / in a rain puddle. 4:3, 9 (a)
the campfire girls laugh, / and the storyteller’s dog / wags its tail and barks. 8:2, 29
The circuit preacher / rehearsing his sermon on Hell / curses the church bell. 5:2, 14
The city cathedral / is fitting its steeple / into a sunbeam. 3:3, 10; 4:3, 9 (a)
The clouded sun shows / in the shade of the convent: / cowled nun made of snow. 7:1, 18
The cold morning rain / is darkening the worn dates / and the soldier’s name. 5:1, 26
The cold morning rain … / carved in a corner of the yard: / my dead brother’s name. 4:3, 8 (a)
The Colosseum / and the crematorium beyond: / the autumn wind. 6:2, 13
The desert highway: / a run-over road runner / rots in the hot sun. 4:3, 12
The deserted fair grounds: / a merry-go-round-of-litter — / whirls-with-a-snow-flurry! 3:1, 10
The docking destroyer: / a gaudy streetwalker / approaches the pier. 3:2, 16
The drained everglade: / a battle of cattail blades / rattles in the rain. 4:1, 15
The early frost / has cost the scarecrow his coat / to cover the lost girl. 4:2, 26
The ebbing tide / has left a set of webbed tracks / reflecting the sky. 5:1, 26
The empty market: / March wind on the parking lot / shoves a shopping cart. 7:3, 28
The empty play-pen: / a morning glory vine / tying down a toy horn. 3:1, 10
The empty plaza: / a Florentine fountain / supports the autumn moon. 7:2, 11
The empty stadium: / a sun ray through the fence / plays on monuments. 7:1, 18
The farmhouse ruins / silhouetted by the moon: / the hound on the hill. 5:3, 16
The fat health-faddist / jogging through the morning smog / stops for a smoke. 5:2, 14
The first cicada / snoring in sycamore shade / awakens my thirst. 7:1, 18
the first dandelion / bursting from the church lawn / buttons down the dawn. 6:3, 11
The first snowfall / is coating a small stack / of rusty cannon balls. 3:3, 10
The foggy sun shows, / and the groundhog’s shadow / grows on frozen snow. 4:3, 12
the graduation ring / slips from my finger: / the midnight river 4:3, 12
The hot dusty road: / a barefooted boy / hops over a toad. 1:3, 7
The icy river: / a drowned wino washed ashore / eyes the morning moon. 4:3, 9 (a)
The monastery pond: / a string of steppingstones / stretches to the moon 3:3, 10
The moon on a hill / silhouetting a willow: / a whippoorwill’s tune. 4:3, 12
The noon siren / is fading into the tune / of a June cicada. 5:1, 26
The noonday sun: / a country trolley / cables a cicada’s tune. 3:1, 10
the old mission bell / tolling in the morning mist: / the smell of muscatel 10:1, 7
the old monk whistles, / and the autumn wind tonsures / a seeding thistle. 1:1, 14
the old schoolmaster / upholding the golden rule / scolds his last class. 6:1, 18
The old steeple bell / tolling over the sleeping town / deepens the cold spell. 4:2, 26
The old village scold / scattering school children: / bitter cold. 7:1, 18
the pallbearer’s glove / fallen on the small coffin / holds the cold wind 10:1, 40
The plantation mist / vanishing in Spanish moss: / the scent of wisteria. 3:1, 10
The potbellied priest, / elevating the Host, / toasts the Easter moon. 4:1, 15; 4:3, 9 (a)
The Quaker meeting / at twilight; a cicada / breaks the breathing silence. 4:1, 15
The quarter moon / is scooping cedar water / from the leaky canoe. 3:2, 16
The rippling river: / a ribbon of red-winged blackbirds / quivers in the wind. 3:1, 10
The river bridge hums / through shafts of summer rain; / umbrellas to and from. 5:1, 26
The rusty steel trap / is holding the old muskrat / in frozen silence. 7:1, 18
The sack of kittens / sinking in the icy creek, / increases the cold. 4:3, 10 (a)
The scarecrow’s right arm / is helping the old farmer / walk to the graveyard. 5:2, 14
The scarecrow’s shadow / growing on the frozen snow / measures the meadow. 7:1, 18
The search for the ball / has led the boy to the door / of a hornet’s nest. 5:2, 14
The setting sun / sinking in the oily sea / silhouettes a sick seal. 4:1, 15; 4:3, 10 (a)
the shrieking blue jay / has frightened the white kitten / halfway up the tree. 6:1, 18
The skyscraper spire / intersecting a sunbeam / pierces a thunderhead. 3:2, 16
The stagnant stream / has brought a water strider / to a sticky standstill. 4:3, 12
The swollen river / rolling over a boulder / molds the autumn Moon. 1:4, 6
The town undertaker, / his wife’s pickled Seckel pears: / First Prize at the Fair. 7:2, 11
The village bully / receiving Holy Communion, / holds an Easter lily. 3:1, 10
The village church: / a shivering hobo / curses the bolted door. 1:2, 6; 4:3, 9 (a)
The village invalid / convinced of impending rain / winces and waits in vain. 6:2, 13
The village virgin, / holding a spray of lilies, / prays at the Maypole. 4:3, 12
The wind-swept yard: / a Bernard barks for the boy / kept in after school. 8:4, 26
The wrecker’s ball, / shadowing the tenement wall, / reflects the autumn moon. 3:1, 6
The yellow moon / is swelling in the belly / of the blue lagoon. 4:2, 26
Under starry skies, / over the marshy meadow: / a sea of fireflies. 7:3, 28
valley lost in snow / lying so still at my feet: / frozen whippoorwill. 7:1, 18
Walt Whitman Hotel / with all its windows knocked out: / cicada shell. 6:1, 18
Warm before the storm: / swarming gnats over saw grass / harass the morning moon. 7:4, 10
Washington’s Crossing: / a sliver of the moon / rides the icy river. 6:2, 13
Weird scarecrow-wizard / wearing an icicle-beard / ages in the blizzard. 6:2, 13
where the battlefield / narrows to a cattle path: / the dew on the grass 9:3, 35
Where the churchyard sign / reads Perpetual Care: / wild flowers and weeds 9:1, 43
winter wind / turning back a blanket of pine boughs / uncovers the grave 9:2, 41
Voices / I Hear / Voices, by William Packard [book note] 4:3, 63
Voss, Ida Ruth
dark sanctuary / worshippers lighting candles / illumination 5:3, 18
sycamore’s wide shade / worker dozing on cool earth / cotton, white, unpicked 5:3, 18 |
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Wahlstrand, Myron
Flesh of a bird’s tail … / feathers swell this grain / burst from the shavings 3:3, 34
Layers of sculptings … / the marks of other rough-outs / etched in rock … in wood 3:3, 34
“Sculptings of Lazon” [sequence] 3:3, 34
Seeing / through the gesso of the sun … / still branches … leaves 3:3, 34
Sowbugs / slipping down the mellow sides / of the compost pile 6:3, 35
Still chipping away … / visions of Iroquois masks, / these tools … totems 3:3, 34
The sun / on salt and pepper granite / splattering gold 3:3, 34
Wind currents and sun … / stopping between the peaks — / the silvering eagle 4:1, 41
Waldraff, Catharine A.
A crescent moon, / at tip a star / Oh! 4:2, 38
Walker, Betty Utley
A duck autographs / the autumn sky with wing-quills / dipped in bayou ink. 1:4, 40
Oh, I look, I look / when I hear the ringing chime — / but only the wind … 1:4, 30
Silent my windchimes — / silent the ghosts stripping bare / blush-hued red oak trees. 1:4, 30
Walker, Brain
Cicada killer / noisily yellow and black; / silent ants follow. 5:1, 19
Walker, Constance
A shower of gold / falls from the cottonwood tree … / desert wind blowing. 6:1, 21
Between tenements, / a dark, dank, narrow canyon — / slit of stars above. 4:2, 36
Brown cattails edge pond, / amber reeds rattle — / no one is fishing. 3:3, 37
Full stadium cheering, / singing for Alma Maters; / half will leave silent. 2:4, 14
“Inland Passage” [sequence] 5:2, 39
Lily-stitched brown patch / on white robe of mountain snow — / icicles dripping. 2:1, 40
Palm tuft ship-swaying / mast tall on city skyline; / crow’s-nest for pigeons. 1:1, 26
Perpendicular — / ribbons of melting snow / fall into the sea. 5:2, 41
Perpendicular, / walls of Alaskan pine trees — / sea passage between. 5:2, 41
Suddenly bluebirds / dotting frost — brown alfalfa — / sky — tossed confetti. 2:1, 37
Walker, Martin P.
On the country road / leading to family home … / a feeling of warmth. 1:4, 16
Walker, Pauline S.
A fresh snowfall … / the way cars with snow tires / braid the village streets 9:1, 10
A sweater-cool wind … / children catching yellow leaves / blowing from the birch. 6:3, 37
Along the stone wall / August hollyhocks blooming / to their very tips! 4:3, 32
An owl / terminates the night / with one last call. 8:4, 40
Empty campground; / only dry leaves skittering / with each gust of wind 10:1, 54
Late autumn campfire; / among the coals, birch branches / snap off starry sparks 10:3, 19
Near the gravemarker, / a garter snake’s hollow skin / drying on the grass. 4:2, 6
Now the gusty winds / thin the spectacle of leaves / to a memory. 1:3, 26
Saggy old willow / sits on the bank with its feet / in the cool water. 1:3, 26
Shafts of May sunlight / knifing through old graveyard pines … / the silence. 7:2, 39
Slithering / from my stopped-short shadow — / a garter snake. 7:4, 37
Spooked by the wild wind, / a restless herd of white caps / stampedes to the shore. 2:1, 17
The faded lawn chair / sits with a lapful of snow / beside the bare birch. 2:1, 17
The November wind / hurries a flock of crisp leaves / down a one-way street. 1:4, 6
Wildlife refuge; / a bull moose kneels to feed / in the lush meadow 10:2, 27
Walking into the Sun, by Janice Bostok [book note] 5:3, 47
Walter, Nina Willis
Deciduous trees / in winter — doodles against / a gray emptiness. 1:1, 26
Detour: See the green / tender spears of the new grass, / reckless in the path. 1:2, 21
Little balls of light, / clear gold, like spattered sunbeams, / tip acacia twigs. 1:3, 22
Low clouds hide the sun. / Now peering into winter, / I see no bright gleam. 2:1, 33
The giant redwoods / sift the wind’s insistences / into new music. 1:3, 21
Watanabe, Kozo
In the night snow falls / Upon the chrysanthemums. / Waking, I feel cold. 9:1, 59
Waterhouse, Helen
Ermine fanciers / find that slashing incisors / go with the furred look. 1:3, 33
Woodbine climbing high / honey-amber … honey-sweet … / roofs the cabin logs. 1:2, 34
Waterman, Paul
A sprout of mangrove / between rotten planks / of the old beached boat 9:1, 44
Above frozen ground / porcupine high in hemlock … / champings in the snow. 4:1, 22
As the herd passes / cattle egrets find insects / in the hoof-scuffed grass 6:2, 6
Beyond the city / boating by lily pads — / cricket frogs jumping, 4:1, 22
Declawed cat / working at scratching post / sharpening his claws. 3:3, 36
Desert wind blowing … / plow truck clears the highway / sand drift by sand drift. 3:3, 36
Drifting snow / meeting horse and rider / at the gusty bend. 2:1, 4
Drumming rain / splinters ice on the tin roof / splotches of red. 8:4, 40
Egg-laying over, / the enormous turtle / homes back to sea. 6:3, 37
Eroded stones / falling from ancient cathedral — / foundry smoke billows. 4:2, 15
Fast-falling leaves / make bright little islands / on the pasture pond. 6:1, 34
Grass-grown dunes / blunting the scour / of the stormy sea. 4:2, 6
Gray wolves in snowstorm / moose backed against aspens / suddenly charges. 2:1, 37
Great pine with two trunks / casting long twin shadows / that join snow islands. 3:2, 23
Half lost in brush / still the hitching post stands / by the roofless church 7:2, 30
Half stranger neighbors / removing / a weathered spite fence. 5:1, 19
Hurricane / pushing storm tide up the beach, / slows in piney woods 3:3, 36
In bright disarray / on the half-withered grass / autumn leaves blush. 1:1, 27
In the dusk / a little toad hopping / across the highway 2:2, 33
January thaw, / dripping by dump can / thin dog paws the lid. 3:1, 24
Last rays of sunlight / falling on the beach — / sandcastles awash. 3:3, 36
Leafless in winter / one gnarled old tree / clings to its apples. 4:1, 22
Leaping fish / breaking through clutter / of floating leaves 2:2, 33
“Legend of Ocracoke” [sequence] 4:3, 39
Maine coast / half buried still the rotting boat / ghosts on the wintry frost 8:3, 40
Not just this day / the proud widow / hangs out the flag 9:2, 47
On the greening lawn / spreading wide his eyed feathers / peacock seeking mate. 1:4, 32
Rabbit in clover / leaps and bounds to the thicket / at snap of a twig. 1:4, 23
Rain against the pane: / kitten on the window seat / pawing at splashes. 1:2, 14
Rising and falling, / the edge of the lily pad / bends with the ripples. 1:3, 31
Scraggly horses / running wild past the dunes / with undersized colts 4:3, 39
Sea oats / waving plumy seed stalks / above the beach grass. 4:3, 47
Seeding season: / a ripe dandelion ball / breaks up in the wind. 8:1, 20
Ship out of sight — / hard-swimming young horses, / hoofs touch island shore … 4:3, 39
Spanish Moss’ gray beards / shelter and constantly dust / blackened markers. 6:2, 33
Spanish raider / sinking off Outer Banks; / horses in water … 4:3, 39
Spruces / sawtooth the cold hillside — / jagged moon 9:3, 4
Straining oxen / pulling the stone sledge / in the uncleared field. 4:3, 47
Stunted horses / root for the sand dunes’ sparse grass / on Ocracoke. 4:3, 39
Summer in Cuba / the delicate fragrance / of mangoes 7:3, 36
Summer over; / small yellow birch leaves / the first to drift down 10:3, 19
Sunset’s afterglow / on the sagging log cabin; / a pioneer’s grave 9:1, 43
That Vermont farmer, / just as his grandfather did, / plows among rocks. 4:3, 47
Thc wind-tide / moving and spreading / across the savanna. 5:2, 28
The hurricane passed / and the floundering island / clings to its jetties. 4:3, 47
The Outer Banks — / through a hulk’s rotten timbers / the ebb tide spills back. 6:2, 33
The sound of oars / coming through the murkiness / cloaking the river. 4:2, 15
The weathered cupola / doves flying in and out / through broken shutters. 5:2, 28
There’s a new Bible / in her lap at the meetin’ — / he must edge closer. 4:3, 47
Tired farmer pauses, / catches scent / of new-mown hay. 2:3, 22
Two gulls / perching on piling / piggy back. 3:1, 38
Water buffaloes / eating their way / through water hyacinths 6:2, 33
Where the river flowed / I walk between cracks / on blocks of dried mud. 5:3, 26
Where the stream shallows / a beaver diving under / mud and stick lodge. 3:2, 23
Whipping wind / driving the tumbleweed / seeds the parched plain. 3:2, 23
White magnolia / at the ends of the branches / new leaves of light green 6:2, 33
Wild ducks taking flight / from where the ice thins / on the marshy pond. 2:4, 30
Wind rustles fall leaves; / woodchuck / scurries to his hole. 3:3, 36
Wind-blown snow / streaking the wreckage / of the blackened train. 5:2, 28
Wathall, Agnes
Frost tonight. / Resting on the parsley bed / a thistle seed. 7:2, 34
Way, Mary H.
Fallen fuchsia bloom / caught in ivy curl withers / as if it grew there … 3:1, 33
From adobe station / by our door, Sargent Hornet / warns intruders … 1:4, 8
June’s giant moon / climbing zenith ladder shrinks / on every rung … 1:3, 18
Losing our way / among sand dunes that zig-zag / beyond sound of sea. 4:3, 17
Lost toy found — / tide-washed sail boat anchored / on a low sand dune. 4:3, 17
Mallet of the wind / sends bougainvillaea blossoms / under chair wickets … 1:4, 15
National Christmas tree / thousand voices blend one carol / climbing to the stars … 1:1, 28
Path through withered grass — / three gold dandelions / seal the scroll of autumn … 1:4, 14
Snuggling to hearth flame / hearing winds orchestrate / chimney aria … 5:1, 27
Wisteria blooms / cast purple shadows on guests / sipping grape wine 1:2, 34
Weathervanes, by John Wills [book note] 1:2, 41
Webb, Joyce W.
a hint of salt spray / in the rare east wind streaming / over Sauk Prairie 6:2, 17
adobe crumbling / into the red clay / it came from 3:3, 29
Alaska in Starkville … / red geranium flowers / on a gray porch 3:3, 29
Brown evergreens / edge the interstate highway. / A whiff of sweet grass. 3:1, 39
Cows seek pasture shade — / cars cluster under the tree / in a parking lot. 1:3, 11
Deltas overhead / Transparent dragonfly wings / Shiver in the sun. 1:1, 21
fluttering shadow / on the concrete courthouse wall … / the flag at half-mast 4:3, 49
gray rain runs / the Sangre de Cristo slopes / in red streams 3:3, 29
If there are flies — / they will surely light / on me. 1:2, 19
“In Memory of Joyce Webb, May 30, 1920–December 30, 1978” 10:2, ifc, ibc
Monday.… / everything clean / but the clothespin bag 6:1, 34
no end to it … / the moving crescent of lights / crossing the causeway … 7:3, 34
No wind today … / but yellow aspen leaves / shiver in the sun. 2:4, 35
October colors … / a wild geranium leaf / brushed with them all 7:2, 9
Quiet afternoon … / deep in the bark dyed water / float white clouds 6:1, 34
Rising mist / from the tidewater pool / is lost in sea fog. 2:2, 28
robin silhouette / singing from the ridgepole / at sunset 7:1, 13
“Santa Fe Trail” [sequence] 3:3, 29
Seventeen, by June A. Margeson [review] 1:1, 38
sun brightens snow / on the San Francisco peaks … / Flagstaff in shadow 3:3, 29
Sun-corroded … / tattered piles of snow collapse / in the warm spring rain. 3:1, 39
The dank wind whistles / through the screen door … / wet autumn leaves. 3:2, 33
The jet’s vapor trail / momentarily shadows / the face of the sun. 1:2, 19
The swallow’s shadow / in the quiet pond is blurred / by circles of rain. 1:2, 19
This warm evening / a robin’s spring song … / yellow leaves falling. 3:2, 33
two hawks cruise / the wind river / over Raton Pass 3:3, 29
volunteer center … / behind the busy xerox / a dirty restroom 4:1, 23
warm winter night … / even the neighbors / are moon-viewing 7:3, 34
“What Is a Haiku? Basho’s Answer” [essay] 1:3, 28
“What Is a Haiku? Buson’s Answer” [essay] 1:4, 28
“What Is a Haiku? Issa’s Answer” [essay] 1:2, 22
Williamsburg … / wagon wheels and clopping hooves, / a pneumatic drill 5:1, 18
With a peacock screech / the blackbird arches / his wings. 2:1, 12
Webb, Rozana
As hands clasped to pray, / Hills fold in on each other, / Building peace islands. 1:1, 32
Inside the gray flannel / God knows all men are naked. / Can false face hide truth? 1:1, 35 (r)
Lambs play in meadow, / white plum and almond budding, / storm windows put by. 1:2, 33
Only Monday left, / With wash of world hung on sky. / Who will take it in? 1:1, 35 (r)
Spring enters with joy, / Waking to life the dead earth. / Her way breathes flowers. 1:1, 35 (r)
Tadpoles grow in pond, / river willows veiled in green, / plows must be readies. 1:2, 33
To teach, you must learn. / Grow your own tree of knowledge. / From small seed … a child. 1:1, 35 (r)
Weiser, Ruth
October morning / Kittens huddle together / in the sunshine. 7:3, 20
Wells, Frances S.
Winter day — / carousel ponies fetlock-deep / in snow 10:1, 59
Westlake, Wayne
Bonsai / Master / himself bonsai 10:2, 47 (r)
Must be going crazy — / my favorite poet lately / has been me! 10:2, 47 (r)
One hundred haiku / and a neglected wife / unimpressed 10:3, 10
Where Will Mockingbird Nest?, by Randy Brooks [book note] 9:1, 60
White, Ethel Fairfield
After the blizzard, / ultramodern sculpture — / farm mailbox snowed in. 2:2, 34
Autumn sun; / a milkweed pod exploding / …… Slowly. 5:3, 40
Behind hollyhocks, / old recluse with spy glass / peers at her neighbors. 2:3, 12
Black-capped tern / explore a tide pool, / gabbling softly. 2:3, 38
Brilliant blue sky / and on the desert wind / the smell of oil wells. 4:2, 6
But yesterday / fiddleheads lifted the leafmold / …. autumn-bronzed ferns! 1:4, 14
Cap gone in wind, / failing pine needles prickle / the boy’s smile. 2:4, 35
Dyed for grandma’s rug / strips of bright wool dangle / from the robin’s nest. 4:2, 38
Old locomotive / puffing up the grade / in the city park. 5:1, 36
On a steel scaffold / of the housing project / robin with shavings. 4:3, 35
On a summer stroll; / the spaniel’s fur a tangle / of burdock burrs. 6:1, 28
One perfect apple / the young tree’s sole achievement … / hornets are feasting. 1:4, 38
Riding the crest / of the flooding gutter / a child’s paper boat 4:3, 35
Snowy mountain slope; / sudden skier flashes … / buck and doe flee. 2:1, 37
Spraying the roses, / I meet my garden’s toad / catching bugs. 4:1, 23
Sprightly green / in the burned pine stump, / a maple seedling. 3:3, 32
Spring skies threaten; / atop the dead tamarack, / a raucous magpie. 2:3, 23
Still far to April … / dripping icicles glisten / with bright rainbows. 2:1, 33
The first fall rains … / folded hills move closer in, / huckleberry-blue. 1:4, 15
The same old catfish / in the quiet river / breaks another line. 7:1, 5
Walking in the path; / sound of pine seeds crackling / underfoot. 6:1, 28
Wind and rain — / the morning paper sticking / to the pear tree’s trunk. 4:3, 35
Year of the Dragon; / the kitten hides in paper sack / tail twitching. 7:3, 20
White, Louise W.
Bare branches of tree / silhouetted against sky — / arms outstretched for help. 2:1, 23
Old worn out prayer book / lace-edged fan with broken arms / both covered with dust 2:4, 35
The sun is up; / but the moon still lingers / in the sky 2:3, 39
the waxing wind / whirls the dust of summer / under autumn’s carpet 3:3, 21
White, Lourine
Docile, nesting dove … / a brown leaf flutters down / the north wind blows. 2:2, 22
Mist in the valley — / my yellow chrysanthemum / hurries to blossom. 2:2, 22
Whitehouse, Gertrude
Bent by ripping winds / oxen and aged farmer / furrow the field. 1:3, 11
Falling autumn leaves / litter the lawn and driveway … / discarded old news. 1:1, 23
In the early dawn / first violets perfume the air … / young snails exploring. 1:2, 34
Newly minted gold … / with dandelions and daffodils, / a yellow violet. 3:3, 37
Old mountain cabin: / hardy lilac shrub / screens the south window. 2:2, 23
Purple chalices / spilling wine today … / the jacarandas. 2:2, 23
Shrouding the lawn — / cherry blossoms / and snow flurries. 2:2, 23
“Three Haiku” 2:2, 23
Whiteside, Tom
Caught by the sun’s ray / Petals on a dogwood tree / One by one by one 10:3, 16
Whitis, Margaret
Under white blanket / Nature is hiding rubble. / Are guests expected? 1:1, 28
Whitmire, Pam
hot sun / a mule cooling his haunches / in the creek 3:3, 21
Wiggin, Larry
“Larry Wiggin (Otoko Tomodachi), Nov. 15, 1919–Nov. 7, 1973” [In memoriam] 5:1, ifc
Wildes, Harry Emerson
Mirage, by Foster Jewell [review] 3:1, 44–45
Wilkeson, Curtis
Today it is spring; / the little lame balloonman / whistles far and wide 5:2, 20
Williams, Betty
Grass blade’s shadow — / enough to cool / a grasshopper. 3:1, 9
The squirrel / storing nuts; / the farmer, corn. 3:1, 9
Wind moving / the tall poplar, / the short grass. 3:1, 9
Williams, Frank E.
A fallen feather, / on a woods trail in the rain, / shelters a spider. 1:2, 23
Snow on the mountain … / Deep river in the valley … / Juice in ripe apples. 2:1, 38
Soaring bird / returns … / sundown. 1:3, 13
Williams, Paul O.
A thin splayed shadow / where the mosquito / has stopped the sun. 2:2, 19
Unable to keep / so much sun — silver driftwood / or to choose the best. 2:1, 21
Willmot, Rod
First morning … / Over the snow, a washing / steams on the line 1:1, 36 (r)
Wills, John
A bittern booms … / In the silence that follows / the smell of the marsh. 1:1, 34 (r)
a bluegill rises / to the match wavers / and falls away 7:2, 7 (i)
a hawk / turns somewhere high above / its shadow 5:3, 17
a kingfisher / sails to the bough of a pine: / the coolness! 6:2, 16
A Mayfly / struggles down the stream, / one wing flapping dry. 2:2, 36
A 2nd Flake, by Anita Virgil [review] 5:3, 43
Abandoned barn — / skull of a hound / on its paw bones. 2:4, 45 (r)
again today / the river / on its bed 1:3, 41 (r)
an egret / wanders out / among the clouds 6:2, 16
another bend / then at last the moon / and all the stars 1:3, 42 (r)
Another May, / and still the water slides / along the gravel … 1:2, 6
another river / somewhere down / inside me 1:3, 41 (r)
at sunrise / thrush notes glitter / in the beech leaves 4:1, 34
At touch of dawn, / the snail withdraws / his horns. 1:2, 34
below the falls / a leaping trout scatters / the morning mist 1:3, 41 (r)
Below the falls / and broken rocks, the moon / comes back together.. 2:2, 45 (r)
beneath / the clumps of willow / willow water 7:4, 13
Beside the pond … / couple of sunfish shoot themselves / in the grasses. 2:2, 44 (r)
boulders / just beneath the boat … / it’s dawn 7:2, 7 (a)
Bullfrog / in the cistern … deeper / than his bellow. 1:1, 34 (r)
clouds / in the mountain passes / and flowering dogwood 3:2, 22
Cobwebs / on the broken door, / running along the wind. 1:3, 27
cormorant fishing / at Ozu. only, the oarsmen / seemed bored 4:1, 10
“Cormorant Fishing” [haibun] 4:1, 9–10
Dawn wind / ruffles the pines … / the water darkens. 2:4, 44 (r)
Dry leaves / in the cornfields: corncobs / in the woods. 2:4, 44 (r)
Flakes of snow / stick to the wind / a moment. 2:4, 44 (r)
flooded fields / a bloated cow bobbing / against the fence 1:3, 41 (r)
grassy flats; / a green boat bobs / in the willows 7:4, 6, 13
Hijikawa — / the geisha sings of the moon / while the cormorants fish 4:1, 10
I stop / and watch the wild geese pass, / then badger my wife 7:2, 8 (i)
just above / the stream froth / otter’s whiskers 7:4, 13
Late winter dawn … / Between the snow and snow … / the pencilled woods. 1:1, 34 (r)
Laughing / at the sober fellow / in the mountain spring. 1:3, 15
light breaks / through the leafy woods … / a river 7:4, 13
lower falls / in mist, / arbutus trailing … 7:4, 13
my hand moves out / touches the sun / on a log 5:3, 17
no hint of a breeze, / and yet these young bamboos / are still moving … 4:1, 9
no one knowing / whom to watch … the geisha girl / or the cormorants 4:1, 10
Nothing remains / of the snowy owl / but his shadow. 1:1, 34 (r)
out of fog / and childhood mists / the river 7:4, 13
Petals / of white chrysanthemums: / the first frost. 2:4, 44 (r)
Puppy / and puppy shadow … chasing / a pair of tails. 1:1, 21
Redwing / on a cattail … riding / down the pond. 1:1, 34 (r)
river / streaked with meadow flowers / and dawn 7:4, 13
Searching the shallows — / not seeing the bittern there / among the cattails. 1:2, 7
showing my son / a picture of my father / as a child 3:2, 22
Snowy egrets / splashing down, breaking up / the picture. 2:2, 36
Snowy morning — / mouse tracks stitch the edges / of the pasture. 1:1, 21
Somewhere beyond / the end of the world … / a loon. 1:2, 38 (r)
speckles / moving backwards / on the sand 7:4, 13
spring again! / wherever the current / takes me 7:4, 13
“Spring River” [sequence] 6:2, 16
“Spring River: A Haiku Sequence” 7:4, 13
Sun, / another orange / in the orchard. 1:3, 5
The bluebird bubbling / along the fence echoes / the meadow freshet. 1:1, 34 (r)
The captive fox … / Seeing him crouching there / behind his eyes. 1:2, 38 (r)
the crickets / in my old bait box / are singing 6:2, 16
the glittering eyes / of the cormorants … how they tug / at their leashes! 4:1, 9
the moon at dawn / lily pads blow white / in a sudden breeze 7:2, 7 (i)
the river / leans upon the snag / a moment 7:4, 13
the river drifts / between the earth / and heaven 7:4, 13
The snowman / edges toward the house … / the winter moon! 1:2, 38 (r)
The spring fields — / and a long walk back / for my notebook. 2:2, 44 (r)
The summer grove — / somewhere high in the leaves … / the sound of rain. 2:3, 41
The summer meadow — / waiting for the wind / to make a path. 1:3, 6
The voice / of the autumn pine woods: / mourning doves. 2:4, 44 (r)
the waters move … / the clouds go by … / the frogs trill … 7:4, 13
The woods dissolve, / the river whitens / in the summer rain. 2:2, 45 (r)
up / in the linden boughs / the drowse of bees 5:3, 17
waking again / the rooster’s voice / is cooler 5:3, 17
water drops / among the rocks / and clouds 7:4, 13
water hyacinths — / slithering through them / a leech 6:2, 16
weeding the garden … / a butterfly rests / on my hoe 4:1, 34
Whispering brook / in the summer woods … / the young leaves. 2:2, 44 (r)
Winter hills, / and the motionless wings / of a buzzard. 2:1, 20
winter mountain — / below, through ragged mists, / the leaves of spring 6:1, 5
With dusk / the spruce retreats / into the woods. 2:1, 20
Wills, John, and Marlene Morelock Wills
at noon / the dappled sand / beneath / the willow [haiga] 1:1, 21
pine / branch / / on the morning / breeze / / lapping / of the lake [haiga] 1:4, 42 (r)
summer moon — / a chalky rock … / with ripples. [haiga] 1:3, 15
Wills, Marlene Morelock [Marlene Mountain]
Above / the clouds in water: / clouds. 2:2, 4
Blowing on my hands, / casting, / blowing again. 2:2, 4
blowing snow / remaking / the barn path [haiga] 1:1, 20
coyote [concrete poem] 9:3, 32 (r)
Cross-legged. / Between my dirty fingers: / white sandwich. 2:2, 4
crow [concrete poem] 7:4, 43 (r)
dim shape / of a bird’s nest … / autumn sky 9:1, 53
Early Morning … / digging worms / with the chickens. 2:2, 4
five / i think / but who can count fireflies? 7:4, 298:1, 3 (cor)
flies up and down the light chain [concrete poem] 7:4, 44 (r)
gravel truck / shifting for the hill / the heat 10:1, 53
house spider [concrete poem] 9:3, 32 (r)
ill / she lets the cow go / dry 9:3, 52
in the shadow / of a dead fish / ghost crab 7:4, 29
into the fireplace ashes / first spring rain 7:4, 29
Late afternoon — / finding last year’s pecans / in the leaves. 2:2, 4
late evening / she scrubs a little of yesterday / from the pot 10:1, 34
moments / moment = moment [concrete poem] 9:3, 31 (r)
morning glory [concrete poem] 9:3, 33 (r)
My can full of worms — / the chickens / continue scratching. 2:2, 4
new year’s eve old songs on the hourglass dulcimer 10:2, 13
old man Gouge / on his cabin porch … / where his mother rocked 6:1, 41
Picasso’s “Bust of Sylvette,” by Elizabeth Searle Lamb and Bruce Lamb [review] 8:3, 45–46
pine knot slowly she feels her breasts 10:3, 18
potter wasp in and out of its nest the heat 9:2, 22
raindrop [concrete poem] 7:4, 44 (r)
Reflection / on the quiet pond: / Cold Beer. 2:2, 4
Returning home, / fence / coming to meet me. 2:2, 4
rocks / and / old roots / wrapping / about / each other [haiga] 1:3, 15
spring evening / a pup barks / the old cow home 7:4, 29
Staring into the water / hands crammed deep / in my pockets. 2:2, 4
swinging / a child with ice cream / the wide sky 10:2, 57
tenant hides his jar in the scarecrow summer night 9:2, 34
the daughter / now feeds her mother — / autumn night 9:1, 53
“The Plight of the Haiku Public” [essay] 8:3, 28–31
the sun / and the mountain / do this: [concrete poem] 7:4, 44 (r)
touch-me-not [concrete poem] 9:3, 33 (r)
tree frog [concrete poem] 9:3, 31 (r)
Waiting / for the fishing dock / to come from the mist. 2:2, 4
winter morning dead tree bare as the others 9:2, 55
without a pause / the auctioneer rolls his toothpick / to the other side 7:4, 6
wood pile / on the sagging porch / unstacking itself 7:4, 6
Wind the Clock by Bittersweet, by Bill Pauly [book note] 9:1, 60
Winder, Louise Somers
Behind us / the wake losing itself; / sea meeting sky. 5:2, 42
In dappled sunlight / the sow — big with life; / the pen’s hand-worn rail 7:2, 30
Noonday: / a yellow-throated vireo sings — / beak full of damselfly! 9:3, 12
Stark — / the river birches / against the lightning’s flash 7:4, 34
The cold storeroom: / measuring rice by the handful — / my hand emptying. 6:1, 21
waking again / to the mockingbird’s song / and moonlight on the bed 10:3, 55
Warm May drizzle; / destroying angels / among the marigolds 7:4, 34
Warm sunshine — / three old cronies whittle and spit; / sparrows —evenly spaced 9:1, 18
Winfrey, Matt, and David Daniels
Bibliography / A whole bunch of other books / To write a book. 4:2, 23
Winke, Jeffrey
Snow Falling from a Bamboo Leaf, by Haig Akmakjian [review] 10:3, 30–31
The shadow / from the nail / where the picture hung 7:2, 9
Winter Garden, by Dewey McCulloch [book note] 1:4, 47
Winter Silence, by Harley King [book note] 8:4, 47
Without the Mountains: Haiku & Senryu, by Gary Hotham [book note] 7:3, 47
Wittrup, Kent
Smoke curls, coffee cools, / ten minutes without a word; / snow falling windows. 6:1, 21
Woelfel, Barry
One eye open — / the old alligator glides / towards the tourists. 6:3, 37
Wood, Emma S.
Autumn twilight finds, / flitting through dried garden weeds, / a hungry red bird 1:4, 14
Blizzard winds drifting / snow high, imprisoning me / with no snow shovel. 1:1, 28
Woodford, Bruce P.
Shadows of minnows / darting through the still water — / a dragonfly hovers 6:1, 36
Woods, Barbara
A monarch supreme; / on top of the spruce tree, / the black raven reigns. 4:3, 42
Words that Come from Within, by Gishka Van Ree [book note] 8:2, 47
Writing Haiku from Photographs, by Robert Novak [book note] 8:1, 47 |
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Yamaguchi, Penny
A running river / flowing quiet to the hills, / with trees on each side. 8:1, 22
Autumn leaves falling, / drifting softly to the ground / and on the river. 8:1, 23
Yarrow, Ruth M.
A marmot’s whistle / pierces mountain shadows — / first star 10:2, 27
Yasuda, Kenneth
see Shôson
Yasuko Fukumi
A red-glowing stove / Sleet knocks the windows / The cat sits still 7:3, 36
Yawea, Arlene
Behind the mountains / the sun paints his departure / throughout the heavens 2:3, 34
Yield of Fallow, by Foster Jewell [book note] 9:1, 60; 9:3, 34; 10:1, 42
You Are the Rose; You Are the Rock, by Robert L. Gump [book note] 7:2, 47
You Come Too, a Collection of Haiku, by Gloria Maxson [book note] 8:1, 47
Young, Kane
Cracking of the ice — / and there is / no one around. 7:2, 23
Young, Virginia Brady
a herd of cows / bringing home / their shadows 6:2, 30
“A Trip to Bern, Kansas [Willene Nusbaum]” [essay] 8:1, 7–9
above the pumpkin, / wings of the bat / beating stars 9:2, 20
Across raked pebbles. / a praying mantis … crawling / toward the temple. 4:1, 43 (r)
After the funeral / a rainbow / on the grave … 4:3, 35
after the funeral / scuffing the leaves / slowly … 5:1, 11
Around the corner / a lilac bush. This side of it, / a wall … 2:2, 9
at high noon / the snake’s tongue / strikes my shadow 9:3, 46 (r)
at sunrise, / pansies in a web of dew — / the damp stones … 10:3, 17
August afternoon: / shadows of maple boughs / cool each other’s leaves 10:1, 11
Beaver scrambling / out of the lake: / cry of the loon … 4:3, 35
Before it breaks, / copper cobweb / holds the rising sun … 1:3, 39
Beside / the barest rock, / the greenest rock. 2:4, 10
Between a poplar / and the shadow of a poplar, / blackbirds flying … 2:1, 26
butte country: / shadow of the crow / larger than the crow 10:1, 23
caught in freezing rain, / a field / of glassy footprints 10:1, 58
Crossing a forest path / … three fallen elms … / Only the wind can pass. 1:1, 22
During a downpour, / the frog’s eyes / — open. 3:3, 5
fallen birch leaf / vein-side / to the sky. 4:1, 43 (r)
First snow: / gnarls of an umbrella tree / gone white 9:3, 47 (r)
Half a pine tree / stuck in snow; / other half in moon. 4:1, 34
In a circle of thaw / the cat walks / round and round. 4:1, 43 (r)
In a wooded place / mist blots out the branches. / A wood of trunks is all … 1:3, 35
inside the quiet house, / sound / of the brook … 5:1, 11
Just before avalanche, / the climber stops / and listens … 4:1, 43 (r)
Late afternoon: / trees trembling / with hummingbirds … 10:1, 25
light / from a distant hill / whitens a plum 9:2, 21
Meeting the landlord / there’s nothing to say / but she says it … 6:1, 40
Old man / sticking out his tongue / to taste the snow. 4:3, 35
On a cold morning / seeing myself / in the glass door … 4:3, 35
On the way to a wedding, / sound / of the tree surgeon’s saw. 6:1, 40
One tree moving / moves / the bamboo grove. 4:1, 34
out of the fog — / a bird flying faster / than ever 9:3, 47 (r)
Over the grave / a lost kite / in the clouds. 4:2, 42
over the streets, moonlight / weaving through rain — / the last hobo 10:1, 8
rings as they move / through ripples — / caterpillar 9:3, 46 (r)
Rivulets running / down the pane / shake the world outside … 2:1, 23
Snowed In, by Alan Gettis; Off and On Rain, by Gary Hotham [group review] 9:3, 28
So much to bear: the stalk as the peony droops 9:2, 12
something light / as thistles … / the last birdsong 7:2, 45 (r)
thinner than yesterday — / tree shadows / in the snow … 5:1, 11
under / early snow — / the fishing nets 6:2, 30
uphill — / keeping the hemlocks / in sight 6:1, 20
Vaster / than the prairie — / this wind 4:1, 43 (r)
Widow lying in bed / listening to the darkness: / spring peepers … 10:3, 55
Youngdahl, Selma
Across the still stream … / a muted prayer wheel whirring … / faint as early mist. 1:4, 30
Large white flower heads, / of Elderberry bushes, / fall as tiny stars. 5:1, 37
Scotch pine sprouts sparrows, / like new Christmas ornaments, / they trim each green branch. 4:1, 41
Seven small airplanes / tethered near brand-new windsock. / Agri-business Lunch … 6:1, 36
Stop giving them food; / Dirty pigeons spread disease! / (Many people too.) 1:1, 25
Yuma Indian poem
The water bug is drawing / the shadows of the evening / toward him on the water 4:2, 30, 34 (a); 4:3, 53 |
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Zacchi, William
all day long / in and out of dreams / rain on the tent canvas 10:2, 16
sunlight fading / on the lake / a woman’s voice 10:2, 48
the silent birds / a dark sky / drawing closer 10:2, 57
while she talks / the fish turn / and turn 10:2, 28
wooded path … / stepping in puddles / of moonlight 9:2, 51 |
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