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Abrahams, Jeffrey
a slug on the screen / unyielding to the broom, / the moon on its back 6:3, 4
spring becomes summer: / my neighbor’s door reappears / through crabapple blooms 6:3, 40
sunflower bending / in the summer afternoon; / my neighbor blinking 6:2, 35

Accrocco, Anne
Rain … / dripping from a leaf / to a yellow rose. 3:3, 9

Acosta, Mary
A lonely rower / on the late summer lake / did he hear my stone? 1:3, 10
dark summer lake / with but one rower / unlit cabins 2:3, 7
Fading hoofbeats / expand the ring of quiet / beyond the river. 1:2, 33
From the second story / of an abandoned warehouse — / piano music. 1:2, 20
the flying white geese / are both question and answer / therefore, don’t speak 1:4, 8
The sleeping siamese / can explain his whiskers / better than his master 1:1, 9
Across the Loud Stream, by Martin Shea [book note] 6:1, 47

Acton, Helen C.
An owl at dusk / in hushed-winged flight / from here … to where? 4:3, 27
Autumn morning; / mist lingers on the marsh / with the blue heron 9:1, 47
Bitter cold night: / an added quaver / in the owl’s cry. 7:1, 6
Cold autumn night, / frost crystals forming / on the cabbage leaves. 6:3, 35
Covering the sky, / dark clouds blot out the sunshine — / the sundial clock stops — 1:4, 15
Each nasturtium leaf / cups a shimmering raindrop / after the shower. 3:3, 9
Fog-clutched world — / ships whistle-talking / on the river. 2:4, 20
Heat shimmered day … / one after another / dust-devils swirling. 4:2, 35
Hunched on wet blossom, / the bee moves arthritic wings / in the warming sun 1:2, 24
In gusty March wind / my old hat races ahead — / not waiting for me. 2:2, 18
Little hummingbird / returning while yet snow falls … / where are your longjohns? 1:2, 24
New Year’s eve; / a sprinkling of confetti / brightens the snow. 7:1, 17
No sign of a trail / but old blazes on the trees / still showing the way. 2:2, 11
On rheumatic legs / grasshopper seeks morning sun / after night of frost. 1:4, 20
Snow on the sidewalk, / hushing the sound of footsteps / coming and going 2:1, 8
So briefly there — / the hummingbird’s refection / in the meadow pond. 5:3, 19
Spent pussywillows — / sifting yellow pollen / on the blacktop road. 8:1, 20
Summer’s long drouth — / only shimmering heat waves / where the pond was. 5:3, 19
The blind man walking / on this sunny, autumn day, / explores with his cane. 1:4, 10
The sun is high — / still a finger of fog / hides the gully 7:4, 37
The wasps’ nest / double its size / in one day. 3:2, 28
This morning / fog cushioning / the gull’s cry. 4:1, 42
Where the meadow creek / bends into the forest / a lone deer drinking. 4:2, 35
Wind in the willows — / a sifting of pollen / on the pond. 6:1, 27
Wind sways the alders; / a catkin falls to earth / among the trilliums. 8:1, 19
Year of the Snake; / ivy tendrils coil around / the old gate post, 8:1, 19

Adams, David
Playing with my son. / My hand sweats in the puppet, / Searching for a joke. 9:1, 33
Sailing through the foam, / the tub full of warm water, / my son with five soaps 9:1, 33

Adams, Gregg
An amber dog / waits alone in darkness; / leaves fall silently … 5:1, 20

Adams, Jessie
A cricket chirping / with only half his heart / on this rainy night. 5:1, 38
Dusty summer day … / a trout follows its shadow / away from the light. 1:3, 32
Floating leaf / rivals the reflection / of a nearby tree. 1:3, 34

Adams, Phil
“The Integrity of the Line in Haiku” [essay] 3:1, 16–17

Adams, Sallie McCormick
A ladder of birthdays / in my father’s face — he / shifts their sequences 10:3, 8

Adler, Fred
Life story … / the white desert of a diary / never bought at the Five & Ten. 7:1, 32

Ahlstrand, Kathryn K.
As tractor unreels / black furrows over prairie / these circling white gulls. 1:2, 16
Boat with unfurled sails / riding the sun’s pathway … / mewing sea gulls! 2:1, 36
Crumbling footprints / near in-coming tidal bore; / again — a clean slate. 1:3, 13
Drifting through / the trembling green leaves / a yellow poplar leaf. 3:2, 38
Freshly cut oak, / open wound showing age rings … / Still oozing sap. 5:1, 19
Green winter wheat / through melting snow … / and that meadow lark too! 4:2, 35
Keening chinook winds / and rotting snow windrows — / That noisy old crow. 1:2, 16
Last year’s dried oak leaf / still clinging to barren bough / with spring’s tight buds. 2:2, 11
This warm evening / even the dandelion is / a setting sun. 2:3, 18
This year / the wild grapevine — / even nearer 3:3, 9
Under curtain / of northern lights … / untended fish poles 2:3, 18

Ahrens, Robert
No gardening today, / in my tool shed, / a sleeping skunk. 7:3, 20

Ainsworth, Steve
fish in the bucket; / the tough old catfish / outlives them all 10:3, 44

Aki
The haze blows away … / behind a fieldstone fence / an old buck stands 9:1, 58
Winter fields; / a rusted station wagon / coated white again 9:1, 10

alan
a cracked mirror / reflecting my image: / six eyes, two heads. 2:2, 18
autumn rain, / streaming down the gutter … / a crimson leaf. 2:4, 12
fetching water / from the well / catching the moon 3:2, 12
night clouds / drifting … now and then / the moon! 2:4, 12
Raindrops: / settled on a cobweb, / reflecting the moon. 2:1, 23
Alaska in Haiku, by David Hoopes and Diana Tillion [book note] 5:1, 47

Albers, Barbie
The air is chilly; / Wind is blowing hard — / I can see the hills 4:2, 23

Alcott, Amy
Black spotted spider / spins a web to catch his prey — / splendid room service. 8:2, 22

Alford, Georgie B.
Small gastropoda / antennae waving, sensing, / limns a lustrous path. 1:3, 39

Allen, Billie
Aroma of coffee / invading / my sleeping bag. 2:4, 12
At Little League Park / only the red and blue caps / showing above the fence. 5:3, 34
At the lake — / a boy throwing stones / at his dad’s image. 6:1, 41
Curled, brown leaves / school-hopping on red brick walk … / racing autumn wind. 1:4, 38
Electric wires / the moon / a prisoner 4:1, 30
In the warm courtroom / jury deliberates — / outside — autumn leaves falling 5:3, 30
Rising sun / polishing / the river 2:4, 12
Swift clouds / spinning past the moon — / the smell of rain 6:1, 31
Where the gray shack stood — / an old bottle … sun-purpled … / days and years echo. 1:4, 4

Altenburg, Emily
A lemon, / fruit of love — / sweet, yet bitter. 7:2, 22; 8:1, 8 (a)
Chameleons — / camouflage / survival. 5:3, 28
Seagulls / diving for food … / diving for life. 6:2, 22

Alvah, Paul
An owl sits, silent / and unmoving, on a branch. / Something turns its head. 4:3, 27
And only the breeze / slips through the bright moonlit woods / without a shadow. 4:3, 27
Deserted farmhouse — / only the wind comes and goes, / leaving no footprint. 4:3, 27
Summer fields: / the snow has melted / into queen anne’s lace and daisies! 4:1, 39

Amann, Eric W.
A morning of snow: / listening to the muffled sound / of the blind man’s cane 10:1, 59
Basho’s crow / on the TV antenna: / autumn nightfall 10:1, 23
Cold drizzling autumn rain. / — An empty streetcar / Passing me by … 6:3, 8 (a)
Dusk falls in the room; / only a saucer of milk / glimmers dimly white 10:1, 34
Even his shadow / growing leaner day by day / in late autumn sun 10:1, 56
“Haiku the Healer: The Indications and Limitations of Haiku in Poetry Therapy” [essay] 10:3, 21–24
In the gutter / rain-soaked & rotting: / Yesterday’s headlines. 6:3, 8 (a)
last day of autumn: / and still the sunset lingers / in a one-way street. 1:1, 6
New Year’s morning: / a sober newsman / repeats the casualties. 2:1, 18
New Year’s morning: / even “Operator” / has a pleasant voice. 2:1, 18
Older than ever / under the blossoming pear tree: / the ticket seller 9:2, 19
Only bird tracks / lead to the empty schoolhouse / on this Christmas Day 10:1, 24
photo 6:3, 7
River, by John Wills [review] 1:3, 41–42
Snow falling / on the empty parking-lot: / Christmas eve … 6:3, 7 (a)
Softly falling / on the names of the dead: / spring rain … 1:2, 5
The long walk back: / — A tiger lily / Points the way … 6:3, 9 (a)
The old Ford truck — / still clinging to it: / last summer’s leaves … 1:2, 17
Through the short spring night / the sound of boxcars rumbling / to the distant sea 10:1, 34
Winter burial: / a stone angel points his hand / at the empty sky 9:2, 3; 9:3, 6 (w)
Withered winter tree; / its barren boughs reflected / in the sick man’s eye 10:1, 3

Ambery, M.
Your morning laughter: / sweeter than sugar apples / in French Martinique. 7:1, 33
An Alphabet Book of Haiku and Tanka, by Carrow De Vries [book note] 4:2, 47

Anderson, Barbara
Bird in a tree / carefully watching his prey … / an unaware worm. 2:1, 42

Anderson, Gerald
Darkness growing / and high in slotted rafters — / Windsong! 10:1, 34
dipping water / to quench the ashes / clipping moon 10:3, 56
Just before it breaks: / the light through the arch / of the crested wave 10:2, 56

Andrew, Jane
Under that leafless bough / the crimson chrysanthemum whitens … / first snow … 5:3, 40

Andrews, J. David
A hot summer night: / the plump old moon is resting / on a telephone pole. 8:4, 11
A row of dewdrops / in the rib-crease of a leaf; / April sun … rising 8:1, 12
Before an August dawn, / the full moon slowly slides down / a neighbor’s roof. 8:4, 11
October wind: / an old piece of newspaper / blows through the graveyard. 8:3, 39
Smallest stream flows on. / Blossoms, bright fruit, swirling leaves. / Ocean grows deeper. 6:2, 45 (r)
Winter ice melted, / four leaf clover from meadow; / cup of ginseng tea 10:3, 50 (r)

Ankenbrand, Frank, Jr.
He who walks the snow / leaving no visible footprints / is my father’s ghost. 1:1, 7
“It Is Not Much” [poem] 1:1, 3

Antonio, Charles
The biting frost / eating / at my face. 7:2, 23

Antonio, Mary
Autumn leaves fall — / I reach for one, / the wind takes it away. 8:4, 23

Apodaca, Cora
The night covers the sky / as a blanket stores / my thoughts for tomorrow. 2:3, 34

Appleby, Drew C.
Barn swallows diving — / the earth reverberates / with nearing thunder 9:2, 10
January chores: / a cut bale smells of clover / in the frigid barn 9:3, 52
Leaves rustle softly … / a pair of owls echoing / in the cooling dusk 9:2, 9
My hoe moving slower / between zucchini blossoms — / this August heat! 10:1, 53

Aragon, Karen
Trees rustling / against my window / and I looking for butterflies. 5:2, 20

Aragon, Roy
A desolate screech in the sky; / a wondrous hawk / gliding in the autumn breeze. 8:4, 22
Upon the umber canyon wall / I sit and weep / the only sound — my echo. 8:3, 22

Aragon, William
Walking in the fields / not aware of / the clouds above until too late. 8:2, 23

Aragon, Yolanda
Snow underfoot / crunching away / my loneliness. 4:3, 42

Ardinger, Richard
“The Road Is Time: An Analysis of Matsuo Basho’s Concept of Time in The Narrow Road of Oku” [essay] 10:2, 18–23

Arford, Louise Brown
One poplar standing / in a field of wheat, / and the wind moving. 6:1, 16
Willow buds showing, / and high above the thicket / the killdeer crying. 6:1, 16

Arimoto, Sugaki
“A letter [to Mr. And Mrs. Donald Holroyd]” 10:3, 20

Arita, Anita
Footprints in the snow / leading / nowhere. 7:3, 23
Roses, tulips, / daisies, lilacs — / but all across the fence. 7:3, 22

Arnett, Gloria
Amethyst crystals / reflecting lavender lights / each from the other. 2:2, 28
First drops of rain / polka-dotting dust … / the smell of it. 2:3, 5
His old fishing boat / tugs gently at the pier; / services today 10:3, 47
Mittened hands / point snowman’s carrot nose / into the north wind. 3:1, 29
Old switch engine / waiting or the track / to nowhere. 3:2, 19
Out of the fog / neon sign pointing / to more fog. 2:2, 28
Smell of lava soap / squeak of huck towel roller / field hands washing up. 3:3, 9
Tennis bench / sagging with losers / in late afternoon. 2:3, 12

Arnold, Donna
blending with its hill / a leaning gray cabin — / lights from the kitchen 6:1, 35

Arriaga, Susan
Standing on a deck, / listening to the distant / song of the sea. 3:1, 27

Arthur, Constance B.
April deposits / puddles in my garden, / sparrow splashes … 2:2, 22
The convict stares / at a squirrel scrambling / up the granite wall … 2:3, 12
Tiny hands / proffer spring’s first violet … / Returning thrush sings … 2:2, 37

Asahi Corp.
Taste the morning light / golden reflections in glass / ah … Asahi beer. 2:4, 16

Atkeson, F.V.
Afterglowing — / in the grass — / the fallen Firefly 4:1, 30
Blasted upward / by a crack of thunder / cloud of blackbirds 4:2, 35
Mangrove roots / exposed by the tide / clutching — clutching 4:2, 35
Old bones / the journey is longer / now 4:2, 35
On the veranda / disturbed by a breeze / the empty rocker 3:3, 9

Atwood, Ann
A meadow-sculpture: / “Girl on an ivory stallion” / carved by the camera 8:3, 42 (r)
Child’s tombstone — / under my hand the roughness / of the angel’s wing 10:3, 7
For an instant the gull / seemed to have chartered its flight / on the rainbow’s path 8:3, 43 (r)
I am one / who eats his breakfast / gazing at morning glories 8:3, 43 (r)
On the evening pond / a duck shaking the sunset / out of its feathers 9:2, 10
The lonely dirt road / holding fast in its hollows / the last of the rain 9:2, 51
The sea at sunset. / A new layer of gold leaf / with each lift of the oar 10:2, 56
The swan drifts away / gathering in its feathers / the light of day 8:3, 42 (r)
Through darkening trees / the heron hunched on the rail / is already night 8:3, 43 (r)
Tidal flat. / The woodenness of the boat / when the sea goes out 10:3, 47

Aufderheide, L.R.
In the deep swamp: / something … it repeats / the sound of my axe 6:2, 21
The leaf / takes / time / about / it … 6:2, 21
Autobiography in Haiku, by Abraham Blinderman [book note] 1:4, 47

Aven, Peter
man drink in a bar / came because he was lonely / leaves lonelier still 8:4, 33

Axle of the Oak, by Robert Schuler [book note] 9:2, 48

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Bache, Kaye
at the stream’s bend / a fish under a red leaf / — the rain begins 7:1, 37
wind on the tundra / blowing shells of summer / against the tent 7:1, 37
Back Country, by John Wills [book note] 1:2, 41

Bailey, Ann
As the leaves fall / one by one an old man / counts his children. 3:1, 9
Even in the rain / the sugar maple / flames. 3:1, 9

Bailey, Katherine Price
Except for her dolls, / the old black-walnut cradle / holds only silence. 6:3, 15
The pines / are sketched black / against an early morning sky. [haiga] 8:4, 37
The setting sun / flies ribbons / across the sky. 5:3, 39

Baisden, Daniel R.
Soaring the gusts / in front of the storm, / the New Year’s Day hawk! 10:2, 8

Baker, David
Not one pigeon left / on the statue’s broad shoulders; / and the snow begins … 10:1, 24
window reflections / comb their hair, straighten their smiles / blown along by the wind 6:2, 34

Baltzell, Virginia G.
Hands on hips she stands / surveying the line of clothes / bleaching in the sun … 2:3, 22
Her hands lie idle / on her darning- overhead / sparrows, nest building! 2:2, 39
In father’s footsteps / the toddler puling up / fresh-planted seedlings. 5:2, 28
The toddler / in two-piece suit exploring / his navel. 5:2, 28
Toddler squatting / to watch the horned toad / licking up ants. 5:2, 28
Bamboo Autumn: Haiku by Bee, by Barbara F. Buck [book note] 4:2, 47
Banana Leaves, by Janice M. Bostok [book note] 3:2, 47; 4:1, 47

Barkan, Stanley H.
Sailboats floating / on the pond of the city park … / paper in the wind 1:1, 27
Soldiers in the grass, / broken for … oh … twenty years … / Rusting in the sun. 1:2, 14

Barker, Max S.
Christening the child / and godmother’s new spring dress — / a nervous chaplain 8:1, 17
climbing stick and I, / in hidden spots, are found by / chipmunks fond of nuts. 4:1, 30
Duelling the dusk / with a flashing fly-rod foil — / a lone fisherman. 8:1, 10
Mirroring the mare / and nuzzling new born foal — / a timberline pool 10:2, 27

Barksdale, Eloise
“A Reminiscence of Clement Hoyt” [essay] 6:2, 7–9
Climbing in and out, / up and over the old fence — / those grapevines. 5:2, 26
Flamboyant sunrise … / a red bird at my window — / the alarm clock clangs! 2:1, 41
Following a trail / around the bayou’s rim — / ducks answering ducks. 8:2, 33
Heading toward our boat, / a fish in its mouth, / that huge moccasin. 7:3, 29
Here in the ivy, / a black snake’s discarded skin / glistens in the sun. 1:3, 39
Ice-coated cattails / leaning into the sunrise … / the call of a duck 4:2, 41
In this dry creek bed, / a perfect arrowhead / … sound of a jet 4:2, 41
Pacific highway … / we drive slower and slower / under the redwoods. 1:4, 6
Silhouettes / of bald cypresses as dusk … / an opossum’s track. 8:2, 33
Slippery stones / leading across the brook / to the lobelias. 5:2, 26
That beaver / cutting the bayou’s surface … / a heron rises. 8:2, 6
That lovesick mocker / singing at midnight again — / full moon, 2:3, 19
This old winepress — / pop machine “Out of Order” / at antique show. 5:3, 27
Under that tall pine, / squirrels tearing up cones — / the sound of wind. 7:3, 29
Waves of ochre / flooding rice fields — / geese circling. 1:4, 30

Barlow, Anne
At Miyajima / the sun path on the water / runs through a shrine gate. 2:3, 20
Oriental chimes, / petaling a summer wind / with scattered music. 2:3, 20
Priests with parasols, / Pines, their toppings dusted white — / all seem frail in snow. 2:1, 10
The rain is over; / open parasols stand drying — / clumps of mushrooms. 3:1, 40
Barns of Puget Sound Country, by Calhoun Cartwright, Bill Nelson, Al Logdahl, and Carrow De Vries [book note] 6:2, 47; 7:1, 47

Barrett, Herb
After the Bach recital — / emerging into evening / of cold spring rain 10:2, 16

Barron, Randall
A sheet of paper / sawing erratically / at the huge black sky. 1:4, 4
Christ walks earth again — / “Take a bath, you fool, is heard / “And put on some shows!” 1:2, 25
For friends this morning / only the rabble-rousing / trousers on the line. 1:3, 21
Man among the stars — / and on the myopic earth / the wars go on, on. 1:2, 25
Solitary moon / Sailing down concrete canyons … / The party’s over. 1:4, 39
Sound of the sawmill / from far over the river — / but no road leads there. 1:4, 21
Wichita at noon — / only in the mirror sky / clouds of buffalo. 1:3, 40

Barton, Ana
A hole in the air / at old “Freedom Church” — / the felled ancient Elm. 7:3, 18
A neighbor’s stare / cuts short my comments / to the rosemary. 8:4, 33
Abandoned farmhouse … / the roots of an old pine tree / wander through the yard 8:4, 40
Around the campfire … / ghost tales die down with the flames / as the mist swirls in. 7:4, 19
Bedridden grandpa / watching snow slowly bury / the old scarecrow. / 7:2, 26
Childhood meadow … / the little stream still sparkling / on its way. 7:4, 19
Far childhood corner … / same old cart popping corn / under the street light. 4:2, 41
From the train window … / watching the full moon rolling / along the hilltop. 6:2, 38
Graveside … / the child looks from the coffin / to the sky 9:2, 41
Greening graveyard / bicycling past / my waiting plot. 5:2, 5
How brand-new they look: / the young lambs — among the rocks / on the hillside. 7:2, 26
Hunter moon rising … / a rabbit and its shadow / frolic in the field. 8:3, 37
In the feather bed … / the country quiet / ringing in the ears. 5:3, 32
Leaving the graveyard — / an old man with an armful / of bright autumn leaves 9:1, 43
Moonlit iced field — / just one straggly pine / and its neat shadow 10:1, 57
Nightfall … / in the curve of the creek / some fall daylight still flows. 8:1, 10
Old home … / the stony stream still bubbling / cheerfully — for strangers. 7:3, 18
Stars! / Here and there some sky / showing. 6:2, 6
Stealing the show / at the garden wedding — / a scolding crow 9:1, 30
Sun on the new snow … / tracks of an unseen hare / lead to his shadow. 7:2, 26
Swimming together … / each on a private path / of moonlight. 6:1, 33
Tenement children / from a sagging fire escape / blowing bubble worlds. 5:1, 16

Barton, Geri
a blackbird / shaking off the rain / in the rain 3:2, 38
all night long / the incessant song / of one mockingbird 5:1, 14
bitter cold morning / sparrows and weeping willow / swaying together 8:1, 28
even behind / this heavy closed door / mockingbird’s song! 5:1, 14
even in flight / the mockingbird / sings its song 5:1, 14
hot afternoon; / the mobile turning slowly / to steady cricket drone 8:3, 14
how amusing / the night — singing mockingbird / and sad, too … 5:1, 14
just as it closes … / a small bug enters / the morning-glory 8:3, 14
“Mockingbird” [sequence] 5:1, 14
morning: / adding another shade of quiet / the morning dove 8:3, 14
one by one, / the mockingbird strips berries / from the evergreen 8:4, 41
our first Christmas / buying your gift / with blue stamps 8:1, 17
pausing … / to listen to the song / of an unseen bird 5:3, 38
the blind man’s dog / leading him through / fallen leaves 4:1, 13
through the still night / not one bird answering / that mockingbird’s calls 5:1, 14
tonight, the only sound / this steady rain / and the mockingbird. 5:1, 14
wherever I go / the mockingbird / following … 5:1, 14

Bashô
A traveler / my name shall be — / the first winter rain. 8:2, 15 (a)
Ah! What memories! / Myriad the thoughts evoked / By these cherry trees! 6:2, 46 (r)
An ancient poet / Pities monkey’s cries. But now: / This abandoned child! 8:3, 44 (r)
ancient pond / a frog leaps in / water-sound 8:2, 12 (a)
At Mount Yudono / I crossed the penny stepping-stones / with tears in my eyes. 9:1, 27 (a)
Autumn is near; / The heart inclines / To the four-and-a-half mat room. 9:3, 16 (a)
Bathing in the hot springs / at Yamanaka, / there is no need to pick chrysanthemums. 9:1, 28 (a)
Beginning of poetry: / The rice-planting songs / of Oku 9:1, 25 (a)
Do not resemble me — / Never be like a musk melon / Cut in two identical halves. 4:2, 40 (a)
Do the tea-pickers / Also hidden among leaves / Hear the cuckoo’s song? 1:4, 17 (a)
Fleas and lice, / And the sound of horses pissing / Disturb my pillow. 10:2, 21 (a)
fleas, lice and a horse pissing / by my pillow 9:3, 17 (a)
Fleas, lice, and the sound / of a horse pissing / near my pillow 9:1, 27 (a)
Harvest moon: / around the pond I wander / and the night is gone. 6:2, 46 (r)
How many cloud-columns / have risen and fallen / with the moon over Mt. Gassan 9:1, 27 (a)
I am one / Who eats by morning glories 9:3, 17 (a)
I sit here / Making the coolness / My dwelling place. 9:3, 19 (a)
I’ll scribble something on it / And tear up my faithful summer fan: / Just a farewell sonnet! 6:2, 46 (r)
In this hush profound, / Into the very rocks it seeps: / The cicada sound. 6:2, 46 (r)
Lightning-flash! / Going into the darkness, / a night-heron’s cry. 8:2, 16 (a)
Looking with care, I see / a shepherd’s purse in flower / under the hedge! 7:4, 28 (a)
Many, many things / they bring to mind — / cherry blossoms! 6:2, 46 (r)
Matsushima! / Ah, Matsushima, / Matsushima! 8:2, 15 (a)
Morning-glories blooming; / Locking up / The gate in the fence. 9:3, 16 (a)
Oh! The full moon’s light! / Round and round my pond I strolled / All the moon-bright night. 6:2, 46 (r)
Old pond: / frog jump-in / water-sound 2:3, 36 (a)
On a leafless bough / in the gathering autumn dusk: / A solitary crow! 6:2, 46 (r)
On a withered bough / a crow is perching — / autumn evening 7:4, 27 (a)
On a withered branch / a crow has settled — / autumn nightfall. 6:2, 46 (r)
Parting for Futami Bay / Is like tearing the body from the clam shell: / Autumn goes to its end. 10:2, 22 (a)
Shake, little grave mound / The voice with which I cry is at one / With the wind. 10:2, 21 (a)
Smoothing its creases, / I go out snow-viewing / In my kamiko. 9:3, 16 (a)
So cold are the waves / The rocking gull can scarcely / Fold itself to sleep 1:4, 17 (a)
So still: / into rocks it pierces — / the locust-shrill. 6:2, 46 (r)
So wild a sea — / and, stretching over Sado Isle, / the Galaxy… 3:3, 11 (a)
Song of the cuckoo: / in the grove of great bamboos, / moonlight seeping through. 1:4, 17 (a)
Spring rain falling / The roof leaks, / Trickling down the wasp’s nest. 9:3, 18 (a)
Startled / by a cricket’s squeak / under the empty helmet. 9:1, 28 (a)
Still alive / At the end of the journey! / An evening of late autumn. 9:3, 18 (a)
Such stillness — / The cries of cicadas / sink into the rocks. 9:1, 27 (a)
The evening haze. / Thinking of past things / How far off they are. 9:3, 17 (a)
The lonely sadness. / Exceeding even that of Suma Beach, / The shores of autumn. 10:2, 22 (a)
the old pond — / a frog jumps in / plunk! 10:3, 30 (r)
the one luxury of my hut: small mosquitoes 9:3, 17 (a)
The scarecrow in the distance. / It walked with me / As I walked. 9:3, 17 (a)
The summer grasses: / The high bravery of men at arms, / The vestiges of dreams. 10:2, 20 (a)
The white stones of Ishigama / are not whiter than these / in the autumn wind. 9:1, 28 (a)
there is no one here, / the road is empty. / And evening is falling 10:3, 31 (r)
This autumn / why do I age so? / In the clouds, a bird 8:2, 14 (a)
This autumn, — / Old age I feel, / In the birds, the clouds. 9:3, 16 (a)
This hut / only five feet square, / I would leave it / except for the rain. 9:1, 25 (a)
Where the Mogami ends / the hot sun / is driven into the sea. 9:1, 28 (a)
Will the tomb be moved / by my cries / in the autumn wind? 9:1, 28 (a)
With spring leaving / The birds cry out regret, the fish / Have tears in their eyes. 10:2, 19 (a)

Battlo, Jean
Appalachian lawn, / chrysanthemums bend / by the stone Buddha 9:1, 59
new leaves / once more that old man totters off / Wolf Mountain 7:4, 5
Oak Ridge Mountain: / through abandoned Holiness church / cache of copperheads 10:3, 44
Wolf Mountain dusk: / Ole Widow Stone plucks dry leaves / from the geranium 9:1, 54
Bauman, Boyd
A little red rose / carefully raising up … up / without one small sound. 8:2, 22

Baumgartner, Heidi
The crow flew so fast / that he left his cawing voice / behind in the clouds. 8:2, 22
Baumgartner, Holly
A pussy willow / warm and soft in the breeze, / gone in the Fall 10:2, 34

Bayley, Urla M.
Cobweb strand / swinging in winter wind / snares a snowflake. 3:2, 29
Drip … drip … drip … / leaky faucet in fir tree, / small brown owl takes flight. 3:1, 40
Earth, / another bee buzzing / around the orange. 2:2, 19
Salamander scoots / across dry creek bed searching / for a second pool. 1:4, 8
Shooting in the street; / on the window sill — / a shamrock. 5:2, 19
Skaters skim the ice / down around the river’s bend; / laughter lags behind. 1:1, 20
Thus and Now, by Paul Waterman [review] 6:2, 45
“Urla M. Bayley (November 29, 1924–June 8, 1976)” 7:3, ifc
Where watercress grows / in the shallows of the stream, / brown brook trout darting. 1:3, 32
Beachcomber, by Foster Jewell [book note] 1:2, 41

Beattie, Madeline
Carpet of blue-bells / high clouds racing the sun — / the singing heart. 1:2, 24
Climbing jasmine: / stark apple tree in full bloom / canary yellow. 1:2, 24
In the spring thaw / Indian halts his dog-team — / first pasque-flower! 2:2, 28

Bechhold, Dorothy Mitchell
A lone eagle flies — / soaring above the mountains — / then a gunshot. 1:4, 10
A rocking boat — / only the sound / of lapping water 2:1, 36
Bats fly swiftly / from dark caves stitching across / the deepening sky. 2:3, 39
Children’s hands / trying to catch dappled sunshine / on the high walls. 2:3, 12
Copper reflections / on a silvery pond — / hints of autumn. 1:4, 13
In dark shadows / gray strings of swirled moss / hang sleepily. 2:2, 11
In the candlelight / the shadows chase each other / but never catch them 1:2, 14
Irregular clouds / drifting over / even graves. 4:1, 30
Old man on a bench / day-dreaming of past conquests / … with one eye open. 3:2, 18
Suddenly … the rain / pearls dance on the street / … passersby sidestep. 2:2, 22
The silent dark men / stand with bowed heads and think / of their deep hunger. 1:4, 10
The soul … a pearl / in an oyster resting / on the ocean floor. 2:1, 13
Wind chimes / scatter stillness / perforating the night. 5:1, 36

Beck, Gary L.
Returning from the milking / the smell of oatmeal / warming the crisp air 6:1, 23
The coyote / listening to the silence / of falling snow 6:1, 23
The creek / giving up its waters / to morning mist 5:2, 26

bee [Barbara Buck]
butterfly / with colors tucked in / for the night. 4:3, 61 (r)
ice / thawing its way / across the pond. 4:3, 61 (r)
in from the deep snow / children fingering / their hot cocoa cups 4:2, 41
in the dried up pond / cows / nibbling grass 5:1, 37
Morning dew / and child’s bare feet come inside / wearing fresh-cut grass 5:3, 36
old hiker / at stream’s edge / lips to the water 4:1, 30
on the canal bank / from beneath the wild grape leaf / the palm warbler’s voice 4:3, 32
so easy / through the swamp’s heavy air / a swallowtail 4:3, 32
spider; / out of itself / into the web. 4:3, 61 (r)
Thick on the beach / crisp / horseshoe-crab helmets. 3:2, 41
through his earmuff / fresh snow / beneath each bootstep. 4:3, 61 (r)
Tulips / tip-to-tip / igniting 3:3, 32

Bell, A.B.A.
Barns of Puget Sound Country, by Calhoun Cartwright, Bill Nelson, Al Logdahl, and Carrow De Vries [review] 7:1, 44
100 Haiku, by Carrow De Vries [review] 7:3, 45

Bell, Charles G.
My haiku pencil / so much of the lead remains / but no eraser. 6:3, 17

Bellamy, Joe David
A gorged yellow bee / asleep in the black core / of a snow-wet apple. 1:2, 27
Fresh snow on pine boughs / Bare dangling willow branches / Frantic in the wind. 2:1, 10
In a cell / near the California Whitehouse / Sirhan is pacing. 1:2, 28

Bends, Dee
Seashore tides / roll in bubbly / against the rocky cliff. 4:3, 42
Benet y Castellón, Eduardo
If I were a painter / what a palette I’d make / of the full moon 7:4, 18 (a)
Into the sea of fog / vanish the colt, the hut / and the cart. 5:1, 41 (a)
The fisherman, tired / now of yelling, implores: / “For God’s sake, eat fish!” 5:1, 40 (a)
The hurricane left me / without a roof. Swallow, / where shall we meet? 5:1, 40 (a)

Bennett, Theo. Eliza
Thistle down sailing / wafting with the light breezes / gently nests in grass. 1:3, 20

Bentov, Mirtala
poem 10:3, 50 (r)

Berg, Maryleona
At the forest’s edge / modern loghouse on four wheels; / Indians emerge. 3:1, 38
The killdeer’s song / echoing along the lake, / echoing … 4:2, 41
The wailing wind — / peering through divisions / of the frosty window. 6:1, 39

Berkun, Elaine
The petal of a flower / leaning over / while the wind rushes through. 4:1, 20

Bishop, Terry
tapping almost quietly / downy woodpecker … / wakes this summer morning 8:2, 37
Bittersweet, by James Tipton [book note] 6:3, 47
Blackdog in the Headlights, by Martin Shea [book note] 6:2, 47

Blain, Alexander III
Masai chanting, / eerie cries of hyena / chilling through camp 10:1, 36

Blair, Joy Elizabeth
Sitting together / mutely in the smoky dusk / — mockingbird and me 3:3, 33

Bleything, D.H.
First dawn / a field of frozen grass / in the wind. 8:4, 14
Fog / a pear falls and splits / stillness. 8:4, 14
Hawthorn haws / this field / of crickets. 4:1, 13
Noontime / the water jug / is half empty. 3:3, 20
Old iron gate / lying open: / early spring mist. 4:2, 41

Bloksberg, Bertha
On my mountain top / I hear distant sirens whine / and bluebirds singing. 1:2, 29

Boderocco, Lois
Two threads of water / wander through the weeds growing / in a dry lake bed. 2:3, 22

Boggs, Mildred Williams
black cattle / blending into shadows / of evening 2:3, 18
Early autumn; / morning sun finds dust / on the wood stove 10:1, 54
in the orchard / falling silently / snow scented snow 2:3, 18
Only the shadow / of the old house / still frost — silvered 2:1, 35
Rolling thunder / following the canoe / through the rapids 5:2, 23
The moon / in its last phase / slides into the lake. 7:3, 20
Under the old oak / the acorns, splitting their coats / this spring day. 3:2, 28

Bogue, Lucile Maxfield
Blossoms in the mud / Rising after the typhoon — / Exquisite courage. 1:2, 40 (r)
Haiku cannot paint / Violence of a typhoon — / Words are too gentle. 1:2, 40 (r)
The minister’s prayers / Seem not to have been answered. / His roof has disappeared. 1:2, 40 (r)
Winds scoop up to the sea — / Flinging it across the land / Into Fugi’s face. 1:2, 40 (r)

Boheler, Rick
A mountain pool — / late summer clouds / floating on the water 8:4, 39
A pair of wild geese / slip across the fallen moon… / pale morning stars 9:2, 20
Autumn leaves / floating on the dark water, / turning with the breeze 10:3, 48
Heavy winter sky / a crow’s slow flight / into the distance 10:1, 23

Boissevain, Angie
Just one mantis now, / prowling her twig, thick with eggs / and him. 1:3, 39
The river changes / at the margin of a wood, / gathering shadows … 1:2, 32
We keep a gray carp / and yellow water lily — / the long days escape … 1:1, 8

Boldman, Bob
on the roadside / swallowing the hot air: / the ribs of a horse 10:3, 6
the widening dawn: / wings outstretched, a horned owl / nailed to the barn 10:3, 28

Bole, Larry
rolling over, / my wife’s bony knee is warm / in the winter night 10:3, 40
the new graveyard / slowly the cleared field / regains its stones 10:3, 7

Bollock, Margot
From the brittle dust, / Out of the needled cactus — / a velvet flower! 5:1, 38

Bonchô
That way drift the upper clouds, / This way the lower, / Across the autumn heavens. 6:1, ifc (m)
Up-going and down-coming clouds / encounter the autumn sky 5:2, 43 (r)

Bonta
Hangover; / And fond of scolding / father he’s got. 6:1, 45 (r)
Borges, Jorge Luis
Ballads in the olive grove! / Under the scanty shade / the sweetness of the song. 7:4, 17 (a)

Bostok, Janice M.
A gull screams / Visitors dropping / from the sky. 3:3, 19
abandoned ruins / summer’s / sand castle / and / a broken spade. 3:3, 18
After the storm / the frangipangi’s white flower-shape / upon the lawn 3:3, 42 (r)
All along the beach / creatures await / the return tide. 3:3, 18
alone … / the warm bedclothes / caressing 3:3, 18
amongst the graffiti / a tiny violet / clinging 3:3, 42 (r)
An otter / the water opening, closing, / opening, closing. 4:2, 41
Calf nudging / the milk begins / to drip. 3:3, 33
cold / grey seeping / through the walls 3:3, 18
Crackling logs / the welcome / morning coffee 3:3, 18
foetus kicks / the sky to the east / brilliant 5:3, 45 (r)
From my mountain / the earth drops away / into mist 3:3, 42 (r)
high tide / undermines the sand / around the gate posts. 3:3, 19
incoming tide / eager wavelets overtaking / each other. 3:3, 18
into this space / between oak and river … / flowing mist 5:1, 27
old fence / leaning / into the wind 3:3, 19
outgoing wave / taking / the moon 3:3, 42 (r)
poems 5:3, 45 (r)
Searching for agate — / small boy skimming stones / across the water. 4:2, 41
Summer’s end / burning up / the leaves. 3:3, 33
the old dog / third time around / settles in his box 5:3, 40
The rooster crows / coaxing the sun up / through the old oak tree. 3:1, 41
“Winter Beach” [haibun] 3:3, 18–19

Bott, Patricia Allen
a crying child — / jumping into her lap, / an alley cat 10:2, 26
a subway rider / holds a strap and sways to curves / reading the Koran 10:1, 46

Boyce, Monica
Making us wait long — / the beauty of the dog-wood / yet failing so soon! 1:4, 20
This white hyacinth / keeps emerging out of what / it had grown into. 1:2, 23

Boyce, Violet G.
Short fat icicles / Clutch tightly to limb and roof — / Grow slender with sun. 1:1, 28

Brabant, K. Suzanne
Horses on a hill / offering quiet flanks / to the low-riding sun 2:2, 27
Selling my house / I overlook the flowers / pulling weeds. 3:1, 22
This frightened starling / baffled by my nest of hands / chooses not to fly … 1:2, 27

Bradley, Evelyn
Captured summertime / in jars on my pantry shelf — / will it last till spring? 1:1, 22
Centipede / inside the dry bathtub / dropping down again 6:3, 40
Fireplace log crackles; / large black ant limps on mantle. / The woods are on fire? 1:4, 21
Hot summer night — / turning my bed pillow / over again. 7:4, 21
In fresh snow: / so THAT is where he goes, / my prowling cat. 7:2, 5
Old windmill wheel / turning wildly in the storm / only dust. 7:2, 32
Shallow pool — / starling’s long beak / slanting sideways. 5:2, 26
Snow bird / peering into / deserted wren house, 2:3, 18
Snowdrifts / over the rose garden; / a crimson dawn 10:2, 50
Soft wind … / a feather rocking / on waves of air. 2:3, 18
The clasp / of hands at parting — / the failing leaves, 4:1, 30
The pine tree falls: / now I own a better view / of the sunrise. 2:2, 18
The taste / of sun and rain: / winter apple. 6:1, 31
The tin roof / of the old shed thunders / in an autumn downpour. 8:4, 28
Where the rains of summer / meet the fires of autumn / a cricket chirps. 2:4, 10
Winding / her loneliness in a curl / she smiled. 8:2, 29

Brady, Elsie Natalie
Flapping in the breeze, / surrounded by white sea gulls, / a red paper kite. 1:3, 21
Incense of robots / used indiscriminately / factory giants 1:2, 20
On a linden tree / some clusters of yellow leaves / and autumn’s not here. 1:3, 16
Through last winter’s snow / pushing aside old patches — / a tiny violet 1:2, 34

Braida, Darold D.
a light snow … / dark car tracks / move into the darkness 10:2, 51
April snow skift; / in the old hollow gatepost / bluebirds nest 9:2, 10
in misty moonlight; / covering the wash-house roof / wisteria 9:3, 50
Brantly, Kevin
My garden is small / sometimes it seems to be lost … / but I still know it. 1:4, 45
Today my bird died / and I had to bury him / by the backyard fence. 1:4, 45

Branton, A.H.
In the cracks / of the old sidewalk: / moss returning. 7:1, 12

Bredemeier, Sherri
Flowers blooming / in the garden … a fresh smell / arising from them 10:2, 35

Bricher, Gary
Abandoned millpond: / under the willow catkins / a nutria glides. 8:3, 36
Only the sun / blurred by autumn fog / hangs in the oak tree 9:1, 55
Swayback barn: / drip, drip of winter rain / in the old grain bin. 8:4, 28

Brickley, Chuck
A bald eagle / settles on a charred snag — / billowing clouds 10:3, 4
A brief chant: / the sizzle of salmon / growing louder 9:3, 24
A bucket of rain: / barn swallows swooping / in the evening light 9:3, 12
A Christmas Death, by Barbara McCoy [review] 10:3, 36
A circle of stones / near an eddy in the shade — / cool bottle-clinics 9:3, 24
A crow / on the frost-covered asphalt / steps here, steps there 9:3, 12
A native taps in / the last stake around the fire — / the cool river breeze 9:3, 24
“A Stalo Salmon Roast” [sequence] 9:3, 24–25
After the abortion / the long drive to her apartment / through the spring rain 10:3, 4
An old girlfriend — / fingering his prayer-beads / like crazy 9:2, 5
As the bottle tilts / the trickle down his chest / glistens 9:3, 25
Autumn rain — / a dog looks up at each person / passing on the street 10:1, 5
Catching her breath, / her collarbone glistens / with summer rain 9:3, 41
Clear morning — / a gander stands tall and flaps / the powdery snow 9:3, 36
Early morning — / the lanterns of ice-fishermen / flickering on the lake 9:1, 11
Firefly in My Eyecup, by Raymond Roseliep [review] 10:3, 38–39
Forgetting, / the young man inquires after / her husband’s health 9:3, 27
Old native woman / eating salmon this evening — / the swift Fraser … 9:3, 25
Old pine / on a barren hill; / another star 9:3, 51
On a thistle bloom / a butterfly’s sunlit wings / fold and unfold 9:3, 10
Red Leaves in the Air, by Peggy Willis Lyles; [review] 10:3, 37
“Seven Poems” 10:3, 3–4
Spring evening — / playing with the last kitten / to be given away 9:1, 45
Spring rain — / deep in the forest shade / a trillium nods 10:3, 4
Strike three! / Dad’s face — the only face / in the bleachers 10:1, 48
Summer moon — / a small black dog near the coals / licking a salmon-stake 9:3, 25
The axe-thrower / on the line, sweat dripping / from his headband 9:3, 24
The cold autumn marsh: / the last geese lift one by one — / into the dawn light 10:3, 3
The distant laughter / of native children splashing / in a backwater 9:3, 24
The drunk / points the way to the john / with a mug 9:3, 27
The edge of the axe / glittering with filings — / the cold morning sun 10:3, 3
The first frost; / the lid of the maple jar / sprinkles crystals 10:3, 3
The last rays — / a man hurls a starfish / back into the sea 10:3, 4
The last rays — / whispers in a woman’s ear, / a gradual smile … 9:3, 25
The morning crescent — / a doe in the garden / eating rhubarb 9:2, 31
Winter night; / inside a closed garage, / welding sparks 10:1, 59
Young sunflowers / taking longer, this evening / to turn 10:1, 10
Bridge of Rainbow: A Collection of Haiku in English and Japanese, by Robert Clayton Huntsman [book note] 5:2, 47

Bridges, Barbara W.
Up from the dry dust / a dirty land turtle / digs at hot asphalt 8:1, 13

Briggs, Everett Francis
After the vintage — / the scarlet leaves still clinging / to the gnarled vine-stocks. 5:3, 19
Before the fireplace — / watching the flames … and thinking / about the cost of wood 8:2, 29
Bring your lantern, boy! / the shrimp, too, / like the mellow light 10:2, 28
Fragrant summer dawn — / the sun drying rain-puddles, / just here and there … 8:2, 6
Magnolia blooms! / the cripple shifts her weight, / again and again 10:1, 9
Old burial stone — / shining bright her spirit name: / “Autumn Moon” 10:1, 40
On the winter’s sea — / a merchant ship’s lifeless hulk, / as the sun goes down … 8:2, 30
Sweeping the summer porch, / the thousandth time: / old, together 9:3, 21
Tall, waving grass / still there, the path / she made through it 10:2, 40
The light goes out, / arid that one house / floats away … 10:3, 18
The old bridge broken down — / tipple blossoms cross the gap / oil the lazing stream … 7:4, 38
The old mare gone — / padlock and chain still dangling / on the grassgrown gate … 9:3, 4
Through the open door, / the summer ocean shining, / in a picture frame … 8:3, 36

Brissman, Beatrice
A whole new village … / just over-night these thatched roofs / on a rotting stump … 1:3, 18
Above the cabin, / circling the motionless air, / a pair of buzzards … 7:1, 10
After each pruning / his old ivy vine keeps on / sending out feelers 3:1, 5
Again and again, / crossing the wind-rippled water, / the cry of a loon. 7:4, 4; 8:1, 31 (a)
At the fruit market, / pinching all the new apples, a toothless old man 8:2, 39
Bright quilt patches / filling her sewing basket … / the empty rocker. 7:2, 27
By the lantern light / of fireflies … the moon flower / petal by petal … 1:4, 34
Coming, single file, / through box elder lane, the cows / bring twilight with them. 1:3, 18
Down from the hillside / this rush and spill of jonquils / flooding the meadow.… 2:3, 18
Drawing slow circles / on the amber air, the gulls / paint lazy pictures. 1:4, 31
Dropping from sight / over the horizon’s edge / another tumble weed … 6:2, 32; 7:1, 10
Grandpa sound asleep / in the vine-shaded hammock … / the squeaking rope … 5:3, 26
Haiku: / a diagram / for weaving syllables / into nets to catch quivering / moments [cinquain] 8:4, 26
Half way up the slope / the wind deserts me to chase / a young antelope … 2:4, 7
“Homestead” [sequence] 7:1, 10
In her sewing room / covered with a sheet, the shape / of Grandmother’s ghost…. 2:3, 13
In the withered grass / the flick of a gopher tail … / a warning rattle 7:1, 10
Little League ball game — / the voice of his blind brother / cheering him on 10:3, 42
Morning after frost … / one humming bird pointing …. / sheltered blossoms 2:1, 35
Old love letters / tossed upon the fading embers / the brief warmth 9:1, 30
On my window pane / etched by frost, silvered by moon, / a new masterpiece! 8:4, 9 (a)
On the rotting wharf / an old man whittling driftwood … / a sleepy gull posing. 1:4, 35
Only now at noon / the road runner catches up / with its shadow 10:1, 25
Only tumbleweeds. / going past the cabin door … / the toppled chimney 7:1, 10
photo 8:4, 8
Returning home late, / I am welcomed by the sleepy wind / swinging my gate. 2:4, 7
Shimmering heat waves — / shading a gopher hole / the buzzard’s shadow 10:1, 23
The blind woman’s yard … / Along the white picket fence / clumps of red tulips. 7:2, 27
The charred cabin … / still circling the stake / a rusted horseshoe. 7:2, 3
The cry of an owl, / blown away by the howling wind, / keeps coming back. 7:2, 27
The curfew ringing / sharpens the shouts of children / calling, “Run, sheep, run!” 3:3, 33
The empty farm house … / on the porch a dinner bell / without a clapper… 2:3, 18
The knife grinder’s wheel / whirring to the carousel tune / of his whistling 9:1, 30
The lantern pushes / shadows aside to lay / yellow stepping stones. 1:3, 18
The melting snow … / tugging at the child on crutches / the homemade kite. 8:2, 18
The new owners / tearing down the old spite fence / blue with morning glories 10:1, 10
The old charwoman / alone in the concert hall / playing Mendelssohn. 2:3, 13
The old charwoman, / caressing the pink silk sheets / with sandpaper hands. 8:4, 10 (a)
The old charwoman, / looking at the flowered hats, / reties her torn scarf 8:4, 10 (a)
The old fisherman / sharing a sardine sandwich … / the crippled gull … 4:2, 41
The old scarecrow / wearing anew sunbonnet. / Grandma planting peas 5:2, 19
The old shoemaker, / glancing sideways, slips a boot / on his wooden leg … 3:2, 37
The shower over / the wind runs ahead of me / parting the clover …. 2:4, 6
The smell of sage … / White clouds on the horizon / just lying there. 8:4, 8 (a)
The spinster’s parlor — / only glassy eyed dolls / using the velvet chairs 10:2, 44
The spinster’s Schnauzer / watching while she sprinkles snow / on the yellow stains — 10:2, 45
The withered corn fields … / around the empty silos / the bawling cattle. 8:2, 18
This hot afternoon / not even a grasshopper / scraping a tune. 8:2, 18
This hot south wind / rounding up a herd of tumbleweeds / rests now and then 6:1, 22
Twisting strands of smoke, / the wind anchors the new moon / to a snowy roof. 2:1, 6
Walking in moonlight, / I hear an owl asking “Who” / of the scented night … 2:4, 7
When the sunset flames / paint the hills, bobolinks sing / the sound of their names 2:4, 7
With hearing aid “off”, / the old man rocks and smiles / at his nagging spouse 8:2, 39
Yanking and twisting, / the wind fights the old woman / for the shabby shawl. 8:4, 10 (a)

Broadus, Hazel R.
“She Finds Haiku Everywhere [Beatrice Brissman]” [essay] 8:4, 8–10, 26

Brook, Tania
Branches dribble snow / High drifts hump over piled leaves / Light-poles stand oblique. 1:1, 28

Brooks, Randy M.
“Basho’s Personal Haiku” [essay] 9:3, 16–19
dirt farmer’s wife / at the screen door: / no tractor sound 8:1, 35
down the alley — / moonlight / in the tom’s green eyes 9:1, 45
furrows of water / mirror the gray. / farmer at the closed gate 10:2, 56
her leg / swinging, swinging: / the test still blank 9:1, 32
looking over her shoulder, / the waves come in / one more time 8:3, 38
rain / ringing in the pot / beside my pillow 9:1, 12
the cat / under the picnic table / sniffs the pickle once 8:1, 13
the lift / of the crow’s feet / downing on the branch 9:1, 18
thunderstorm’s cool / rush in the window / / wavering fern 9:2, 24

Brown, Arlis
An approaching blizzard — / a snow covered bush — / safe beneath lies a quail 9:3, 45
Sweltering heat, / withering trees, / the pond of long ago 9:2, 45

Brown, Charline Hayes
High on moonlit dunes / clumps of sea oats bending / away from the sea … 5:2, 30
Wisteria vine / dangles from elm over snow … / blossoms with blue jays. 3:1, 29

Brown, Clarence
I hear a buzz, / the morning light / brings life to a baby bee. 8:4, 23

Brown, Dorothy
A bob-tailed lizard … / the old cat blinks, / lapping his milk. 1:3, 29
Early beach stroll … / nestled in dark wet kelp, / a plastic rose 1:2, 8
In the windows / of our beach house / sunset lingers 2:2, 10
Low tide’s lucent shore … / walking in the blue sky / on a cloud 2:2, 10
Pale moonlight ashore / a sailor and his shadow / walk abreast. 1:2, 8
Tunneled in sand hole / discarded armour / of a naked crab 2:2, 10

Brown, Edgar
Slowly down the hill / flows a river, unbound, / into dreary night, 2:1, 42

Brown, Marikay
A whistling boy … / the morning sun eclipsed / by a kite 6:3, 15
All is shadow now / except for the gleaming / mountain stream. 7:3, 38

Browne, Diana A.
First day of autumn …. / summer waving goodbye / with birds’ wings. 2:4, 30

Brubaker, Linda Lee
accumulating / in December darkness — / tick-ticking of the clock 8:2, 20
click-pause-click! / the walking sprinkler paces off / the hot afternoon … 8:4, 28
Empty waiting room: / guppy shadows / flit across the wall … 7:2, 4
from the hole / in the midstream rock / peeps a gray spider 7:2, 32
green twilight / the April rain / turning to snow 6:3, 41
Setting summer sun; / slowly the children’s shadows / slip from the playground … 9:1, 57
Snow bright Christmas: / one set of small bootprints / circles the schoolyard … 7:3, 35
Summer dusk deepens … / the chirp of the cricket rises / with the new moon. 8:2, 20
Summer hot street: / fresh white paint bubbles / on the school crosswalk. 8:3, 35
Sun dazzle / on the frozen waterfall — / a trickling sound … 8:3, 35
Year of the Serpent — / the mother-in-law’s tongue / outgrows its pot. 8:3, 18

Brummel, Chris
Shadows stretching long, / bigger and bigger until / they cover the earth 10:2, 35

Buchner, Gloria
In the barren elm, / those two broadwinged hawks / hunched against the rain. 6:1, 31
In the empty park / the vagrant warms his hands / stroking the stray cat. 6:1, 31
Trapped in the tide pool, / the razor clam spitting / its way to the sea. 6:1, 31

Buck, Barbara F.
see also bee
afternoon sun / dancing / off the water spider’s legs 8:1, 41 (r)
autumn: / red oak leaf / letting go 8:1, 41 (r)
between raindrops / the silence / stretching 8:1, 41 (r)
Old pond of life, / a bee jump in / ah! 8:1, 41 (r)
passing along main street / on the summer flood waters / store mannequin 8:1, 41 (r)
rotting into forest floor / these dead branches / listen! 8:1, 41 (r)
the sand-spit’s / colony of laughing gulls / in spring orgy 8:1, 41 (r)

Buckaway, C.M.
Breaking / the day’s stillness / … high-pitched gulls. 3:1, 42
Breaking the silence / children splash in the mud — / July rainbow. 4:3, 35
Echoes of summer / sound in this gaudy valley / the wild geese call out. 8:1, 38 (a)
Feathering the wind, / this freezing day of winter — / snowflakes. 4:1, 18; 4:2, 3 (w)
From a black sky / the hailstones somersault / onto a ripe wheat field. 3:3, 30
In the coolness / of the wind-brushed prairie: / blue forget-me-nots. 2:4, 10
Indigo blue sky: / racketing through its stillness / the voice of a crow. 5:3, 18
Moonbeams … / caught on the prairie trail / with my shadow … 4:3, 35
Puffs of wood smoke — / and out of the blizzard’s mouth / come the snowflakes. 4:1, 18
Snow / forever failing on / the frozen prairie. 4:1, 18
Snowbirds in the snow: / only the shredded — frost wind / where the willows grow. 5:3, 18
Starshine at dawn — / the soft green of poplar leaves / chips of jade. 1:3, 37
Sweet perfume / of willow leaves in spring / … but the white lilacs. 3:1, 42
Switchback lake: / only the cormorants scud along / the moon-plucked waves. 3:1, 42
The Land of Flat Stones; / a distant caribou herd / crowds the horizon 9:1, 58
The twinkling creek / strokes long brown grasses / and old poplar skeletons. 2:1, 35
Wind from the prairie / ruffling the linnet’s wings / blows another summer. 3:3, 30

Buckingham, Ray E.
A blend of blue skies, / green-clad hills and clear water / caught in lobster trap. 2:2, 12
Along a dusty road, / proud hombre astride burro … / mujer following, 1:2, 35
Armed with umbrella / and clutching a newspaper / Manhattan work-bound. 2:1, 27
Man with gleaming sword / Bowl full of shouting people / and bull pre-stamped “dead.” 1:4, 10

Buckner, Gloria
All in tatters, / last summer’s scarecrow / lights the yule log. 8:4, 16
“Christmas Haiku” [sequence] 7:1, 29
Christmas night, / Mother wearily / folding ribbons. 7:1, 29
Early frost, / in the orchard browning apples / thaw the last fruitflies. 8:4, 16
Gentle, spring rain, / at last, the small pin oak / letting go its leaves 10:2, 38
In the dingy hall / the crying hookers watch / the stretcher carried out. 7:1, 32
Near the shipwreck / the tips of snorkel tubes / catching the sun. 5:3, 26
Thanksgiving eve, / cornbread drying in the pan, / the young tom struts 10:1, 24
The carolers / singing longer / at the widow’s house 7:1, 6
The ground fog / curling damply / swallows the road. 5:3, 26
The infant Jesus / in the churchyard creche / swaddled in snow. 7:1, 29
The smell of woodsmoke / carried back on autumn winds, / first few flakes of snow. 7:3, 20
Through the open door / a shaft of moonlight falls on / Tairo’s bamboo broom. 7:2, 29
Under a tree / wearing a strand of tinsel, / the sleeping kitten. 7:1, 29
Wedding reception, / already the new mother-in-law / finding fault. 8:3, 19

Budzilowicz, Edward
Along the shore — nets / of dew … cast over / dried sea kelp 7:1, 16

Bugh, Annete M.
The silky waters, / the scarlet sun pulses, / such a lovely land 9:2, 44

Bull, James E.
“A Letter from James E. Bull [to Robert Spiess]” 4:3, 52–55
“Maturity of Form” [essay] 1:4, 26–28
The Turtle’s Ears, by Robert Spiess [review] 2:2, 42–43

Bullock, Lucy Jane
Loud clamorous cries / Gulls riding storm spiral high / White petals drifting. 1:2, 30

Burnett, Alfred
Smooth surface of grass / out between rock and dirt road … / dust blowing in air. 1:4, 45

Burns, Paul
Cricket song for mate / who’s unfaithful: “I’m fated!” / Look … new mate appears … 1:4, 11
Echo of music … / after phonograph record / has finished playing … 2:3, 41
Funeral faces: / teary, glum; wondering how / widow is acting … 2:1, 18
Little girl cries hard. / Mamma spanked. In other room, / mamma cries hard, too. 2:1, 18

Burri, Leo
a storm coming up — / chickadees fluttering / into the windblown cedars 7:2, 9

Burri, Richard
an all day long rain / sleeping at his window seat / the grey tiger-cat 8:1, 27
bathing her white-haired mother / … thinking of the little game / they played so long ago 7:2, 38
eighty winters old now … / once again visiting / the plum blossoms 6:3, 36
first snow falling / passing an old man / we share a smile 7:4, 30
Grand Canyon sunrise: / eyes and cameras are focuses, / Old Japanese … bows 6:2, 41
october night … / the amber half moon / slips into the mist 8:4, 29
playground deep in snow / a gust of wind / tries out the swings 6:3, 36
seventy-fifth birthday … / reading again my two cards 7:3, 14
The leaden march sky … / but next door their grandfather / sends up an orange kite! 6:2, 41
the night rain … / in the glow of a streetlamp / a moth still circling 8:1, 27
The white bearded monk, / after three glasses of wine, / at last talks some sense. 5:3, 35
vacation on the farm … / awaking to wheat-scented breeze / stirring gingham curtains 7:3, 14
Waiting hand-in-hand / each morning for the schoolbus / the old man and boy 6:2, 29

Bushelle, David
From her room, / my sick mother’s cough / across the moonlight 9:2, 53
The sunfish / now floating with sunlight / all around him 10:3, 44
The wind carries / the cicada’s cry / onto the pond. 8:1, 28

Buson
A mountain pheasant / moves his feet on the branch — / the long night! 10:2, 32
A peony scattering, / all piled up — / two or three petals 8:2, 12 (a)
An aged temple / and a clay pot tossed out / in the parsley patch. 10:2, 32
As they let in water at night, / voices of the paddy farmers — / a summer moon. 10:2, 32
Departing spring — / I brush the fallen blossoms / From my behind. 6:2, 44 (r)
In the quietness / of a lull between visitors, / the peony flower. 10:2, 32
On the temple bell / has settled, and is fast asleep, / a butterfly. 4:3, 51 (a)
On the temple bell, / Settled down and fast asleep / A butterfly. 3:2, 26 (a)
Silver dew! / on each thorn of a briar / one bead 9:3, 47 (r)
The dawn of day; / the fish that have escaped the cormorants / are shallow 4:1, 10
the morning breeze / ruffles the hairs / of the caterpillar 9:3, 46 (r)
The nipping wind / blowing through its gills! / A hooked fish. 10:2, 32
The sea at springtime. / All day it rises and falls, / Yes, rises and falls. 4:3, 59 (r)
The unexpected scent / at the stroke of the axe / winter wood 5:2, 43 (r)
The visiting priest / comes down from the upstairs room — / the autumn storm! 10:2, 32
The white elbow / of a priest who is dozing! / Dusk in spring 10:2, 32
The willow tree bare, / The clear stream shrunken; / Lone rocks here and there. 6:2, 44 (r)
What happens / crossing this summer’s river / sandals in hand. 5:2, 32 (a)
Where whale meat is sold, / the market’s knives / resounding! 10:2, 32

Butler, R. Kat
Today has vanished, / tomorrow a step away / hearing the baby cry. 8:2, 23

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Caine, Marcella
Across my rug / the grass I cut yesterday / dogging my footsteps 6:1, 39
The corner puddle / thrown aside by spinning tires / slowly regrouping 3:2, 39

Caldwell, E.T.
coldamp day — outside / two miserable flies / share my bench 6:3, 45 (r)
Noisy neighborhood … / through the clamor & the cry / protest of the flute! 6:3, 45 (r)

Callaghan, Catherine A.
Boom town, bust town / the setting sun / lights up an old hotel. 8:1, 12

Calvert, Betty
Stepping cautiously / a brown thrasher flips water … / shies at falling drops. 1:2, 33
The old questing owl / flies silent as the moonlight; / meadow mice quiver. 1:3, 18
Under this cool earth / cluttered with debris … / one white peony. 1:2, 33

Caplan, Lee
Spider on the ground / walking his very long legs … / right up the high wall. 4:1, 20

Card, Peggy
Bright hued zinnias, / blaze of color in small yard; / Why paint the old fence? 1:4, 20
Chattering ladies / sipping tea in the summer house; / silent, watching crows. 2:3, 41
Fat, foolish spider, / again you spin your web / in the garden path. 4:1, 13
Forlorn in the rain / Tattered scarecrow arms stretched wide / Waiting bulldozer. 1:1, 23
On the dark, wet street / silent old clock contemplates / silent old clock. 1:3, 19
Scarecrow and ancient man / together watch the new moon / and the old night …. 2:2, 40
Upended moon slice / cupped to catch the moonbeams / and the liquid night. 2:1, 23
White against white sky / snow-enveloped mountain peaks / etched by bare-branched trees. 3:2, 29

Caron, Jay
circular stairs / darkness coils / without beginning or end 1:4, 4
Moon on the water … / a tobacco ember / on pavement. 1:4, 19
no one / just fish / slapping water 2:1, 36
rain … / the leaf shaking / with every drop 2:2, 9

Carson, Jerry
A bee’s heavy body / Hypnotic in flight / Hovering over the flowers in sway 10:1, 32 (r)
A car swept highway / A hitch hiker’s cardboard sign / Flutters in the weeds 10:1, 33 (r)
An October day / Light as thin as the shadows / Feel the sun waning 10:1, 32 (r)
Autumn’s chain saw / Is in your song / Cicada in the tree tops 10:1, 32 (r)
Felling a tree / With each stroke of the axe, an echo / From deep in the woods 10:1, 33 (r)
Lighting the lamp / The night around me deepens / Autumn evening 10:1, 33 (r)
Outside the snow is falling / On the restaurant’s greasy grill / red meat sizzles 10:1, 32 (r)
Stars and space / A crystal lattice / A moon rose into heaven 10:1, 32 (r)
Too cold to snow / A skinned rabbit hangs, head down / In the window 10:1, 33 (r)

Casey, Caren
On a smoggy day, / angry children playing games / in the parkingway. 2:4, 27

Casey, Ella
Clear creek running fast, / waterwheel keeps turning; / miller is singing. 1:2, 32
Poplar stump rotting, / circled by huge toadstool clumps / all spreading, spreading. 1:3, 38
Squirrel with pine cone / stops for traffic on Freeway / before dashing home. 2:1, 26

Cash, Nancy
the old man dreams / of dragonflies on rice fields; / the teapot steams 9:1, 59

Castle, Mary
Airline guarantee … / night passengers will include / a crying baby. 7:2, 43 (r)
Anniversary …… / not missing the years gone by, / only the people. 8:1, 17
Bartender pours drinks … / and holds separate discussion / with each customer. 7:2, 43 (r)
Child listens again / to his favorite story, / correcting details. 6:2, 29
Determined woman / fights her way to head of line … / and gets on wrong bus. 6:3, 17
Elegant lady / walking past the store window, / pulls in her stomach. 6:1, 30
He tries to explain / exactly where he’s aching … / homesick boy at camp. 7:3, 19
Her purpose is firm. / She joins the protest marchers … / for the exercise. 7:2, 43 (r)
In the audience / all coughing ceases abruptly. / The show is over. 6:1, 30
In the lecture hall, / man who sleeps through most of speech / asks the first question. 7:3, 19
Last year’s vacation / becomes more enjoyable / with each retelling. 6:1, 30
Lively argument … / The man with the loudest voice / makes the decision. 6:2, 29
Self-righteous speaker / ranting long and loud enough / to convince himself. 6:1, 30
Sharing memories, / the old ladies try to find / a world that is theirs. 6:2, 29
Such hilarity …… / the children can’t remember / what they’re laughing at. 8:1, 20
Such profuse greetings! / Each wonders who the other / could possibly be. 6:1, 30; 7:2, 43 (r)
The first grade teacher / speaks in distinct syllables / ha-bit-u-al-ly. 8:2, 29
The glittery dress / has lost its scintillation / en route from the store. 6:1, 30
Treasured mementos / sorted for discarding, then / tenderly replaced. 6:1, 30
Twenty years’ absence … / each sister claims the other / hasn’t changed a bit. 7:3, 19
Wispy old lady / memory slowly fading — / talks of odds and ends. 8:2, 29
Wizened old woman / tries to convince the children / that she was once young. 6:3, 17

Caston, Joseph
Summer breeze: / floating past the ferris wheel / soft dandelion motes 10:3, 15
the wool / warm between her skin and mine — / snap of frozen twigs 10:2, 50
To her blind touch: Plums — / in the porcelain bowl old cracks / mingle with dusklight 10:3, 57
Cats Crows Frogs & Scarecrows, by Lorraine Ellis Harr [book note] 7:1, 47

Cavanaugh, James
The song of the heart / of sad moments remembered / gleaming glass splinters. 1:2, 14

Chappell, Jeannette
The blessing offered, / flower hats adorn the steps — / the church stands vacant. 1:2, 35
The moon grows pallid, / supine target of probing, / monitored spaceship. 2:2, 40
The Northwest Passage / no longer mysterious — / just extra deep freeze. 1:4, 11

Charlie, Ernest
The moving river / has washed the sand away / into the blue sea. 7:4, 23

Chavez, Henry
Summer rain / tapping on my door, / I look to see … 7:1, 22

Cheney, L. Stanley
After crescendo of rain, / the calm / of lingering drops. [photo haiga] 2:3, 15
Apart / from the crowded city … / crowds of bamboo. [photo haiga] 1:4, 29
Astride the bud, / a giant / tilting his world. [photo haiga] 3:2, 35
Astride the wall … a wary cat; / suddenly there, / suddenly gone. [photo haiga] 3:3, 8
Atop the litter can / a headless gull … / sounds of feasting. [photo haiga] 2:2, 29
Commanding their domain, / gulls espy an intruder … / primate with camera. [photo haiga] 2:1, 34
Crossing the equator / of a leaf … / wandering fly. [photo haiga] 3:2, 35
Empty jars … / today’s sunlight / silhouetting yesterday. [photo haiga] 2:3, 15
Falling / from one high wire / to another / that tiny moon. [photo haiku] 3:1, 28
From bamboo / to bamboo … drop / after drop / after drop. [photo haiga] 3:3, 8
gone. / climbing … soaring … / Veering into the fog … three gulls; [photo haiga] 2:1, 34
on wires / linking talkative tongues / a conference of birds. [photo haiga] 2:3, 16
Scent / of hydrangea … the sound / of bees. [photo haiga] 4:3, 21
Shadows silhouette / the hour … seventy-five steps, / the smile of Kannon. [photo haiga] 1:2, 12
That vacant lot … / a silhouette of trees / hinting something gone. [photo haiga] 2:4, 28
These placid woods; / below the shriek of water / plummeting [photo haiga] 1:3, 9
This chill Monday dawn / reveals a deserted beach, / and gulls … returning. 1:1, 8
Tilting / with the season … / bamboo and leaves. [haiga] 2:4, 17

Chenoweth, Helen Stiles
A blue jay squawks, / pyracantha bush empty — / robins glutted … 5:1, 35
A child laughs and watches / melting snowflakes in his hand — / the drinking … 6:2, 11
A cloud of doves arcs, / then swerves down to pursue / cloud shadows on earth — 2:3, 14
A dog’s sharp barking / narrow the canyon’s field — / climbers find new paths … 1:1, 11
A huge digger pine / hides the empty house — / balloon in its branches … 4:3, 24
A Pepper Pod: Haiku Sampler, by Shôson (Kenneth Yasuda) [review] 7:2, 42
A sheet of paper, / an acre of trees and shrubs, / and one slim pencil … 5:2, 7 (a)
A strange quiet — / but aspens still quiver / against a blue sky … 1:2, 10
Alaska in Haiku, by David Hoopes and Diana Tillion [review] 3:3, 46
Algae-covered pond / insect cases on dead branches, / a Monarch flutters … 3:2, 14
Alone on the beach — / The loud lick of tide’s approach, / gulls flying low … 4:3, 24
An old graveyard search / for his last resting place — / the for sale sign … 4:1, 17
an urban garden / ground levelled, for sale sign — / rachitic sound of locusts … 2:4, 10
And so acacia — / its aureole of spring / drops gold for summer’s green — 2:3, 14
Anthology of Modern Japanese Poetry, by Edith Marcombe Shiffert and Yuki Sawa [review] 3:2, 45–46
ants crowding ants / heading toward vague shape in the sand — / candy paper discard… 2:4, 9
Arm of chestnut tree / casts deep shadows on the pool / where pollywogs dart … 2:2, 21
At the water’s edge / dragonfly rides the back / of mallard’s image … 1:4, 40
Autumn night shadows / growing along with the cows / going home … 6:1, 13
Autumn’s full moon / rides in spindrift, / dies in bubbles … 1:4, 19
Beachcomber, by Foster Jewell [review] 1:2, 36–37
Before counting / hexagons in the late snow, / spring’s melting begins — 6:2, 11
Bending pampas grass / the east wind veers south / bending pampas grass 1:2, 10
Black of first frost! / and so to bed down small things / that stay too long — 5:1, 35
blue sky of peace — / each swell of incoming tide / Pacific’s siesta … 2:4, 9
Bluebottle ignores / spider’s web-building outside, / paces inside sash. 2:2, 21
Boom of surf — / that moment of silence / in each receding wave 1:3, 11
Branches holding raindrops / with ground in spring’s cover — / a late snow … 6:2, 11
Bridge of Rainbow: A Collection of Haiku in English and Japanese, by Robert Clayton Huntsman [review] 5:2, 43
Butterfly landing / on head of frog ornament — / cat’s tail twitches … 5:2, 18
calm of ocean / wild with mini-maxi bathers / and one patrol plane! 2:4, 9
Coastal hills vanish, / merge with overhead clouds — / lost directions … 2:3, 14
Crash of growling waves / divides sound into dot dash / of swimmers’ laughter — 4:1, 17
Dark robe of forest / with bed of moss tracery / shows ribs of bare earth — 2:2, 20
Drum of summer rain, / bastion of darkening clouds — / to read in bed! 2:3, 14
Each snowflake, / the landings on branch, leaf, flower, grass — / so many raindrops … 6:2, 11
Evening sound of things: / treble of cricket music, / bass drum of surf — 1:4, 35
“Finding Haiku in Prose” [essay] 4:1, 31, 33
First heavy rains / dimple the smooth waters — / carp surface … 1:2, 10
Flame-red sunset / foams beach with its color — / freighter silhouettes black … 3:2, 14
Framed in daisies, / water’s mirror of spring sky / gathers cloud patterns … 2:2, 20
Freedom in its flight / a lone seagull dips and soars / against a rainbow — 4:1, 17; 5:2, 8 (a)
Fronds uncurling / the ferns mask furry stems / and spring’s first violets 2:2, 20
Ginkgo’s drying leaves / roll down in yellow fans; / November takes color … 5:1, 35
Heat-driven, the corn / grows up to hide two scarecrows — / an unused nest … 4:1, 17
Hush in night’s loneliness / a small bird cries — / the sound of it … 4:3, 24
Impressions of Rural Ontario, by Makoto [Betty Drevniok] [review] 7:3, 45
In sudden storm / a wilding spends its golden leaves / on a flag-marked grave … 4:3, 24
In the bird bath — / reflections of crimson dawn / inked out by towhee … 1:4, 7
It is not spring / and yet a blue jay squawks / at his pre-empted nest — 2:2, 20
Light changes — / on water barrel surface / rainbow emerging … 5:2, 18
Like Haiku, by Don Raye [review] 3:1, 46
Lilacs on the floor — / a small boy stares at puddle / and an empty vase … 5:2, 18
“Lonely Things” [sequence] 4:3, 24
Looking for breakfast / chewinks pacing dry ginko leaves, / one squawk for success — 7:2, 9
Lost this winter / more than a million designs, / snowflakes on my coat … 2:1, 27
lunge of cumulus / toward sky’s uncertain blue — / battle of clouds is on! 2:4, 9
Mocking bird’s song / high in the thicket of oak — / stillborn by a shadow … 2:3, 14
Monarch’s yearly trek / to Pacific Grove — / a rain curtain defeat … 2:1, 26
My Own Rhythm: An Approach to Haiku, by Ann Atwood [review] 6:2, 45
November’s storm — / scent of lilacs in full bloom, / spring to a drab garden … 4:1, 17
On the back lawn / in a single fog-filled night — / giant mushrooms 6:1, 13
“Pacific Drive” [haibun] 2:4, 9–10
Past the shut gate of words — / child swinging slowly, / singing her own song — 2:1, 44 (r)
Petering out to slush / nature’s six-sided perfection — / those snowflakes! 6:2, 11
Pre-empting the weeds, / the bible herb, costmary, / disdaining flowers … 4:1, 17
Re-potting old plants: / the hidden roots of walnuts, / a squirrel confused … 3:3, 30
Scattering high and low / the notes have a sameness — / lark over meadow … 1:2, 10
Scribble of weed: / hanging to one withered leaf / a pulse — beating! 2:1, 44 (r); 5:2, 9 (a)
She sits, hands folded / over a bouquet of weeds — / grandchildren have gone — 4:3, 24
Shining green spears / guard winter iris beds — / perfume escapes 5:1, 35
Silence of ebb tide / greys into flat sea and sky / with no horizon — 2:1, 13
Small boy watching sheep / with wonder at late grazing — / stormy, wet evening … 3:2, 14
Smell of swamp water / and night-blooming cereus, / cry of a loon … 4:3, 24
“Snowflakes” [sequence] 6:2, 11
Snowflakes choosing to fall / on silks, satins, furs and skin — / the disappearing … 6:2, 11
split fragments of clouds / race with now gusting winds, / the beach empties itself… 2:4, 9
Split in storm clouds / and thunder from autumn skies — / last cricket silenced … 5:1, 35
“Spring” [sequence] 2:2, 20–21
starch-white Queen Anne’s lace / outlines propriety / of old moss-grown headstones — 2:4, 10
Sudden the squall, / with rain, but a tiny plover / plays hopscotch with tide … 2:1, 13
Swatting season’s first, / a noisy bluebottle — / a favorite cup broken … 1:3, 11
The “go” signal / in a ginger ale bottle — / a busy firefly … 1:4, 11
The deathlike rattle … / jumping beans coming to life / in a darkened room … 6:1, 13
The evening hums — / sings up music of a storm, / a tethered boat rocks … 1:1, 11
The first summer rose / in a pile of grass clippings — / a rueful gardener … 2:3, 14
The Haiku of Tao-Li [review] 2:4, 40–41
The old bedroom, / hazy-thick with dust motes — / a seed on the floor … 5:2, 18
The Seasons Calling: Haiku and Western-style Verse, by James R. McReady [review] 3:3, 46
The single gravestone / with moss-covered name — / bulldozer rests … 4:3, 24
The smell of Christmas / in the first snow — covering / of the still-green garden … 2:1, 35
The train pulling away, / running into distance / with the last goodbye … 4:3, 24
These fields of mustard, / burgeoning of acacia — / a bone-dry spring … 3:2, 14
Third year circles / around fire — killed fig tree — / golden calendulas! 5:1, 35
This ocean holding: / things that weave, skitter, land bite / and one clear image 4:1, 17
This ragged clearing / with tangle of fallen trees — / white millers poaching … 2:2, 20
Those gossiping leaves / in sudden impulse of wind / shed a cloud of birds — 3:3, 30
Tide fluctuating — / wind from the west / dictates all compass points … 5:2, 18
To bury my face / in a pure white Pasqual rose — / a certain peace? 4:1, 17
to doubt field daisies / were ever white against brush strokes / of ‘this blood red sky! 2:4, 10
To Walk in Seasons: An Introduction to Haiku, by William Howard Cohen [review] 4:1, 46
Under waves’ disorder / there is one wave which travels / straight to the shore — 3:2, 14
Veins and arteries / of the old house reappear; / “Paul’s Scarlet” blooming … 4:1, 17
watch those resting gulls / suddenly pounce on empty sack / dropped from our car … 2:4, 9
Wave-drenched, the rock / showed centuries of fossils / and one child bathing. 2:1, 44 (r); 5:2, 8 (a)
“Winter Garden” [sequence] 5:1, 35
Winter’s frieze: / the barn eaves with string and straw / and hugging icicles … 2:1, 39
With concert pitch / he pipes with the owls — / sound of B-flat … 3:2, 14
Within mottled egg / the space for meadow lark’s song / and shining eyes … 5:2, 18

Cheromish, Merle
Above me a cloud / waiting / to cross my path. 7:3, 23
Fragrance … / it brings a wind / of change 10:1, 45
Children of the Birds, by R. Clarence Matsuo-Allard [book note] 7:1, 47

Chiyoko
For the second marriage / father’s views / changed. 6:1, 45 (r)

Chora
on the faces of the cormorants / splash waves, / glittering with light 4:1, 9

Choshu
The moon / broken again and again on the sea / so easily mends 10:3, 22 (a)

Christ, Richard
His hunting shirt / her winter skirt / squared in the quilt 9:3, 27
Christmas Night in Paterson, by William J. Higginson [book note] 7:1, 47
Cicada Locust Haiku, by O’San (Martha Kennedy Searle) [book note] 5:1, 47
Circle of Thaw, by Virginia Brady Young [book note] 4:1, 47

Clemens, Denise
Relaxed laughing face, / but under table the fist / clenches, unclenches. 6:3, 17

Clendenin, Chris
A ragged man / shuffles stooped along / casting a mockery in shadow. 7:2, 9

Coe, Marianne E.
Attached to the branch: / a tree ladder swinging — / from feet that are gone. 3:2, 22
Flowing together … / the thin willow boughs, / the strands of her hair. 3:3, 30
Misty day. / A row of headlights / behind the hearse. 4:1, 30
Sun-glint on a crow / for a moment the world / all featherglow. 3:2, 22
Cohen, William Howard
A small pond / but deep enough / for the whole sky. 5:2, 12
As the sun rises / the pelican dives — / the flame of his splash! 8:1, 36
“At Lotts Creek” [sequence] 6:3, 20
Bare branch / and a crow balanced on the twilight; / autumn nocturne. 4:1, 46 (r)
Barren branch; / balancing crow: / autumn dusk. 4:1, 46 (r)
Can’t see the duck / but his wake / filling the whole pond. 8:3, 34
“Circling the Seasons (Based on a renga cycle by Sogi, 1421–1502, and his disciples, Shohaku and Socho)” [linked verse] 4:3, 26
End of summer — / everywhere pods / throwing out seeds. 6:3, 20
Far in the sky / moving through a cloud / a goldfish. 5:2, 12
Goldfish / threading its way through / the tops of the pines. 6:1, 17
“Haiku Loneliness” [essay] 8:2, 32
High, soft crickets / breaking, yet making / Sunday morning stillness. 4:1, 7
Hornet / humming above the fruit / on the temple altar 10:3, 26
In the depths of the pond / the day / stretches and stretches. 5:2, 12
In the pond / beneath the pond / the sky 5:2, 12
Into the pond / the day / falls and falls and falls. 5:2, 12
Moon-writing / all over / the tidal beach. 8:3, 34
“More Reflections from an Eastern Pond (Dawes Arboretum, Newark, Ohio)” [sequence] 6:1, 17
One man / and one fly / waiting in this huge room. [after Issa] 8:2, 32 (l)
Opening the door / of our new beach house — / sea wind rushes in. 8:1, 36
photo 8:2, 7
Pine forest / healing / the duck’s wake. 6:1, 17
Reading the Tao; / finding our cabin door / in an illustration. 6:3, 20
Reflected in the pond / the other side / of the universe. 5:2, 12
Reflections in an Eastern Pond (A Haiku Cycle Written at Dawes Arboretum Oriental Garden, Newark, Ohio) 5:2, 12
Shrimp boat / netting the rising sun / gull lets it go. 8:3, 34
Sno capped / gentle-sloped mountains fade / into misty spring twilight [hokku] 4:3, 26
Soft river breeze / flowing through a willow’s / yellow-green spring 4:3, 6, 26 [linked verse]
Spider / weaving the filtered air / after a rain. 4:1, 7
Sun / going down in the sky; / coming up in the pond, 6:1, 17
Sunday morning mule / rolling over and over / in the meadow. 4:1, 7
Surf-sculpted seashells / the remnants of lost planets / thrown upon the shore. 8:2, 9 (a)
The dust of the world, / restoring purity to the whole mechanism / cranny by cranny. 8:1, 36
When the crow arrives / on the bare withered branch / true night has come. 4:1, 46 (r)
Whirling skate marks: / someone’s dance / frozen on the pond 9:1, 11
White duck / crossing the pond, erasing / the pine forest. 6:1, 17

Cole, E.R.
outside the First Bank / the same old man shivering / with his empty cup 9:1, 33

Colgan, Helen Hope
At parting / Covering our feelings / With small talk. 7:3, 34
Before dawn / flashing school bus lights … / wind-driven clouds 6:1, 34
Beside the road / spring uncovers / a child’s mitten. 3:2, 5
Blue darning needle / Weaving forget-me-nots / Together. [haiku and music] 3:2, 30
Boys playing ball / Between banks of dirty snow: / Little League season. [haiku and music] 3:1, 25
Buck brush blooming / White against dark thunderheads / Smelling of July. [haiku and music] 3:2, 30
Cold morning light — / Dry Fall leaves reproduce / On rock. [with music] 2:4, 13, 38
Fresh spring rains / Three drops on blade of grass / How green the veins. [haiku and music] 3:1, 25
Gleaming winter white / moonlight drips through icicles / edging eaves. 2:1, 35
Haiku and Music [haiku and musical notes] 2:4, 13; 3:1, 13; 3:2, 13
Icebreaker / taking men to lighthouse — / spring thaw. 2:2, 12
June in Duluth … / Rain drips off the scented lilacs / The fog horn moans. [haiku and music] 3:1, 25
On classroom window / red-gold leaves and black-gold shadow / make poem and echo. 1:3, 21
Slanting across sand / sun bends shadows / into troughs and ridges. 2:2, 12
Snow on black branch / and pine needle sprays — / white calligraphy. 2:1, 14
Still blooming / his prize peonies / after he is gone. 4:2, 42
Suddenly aware / the crickets … / have stopped. 6:2, 6
Through leafed-out trees / Scraps of moonlight / Litter the yard. [haiku and music] 2:4, 13, 38
Uprooted stump / still grasping / the rocky earth. 5:2, 40
Wheat growing / under the feeder — / Those jays! 5:1, 27

Concho, Deanne
Scent of a passing rain / hanging in the air, / the rumbling of a brook 10:1, 44

Concho, Raymond
Fragrance of a rose / brings to mind / dreams of yesterday. 8:4, 23
Concrete Haiku, by Michael Joseph Phillips [book note] 6:2, 47; 7:1, 47

Corder, Joyce Walker
following the wind / something behind is bending / my winter shoulders 10:1, 58

Corman, Cid
A cricket / in the field / listening / / to itself. / To its self / Listening? 4:3, 56 (r)
A man says. / Of course. You / know what that / / means. You know / what it means / at this point. 4:3, 56 (r)
Alone is / beautiful / Painfully / / One sun for / each one of / us today 4:3, 56 (r)
i leave this / for, you. But / my, shadow / / on the page, / weighs more man / any breath. 4:3, 57 (r)
I listen. / And from me / emanates / / the silence / I enter — / more into 4:3, 57 (r)
Rain. Which now / emphasized / vanishes. 4:3, 57 (r)
The poet / on the page / talking / / to himself. / To him self? / Talking? 4:3, 56 (r)
You know / what it means / at this point. 4:3, 57 (r)

Cornett, Fran
All night long / winter rain — / and my husband snoring. 3:1, 32
Buck, his antlers high, / searching air for human scent — / gunshots break stillness. 1:1, 21
Christmas morning — / our children fighting / over a new toy. 2:1, 6
Closing my shade / firefly lights up my window — / autumn night … 1:4, 39
First day / filling the ash tray — / stillness … 5:1, 27
First morning — / washing last year’s / dishes. 3:1, 32
In the shadows / a cottonmouth sleeping / on a log. 5:3, 18
Late September — / still the sun is warm enough / for tanning. 1:4, 14
October wind — / only leaves fill / the lifeguard chair 5:3, 18
Snow filled morning — / even my breath is captured / by the cold. 6:1, 20
Spring begins — / my sun’s / new slingshot. 3:3, 6
Spring morning — / snow covering / our new-born grass 2:2, 14
The New Year begins — / sleeping / through it. 2:1, 19
through the cold night / the roar of diesels / passing … passing 7:2, 14
Valentine day — / sharing the fragrance / of my daughter’s roses. 7:2, 14
Cornstubble: Haiku of Fall and Winter, by John Wills [book note] 2:3, 47

Cotton, M.
Below zero dawn: / atop the radiator / scattered mouse droppings 10:2, 50

Coward, John
To the earth / autumn’s first leaf … / my old shoe. 3:1, 9

Cox, Mary Eleanor
A glint of sun / through my neighbor’s rail fence … / one yellow rose. 3:3, 37
A pink flamingo / reflected in the water: / the setting sun. 7:4, 36
A swarm of wild bees / returning from daisy fields, / trail the wind with gold. 2:2, 15
Between gnarled roots / Of the old oak tree … / First violets. 7:3, 38
Blue morning glories / Cascade over old rail fence, / Hiding all scars. 7:3, 38
Field of strawberries / ripens under watchful eyes … / mine — and the two crows. 3:2, 28
From the porch roof / icicles grow long / with the rising sun. 7:2, 38
In mountain stillness / a leaping trout shatters / the mirror of the lake 7:4, 36
On the night wind … / song of the mockingbird / drifts … lingers. 3:3, 37
One yellow feather / falls from an oriole’s flight … / — a touch of sun. 6:2, 32
Scarecrows and farmers / wear straw hats at rice planting … / Hungry crows. 1:1, 22

Craig, Eva Gorham
Arctic summer midnight: / on the rim of the earth / the sun balancing. 6:1, 36
Dazzling in cold sunlight / crystal apple tree melts / in a south wind. 3:3, 32
In the summer sky / the moon … / as before the astronauts. 2:3, 19
Spider egg cocoon / hanging underneath the eaves … / chickadee dining. 1:4, 32
Staggering robin / cocks his head sidewise, cheerups … / Ah, the fermented grapes! 1:4, 23
The zoo penguin / at the edge of his pool / hunched against the rain 9:3, 40
Tracks of the towhee / patterning / the drift of snow … 3:1, 29

Cramer, Mark
Faint sounds / of country music from somewhere / in the hills. 3:2, 18
Final rays of sun / melting / on the snow. 2:2, 34
Into stone cliff shadows / the butterfly … / still moving? 3:2, 18
into the wrinkles / of the old man’s skin / the cold wind 4:1, 19
last ripple / on the darkening lake / going under 4:1, 19
Nightfall: houselights / answer the stars / one by one. 2:3, 19
That hardened look / on the old miner’s face / moving inward. 3:2, 18
Up the grassy hill / slithering / wind waves. 2:4, 28
Cricket Formations, by Christopher Faiers [book note] 1:3, 43
Cricket Song Wings, by Lucile Valois [book note] 1:2, 41

Crist, Richard
Eightieth autumn; / on the footbridge — / under leaves, water sound 10:3, 48
Fallen dead willow — / among snagged lures / a kingfisher watches 10:3, 28
Heard for a while / then noticed, / the soft night rain 10:1, 8
In a drift of petals / the stare / of a toad 10:2, 5
Spring morning rain; / the veery sings tree to tree / measuring his acre 9:3, 12
The leash slips; / the old dog, freed, waits / to be tied again 9:1, 46
The morning breeze; / last night’s rain falls / under the maples 9:2, 43
To the old man’s house / nettles and a wild lily / block the way 9:3, 20

Crossman, Rae
and one snow crystal / perfect / on your collar 10:2, 50
he woke up / in the hollow / of a Henry Moore 10:2, 44

Crouse, Bob
Coming up the walk / pine cones crackling / beneath my feet. 5:1, 18
Salmon fishing boats / off a grassy beach — / the cries of darting seagulls. 4:1, 42
Shaking the rain / from these yellow daffodils / for her birthday 5:1, 5

Currier, Joyce Walker
slowly, with sunrise … / the fiddleheads uncurl / out of the shade 9:3, 35
Sun and shade / alternate on the river / — in silent places 9:1, 13
The dusty footpath, / where the chicory flowers / blue through the corn 9:2, 13
The lake is silent; / only the red pontoon boat / squeaks against the pier 9:1, 22
the presence / of butterfly shadows / passing each other 10:3, 25
the robin / on the apple branch ruffles / the first raindrops 10:2, 8
waiting, by the lake … / my palm feels the weight / of the mist 10:1, 7
wayside pond, / yellow water lilies fold / in the rain 10:2, 16
with trembling starts / the mare begins to foal; / spring night 9:2, 4

Cutler, Charles L.
A backwater / thick with fallen leaves: / the cloudy moon 10:1, 56
A gentle rain: / the bladder campion / blossoms again 10:1, 10
Lumber shelved two stories high, / and through broad doors / a shock of irises. 8:2, 37
November rain: / a wood moth in the path / flutters and falls 9:2, 22
Pinion marks in snow: / the honk of Canada geese / down the southern sky 10:3, 27
The setting moon: / stumps of freshly cut oaks / gleam in the woods 9:1, 20
Cycling Paterson: A Haiku / Senryu Sequence, by William J. Higginson [book note] 6:2, 47

A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • X • Y • Z

Dailey, Jim
This bare tree / silhouetted against / the bright winter moon. 4:1, 21
Daily New and Old: Poems in the Manner of Haiku, by Adam Gillon [book note] 3:1, 47

Dalton, Helen E.
old hunting jacket: / burdock and beggerman’s lice / …… still cling 10:1, 11

Damon, J.
Child scrambling / to the top of a hill / of millet sacks 6:2, 41
Fresh spring grass / from the gray moss pile / on the roof overhang. 4:3, 19
Goldgrey twilight / still reeds in the shallows / unfolding wings 5:1, 37
Gray squirrel / crossing the city street / on a phone wire 6:2, 6
Monarch butterfly / caught up in the flow / of traffic 7:2, 38
Rainy midnight / unloading the last crate / alone 6:2, 41; 7:2, 17 (a)
Stretched between bags / a spiderweb / dusted with flour 6:1, 36
Winter sunlight / my whistles filling / the warehouse 6:3, 36
Dance with Fire Flies: An anthology of haiku by 14 poets [book note] 2:4, 47
Dancer in the Wind, by Tao-Li and Evelyn Tooley Hunt [book note] 8:4, 47; 9:2, 48

Darden, Douglas
a bitter wind; / the grimace of his face / is almost a grin 8:3, 13
a winter night; / the horse’s breath / in the lantern’s light 8:3, 13
after the storm, — / huge snowmen / gather in the park 8:3, 6
the amber twilight; / a woman stretches higher / to gather apples 8:3, 13
the empty street; / a stop sign shivers / in the wind 8:3, 13
the first cold morning; / the old radiator / begins to whine 8:3, 13

Davidson, Aarno
Eggshell sand dune waves / blown by the Almighty breath — / palled troops spade trenches. 2:2, 12

Davidson, L.A.
a blackbird standing / on top of a dry fencepost, / wings hunched out 5:2, 16
A flight of snow geese / in far horizon haze / catching the sunlight. 9:1, 17 (a)
A lighter gray, / the Delacorte Fountain / spouting through rain. 6:1, 23
A long time coming, / the wave from a passing barge / bumps the boat about. 8:2, 19
a single pine / at the crest of the ridge, / branches all one side 5:2, 16
Across the garden / in the dusk, a firefly / … a darting child. 1:2, 25
adobe courtyard / the color of red dirt / sifting into it 4:2, 20
After / Lichtenstein art show, / the sight of a tree! 2:3, 13
after / the passing powerboat, / surf on the sandbar 8:1, 14
after the flutter / of the small bird ascending / the long glide 6:3, 35; 9:1, 14 (a)
an old farmstead / bought for investment; / the wild columbine 9:2, 12
Another hopper / hits the windshield / splat! 5:2, 16
Another wave / pushing the shore / inland. 5:2, 26
at barbed wire gate, / the winding two-track trail / a sandlot 5:2, 16
At the bus stop / in the year’s first storm, / all the new boots. 3:2, 18
at the florist’s / a spray of heather in my hand, / but the daffodils! 1:2, 25
big ears / in the draw below, / … a mule deer 5:2, 16
Chopping knotty pine / with the pitch holding fast / hard stroke after hard stroke. 3:1, 38
coming into it / from the bitter cold: / the warmth of her house 10:1, 58
“Cross Country” [sequence] 5:2, 16
from the belfry / right before ringing / a flight of pigeons 6:2, 5
growing smaller / across the short grass hills, / a long freight train 5:2, 16
Hearing her letter / in winter-white hospital / … meadowlark singing. 4:1, 7; 9:1, 15 (a)
in the Great Swamp / a bend in the boardwalk / leaving me alone 9:2, 5
in the hot night sky / low above a new motel, / an old quarter moon 5:2, 16
in the water / crimson maple leaves / over the water 1:4, 40
in the white ashes, / heat enough to toast / stockinged feet 4:3, 23
loading the van: / mementos from the old home / getting rained on 7:1, 12
miles away, / fire in the mountains / — this pungent haze 9:1, 15 (a)
Not even a stick / of a scarecrow to be found / … lingering. 2:4, 10
offshore islands / receding from each other / spaced by haze 9:2, 33
On Kleenex / used to remove a moth, / the gray dust. 6:1, 23
on summer fallow / with a tractor raising dust, / one free dust devil 5:2, 16
on the grass, / leaning against Sylvette, / an old rake. 6:1, 239:1, 14 (a)
on the straightaway / the train picking up speed / behind its whistle 9:3, 42
On window ledge / next to lighted Christmas tree, / one white moonflower. 2:1, 38
once into battle, / the old silver stirrup / here on the ledge 7:2, 30
Out of a parcel, / jars of chokecherry syrup / from a green creek bank 2:3, 22
photo 9:1,14
Pipe and bowl in hand, / a small boy runs shouting / after the bubble. 3:2, 18
Raising the mainsail / across a fading full moon / beyond the shrouds. 5:2, 26
ramrod-straight, / watching the cargo by, / a gopher on end 5:2, 16
Setting out in haze / guided by the channel sounds, / horn answering horn 9:1, 16 (a)
shimmering gulls / taking the bread in midair — / her red hat 10:3, 27
Shuttered tight, / lining the snow-swept beach, / summer houses. 2:1, 21
snow patches / on the hillside garden / the first snowdrops! 2:2, 14
still a little sun / among the darkening trees / filtering through 7:3, 20
Surge of ocean / all night on the beach below / tossing and turning 1:3, 18
the first of the year / on the snowy Bowery / another morning 9:1, 15 (a)
The Mississippi / a mile wide at Winona / and still rising 2:2, 22
The Poet-Painters: Buson and His Followers [exhibition catalog] [review] 6:2, 43–44
the silent crowd / waiting for the fountain / to rise again 3:2, 18
their farewell gift / fitted onto her old car: / new hubcaps 9:2, 47
to the fields, / the farmer carrying / his scarecrow 10:1, 41
unreeling / to the top of the rise / power poles 5:2, 16
using the time / washing his teeth on deck / to view the moon 9:1, 16 (a)
With the good one / day before eye surgery, / pink camellias. 4:1, 7; 9:1, 15 (a)

Davidson, R. Kirby
windless morning / black smoke / touching the sky 8:3, 38

Davidson, Sharon
Smooth, still lake mirror / broken as seven fish jump / for one mosquito. 8:3, 22

Davis, Proxade
ancient museum; / a unicorn escapes / in the tapestry 10:1, 47
Indian summer: / the boat-shadow grows longer / through the marsh grass. 8:4, 38
old billboard … / a curled fragment reveals / Houdini 10:1, 49

De Franco, Ellen
A crow’s sharp claw / starts memories long still … 6:3, 42; 7:3, 16 (w)

De Grazia, Don
New snow still falling / and the woods already filled / with tiny footpaths. 2:1, 14
The wild apple tree; / a ripe apple falls, the sound / of its stem breaking. 1:4, 33
Windy roof: a cat / leaning against the chimney — / absorbing the warmth. 1:4, 19

De Vries, Carrow
moths no longer / bang / against the pane. 4:2, 44 (r)
Out of the dark / into the circle of light / and out, passers-by 6:1, 16
Out of the pine tree / pitch / boils. 5:3, 38
Smelt run / displacing the water / swims in itself. 7:3, 45 (r)
Still invisible / the strands of wire; / fence posts alone … 7:3, 45 (r)
Sun overhead: / submerged turtle sinks / closer to the bottom. 4:2, 42
The old gray barn / sits knee deep in cool fog / escaping the heat. 7:1, 44 (r)
The setting sun / lighting up the floats / on the crab traps 9:2, 43
The square net lifts, / its center bulges with fish; / the water flows on. 4:2, 44 (r)
To the wind / yellow waves of wheat / give form. 6:1, 16; 7:3, 45 (r)
Wind goes down at dusk, / the lake freezes to a skim; / at dawn, wind comes up / and breaks the skim in pieces; / from offshore comes ice-music [tanka] 4:2, 44 (r)

DeBree, Eddie
Sitting still at home, / hearing in the far distance, / the song of crickets. 2:4, 27

Decker, Esther
A freshly plowed field / Three crows squawking, clamoring — / One fat wriggley worm. 7:2, 9

Decker, Esther Bailey
Children in the park / dashing from shadow to shade / splash sunshine puddles. 1:3, 22
Even to the stars, / the coyote’s voice … / in this clear, cold night. 5:2, 4
I gather / Handfuls of snow.… / My own blizzard. 1:1, 28
In the empty pond, / thirsty cows stand, studying … / baked mosaic crusts. 1:3, 21
Lazily swimming, / bright stars in the pool water … / and my naked son. 1:2, 33
Storming in the gulf … / seagulls elbow through the wind, / pace the sand-blown shore. 1:1, 26
Where the old roof leaks, / stirred as in a gust of wind … / wallpaper flowers. 1:2, 6

Delavan, Holly
Autumn stillness; / watching the headlights cross the ceiling / and move down the wall. 5:2, 40
Late-burning hearth; / the book dropping from his hands / wakens the steeper. 5:2, 40
Locked schoolyard; / snow quietly dropping / through the basketball hoop. 6:1, 36
Summer heat; / the car dump roaring deeper / into the goldenrod. 6:1, 36

DeLeeuw, William L.
She scans the classroom / like a Nazi periscope / and fires question one. 5:1, 46

Demetropolis, Corinne A.
blossoms / spilling pollen / on polished table 1:4, 46 (c)
Creek bank after rain / barefoot boys wading / woman’s switch in voice 1:3, 8

Dicks, Judson
Artificial wood / burns in our fireplace tonight — / our old oak survives. 1:4, 39
Dogwoods push their white / against the crowding hemlock, / wallpaper the sky. 1:4, 23
Echoes on the Wind, A Collection of Haiku, by Vicki Silvers [review] 1:3, 43
Young men with gray beards / like Spanish moss on cypress / close the gap of time. 1:4, 10

Dietrich, Richard V.
Breaking waves, / rhythmically slapping the beach … / heavy eyelids 6:2, 36
On the maple — / the last winged seeds, / the first snowbird 10:1, 24
Purple martins / diving the little black mutt; / a wilted sapling 6:2, 36

DiGiulio, Eleanor
An ant … I labor / to build myself a hill … crushed / by a passer-by. 2:1, 45 (r)
Island fragrance rose … / crossed the ocean, stayed upon / the threads of my clothes. 2:1, 45 (r)
Pomegranate bud … / blushing today, tomorrow / passionate flower. 2:1, 45 (r)
Swinging in the air / on a trapeze of thought … I / get caught in the clouds. 2:1, 45 (r)
Two tea cups on sides / of two empty chairs … what words / have made the wind sigh? 2:1, 45 (r)
Distant Lanterns, by Jan S. Streif [book note] 1:3, 43
Dittenheimer, M. Raina
Two bodies curled / around each other / the moon & / a glass door 9:2, 32

Dolores, Liz
The rumbling stream / of yesterday / now turned to ice 9:1, 49

Dona, L.A.
the old house / with its one tree — / still “Twin Oaks.” 6:1, 40
When times are good / all the children / have straight teeth. 6:1, 40
With each year / the old bent Priest / grows closer to the children 5:3, 35

Dondiego, Alice
A terrier / walks his drenched master / at leash-end. 3:3, 14
Across the full Moon / a snowy owl silently / pursuing shadows 6:1, 32 (c)
Cattle / find the slender shadows / Royal Palms cast. 3:2, 42
First melting wind / noisy sparrows swing on wire / …. one hyacinth spear. 2:2, 14
Following / the sower — / sparrows. 2:3, 22
Measuring wall / the inchworm falls again / …. estimates sidewalk. 2:1, 26
Mingling together — / sounds of mating meadow larks, / love songs from shower. 1:3, 39
Undulating wave / breaks against the wheat sheaves / — blackbirds. 2:4, 10

donnafred
“A Night in the Sitgreaves Forest Rainbow Lake Campground” [haibun] 5:1, 15
Bat’s erratic flight / weaving a net in the dusk / snares the milky way 5:1, 15
Night … campfires flicker … / even the smallest firelight / diminishes the stars 5:1, 15
No moon at all / but stars light my way … / my careful walking 5:1, 15
Now each pine needle / holds a crystal drop fill wind / touches this branch. Oh! 5:1, 15
On the dead cholla — / a scaly lizard quietly / waiting for live flies. 3:1, 37
Searching / the park grounds — one last / secluded campsite 5:1, 15
Skimming the still lake / for mosquitoes … barn swallow’s / swift mirrored image 5:1, 15
Such a big racket — / acorn woodpeckers telling / each other goodnight 5:1, 15
Sudden brief shower / doesn’t put out the sunset / still smoldering there 5:1, 15
Tall ponderosas / circle of silhouette / against moving clouds 5:1, 15
The quiet campground; / darkness snuffs out the lights / one by one … this peace. 5:1, 15

Downs, Virginia
The caramel cat / laps cream, and purrs in riddles / ancient as Egypt. 8:2, 34
Thee white head shakes — / I thought, in time to Muzak; / no, the music’s stopped 10:1, 47

Dragonetti, Mary
A bowl shaping / beneath the potter’s hand — / holding sunlight 9:2, 21
A frugal meal / but still — daisies / on the table 8:4, 5
A leafless tree — / bird’s deserted nest / filled with moonlight. 4:1, 5
A pond’s spring waters … / the moon’s mirrored image / broken by the breeze. 1:2, 15
After a night / of time-tolling bells — / morning birds! 3:3, 14
After long years — / once again / Indian pipes. 7:2, 12
After the storm — / wet apple blossoms — / the freshness. 6:3, 5
Among the tombstones — / searching for an ancestor / finding my name. 6:1, 16
Among these letters, / once cherished, one / never opened. 7:3, 18
Another year / another friend / not heard from. 5:1, 11
Autumn leaves / flames burning in flames — / the evening wind. 1:4, 12
Autumn wind — / leaf-spattered scarecrow / bowing and bowing. 3:1, 31
Aware / of something following — / shadow of my shadow. 6:2, 28; 8:2, 42 (r)
Bent old woman / leaning crookedly to pick / a wildflower, 6:3, 38
Boats and waters — / only one old house / with a widow’s walk. 6:2, 28
Caught in a puddle / just big enough to hold it — / hazy summer moon. 1:3, 34
Clutching / a handful of moonlight / — the idiot boy. 2:3, 18
Cold winter panes — / walking over mats / of moonlight. 5:2, 27
Coming home / finding in my parcels / blown autumn leaves. 5:1, 11
Coming home late / through shrouding mist — / my neighbor’s light! 2:1, 27
Deep in a woodland / deep in roughened bark — / old initials. 5:3, 38
Dented old horse trough / filled with autumn leaves / and moonlight 10:1, 55
Doll shop window — / seeing their own faces / three little girls. 4:1, 18
Down in the quarry / the sculptor scanning the stone — / seeing his images. 6:3, 38
Far off fog horns — / smoke from the chimneys / mingles with the mist 9:3, 42
First day of spring — / morning tasks undone, / crocus unfolding. 5:2, 27
First warm days / returning the goldfish / to the summer pond. 4:2, 5
Fog … / through winter branches / a hazed moon. 7:2, 12
Gaunt winter trees / their skeletal grandeur / wearing the winds. 2:1, 30
Growing / in a deserted cranberry bog / — wild orchids 8:4, 12
High in the sky / the seen rhythms / of the gull’s wings. 7:4, 14
High noon — / self-shadowed / water lilies. 3:1, 31; 8:2, 43 (r)
Hot summer day: / watching a grasshopper / — spade forgotten 7:3, 18
Icy wind / unsafe footing — / still the stars … 7:2, 12
In a city plot / a spread of blue chicory — / inversion of sky. 2:1, 12; 2:4, 29
In the autumn dusk / carried on the wind — / must from a wine press. 4:1, 18
In the lagoon / sunlight chipping sparks / from breaking ice. 8:1, 14
In the moonlight — / the scarecrow / both arms waving 9:2, 34
In the rain — / my evening errand / without my shadow. 5:1, 11; 8:2, 42 (r)
In the rain / pile of cut branches / leafing again. 2:2, 9
In the spoke of a wheel / half buried in the sand / three wildflowers. 8:4, 7
In the vacant lot / blooming amid the rubbish — / Queen Anne’s lace 4:2, 38
In the window / with a straggly curtain — / the red geranium. 8:4, 12
In this strange place / missing my neighbors / and the Angelus Bell. 6:1, 16
“Issa” [poem] 3:2, 2
Late evening errand — / coins chinking in a pocket — / the taste of fog. 1:1, 13
Leafless forsythia / in the tangle of its branches / bloom of winter birds. 1:1, 13
Lifeless old tree — / low on its crusted trunk / spray of red leaves. 2:4, 29
Lingering moonbeams / on the closed water lilies — / a scurry in the reeds. 7:4, 14
Making offerings / at a foreign altar — / kneeling with the others. 4:3, 19
March winds — / a new bird in the feeder — / the pussy willows! 6:2, 28
Moon on the rooftops / chimney stack shadows / changing places. 7:4, 14
Morning tasks — / bringing back in my garments / smell of wind and smoke. 6:2, 28
Moving — / the garden lilacs / this last time … 5:3, 5
New Year — / and another grave / to visit 10:1, 40
New Year’s Eve — / at the tree of Enoki / foxes breathing fire. 4:2, 16
Noonday rest — / the tombstone cutter / carving little figures. 5:2, 27
November evening — / the moonlight / touched with frost 9:2, 32
Now and then / losing my shadow — / the shifting clouds 9:1, 56
Old house, old people — / lilacs in a chipped / enamel pitcher 9:3, 20
On a morning rose / a venturing lady bug / and a drop of dew. 8:4, 12
On a wheelbarrow / bird on a pan of water / scolding his image. 2:1, 12
On the veining / of a leaf, ladybug / changing direction. 7:2, 12
On the wind, whistle / of the chestnut vender — / the early dark. 4:1, 18
Once again, / the goldenrod, early dusk — / the waning year. 7:4, 14
Opening / to a dried leaf / this old book. 5:2, 27
Opening a window / letting in / a drift of fog. 3:3, 14
Putting out the fire / the brief brightening of / the last sparks. 8:3, 17
Rain misting the panes / no bird shadow passing — / only the water sounds. 1:2, 15
Raking — / an old glove holding / mold of a hand. 2:3, 18
Returning / after the night bird’s cry / … the stillness. 4:3, 19
Scrap of a garden / in the city’s dust and noise — / a humming-bird! 1:2, 15
Seeing my house / from across the street — / the strangeness! 5:1, 11
Slats and twisted wire / embattled in the snow drifts — / curved to the wind. 1:4, 36
Sorting old books — / stopping to read / an old poem. 5:3, 35
Spring shower’s end — / a gentle breeze shaking dry / the new green leaves. 8:3, 17
Spring winds — / sounds of lapping water / after winter ice. 8:3, 17
Still echoing / after the rainbow / sounds of thunder. 6:1, 16
Stillness — / shadows of night birds / across the moon. 3:2, 6; 8:2, 42 (r)
Street of broken walks — / coming from an old house, a scent / of back yard roses 9:1, 20
Street vendors / among the shoddy wares — / flower pushcarts. 2:2, 18
Sudden summer storm / in a sodden landscape / puddled rainbows. 1:3, 31
Suddenly / losing my shadow — / crash of thunder. 3:1, 31
Summer twilight — / a kitten pawing at smoke / from a smudge pot. 4:1, 18
Sunlight / and water spilling / from a bucket, 8:1, 14
Sweeping the leaves — / on the flagstones / patterns of mold. 4:1, 18
Tails entwined / two mice on a milo stalk — / moon viewing. 5:2, 27
Tank of gaudy fish / gleaming through sea plants — / the worker snails. 1:3, 32
Tasks, errands, duties, / the day’s treadmill turning — / a line of poetry. 1:2, 20
The day — soft and clear — / suddenly turning dark gray — / my shadow stumbles. 1:1, 13
The garden path / to the refuse can — / the late cicadas. 6:1, 16; 7:2, 17 (a)
The produce stalls, / carrots, eggplant, tomatoes — / the choosing. 1:4, 37
The roadside stall / pumpkins and chrysanthemums — / these drifting leaves. 6:1, 16
This old clock / still trying to tell time / with one hand. 7:1, 33
Through the bayberry tree / now and then wind murmurs — / now and then — scent 8:4, 12
Two umbrellas / meeting briefly / in the rain. 3:1, 31
Unsure in the fog — / then the muffled sound / of the parish bells 10:2, 47 (r)
Urban renewal — / a flight of stairs leaning / against the sky. 4:3, 19
Waiting in the rain — / seeing it coming — / the lighted bus! 4:1, 18
Walking a strange street / in an unknown neighborhood — / the chestnut vendor! 2:1, 8
Watching the moon / making silvered rooftops / from shadows. 6:1, 16
White picket gate — / held closed by rusted wire / and ivy twine. 8:3, 17
Wild grass growing / on a path once smooth / between two houses. 7:2, 12
Wind in the vine — / moonsilver on leaf silver — / the smell of grapes 8:1, 14
Winter graveyard — / across snow coverings / wing shadows 9:2, 41
Winter morning — / one cold clammer chopping ice / to clear his boat. 7:3, 18
Winter oak branching / its dark webbing of boughs — / roots branching in earth. 1:1, 13
Winter snow storm — / the warm lighted bus / filled with strangers 10:2, 47 (r)
Winter sun / looking at my shadow — / seeing a stranger’s 5:2, 27; 8:2, 42 (r)

Draper, Melissa
A moth / on my windowsill / fluttering. 7:1, 22

Draper, Robert
at the mountain crest / still the sound of insects / and the summer heat 7:2, 30
by the country road / a chimney without a house / tilting with the wind 7:1, 34

Drevniok, Betty
see also Makato
Bird tracks / crossing tire patterns — / crushed caterpillar. 4:3, 19
Chill winds: / the sunset’s last dim glow / brightens the river. 8:4, 30
From behind clouds / the sun shines on evening hills — / tassels on the corn 6:1, 29
Hanging on the wall — / pine branches, a winter moon / in the window frame. 3:1, 37
Hearing the silence … / occasional crackling / of the new fire 6:1, 29
His halting footsteps / the old gate / swings on rusted hinges 10:2, 56
Morning coolness: / even the river’s sounds / are fog … 9:2, 33
Morning fog: / the sound of his motor / fades at the turn of the road … 10:3, 45
Night-time fog … / from the beach / the smell of woodsmoke 5:1, 33
On river reeds / a dozen damselflies clinging — / midday heat 6:2, 32
Rain … / from yarrow, dripping on the porch, / one cricket chirping 6:2, 32
The scent of dusk … / sweet clover / all the way up the hill 5:3, 30
The snow-roofed barn: / in a lighted window / a cat stretching … 9:2, 52
Thick snow falling: / the scent of paper-whites / from across the room 9:2, 11
Whitecaps / follow whitecaps to shore; / occasional snowflakes … 5:1, 33

Driscoll, Kevin
flapping in / the wet wind / news of his death 10:2, 42

Dunlop, Ethel
August heat — / even the empty snail shells / are bleached white. 6:3, 41
Backing up / from the soil — / lupine seeds. 3:2, 28
Chilly May Day — / a field of golden poppies / without their hats. 5:3, 18
Easing midnight heat — / tobacco flower’s / perfume. 7:4, 38
Giving spring breeze / all the fragrance it can hold — / blossoming lilac 10:2, 39
Grandchildren’s visit: / the cat sits beside a chair, / his tail beneath it. 6:1, 38
In a dimple / on a dune: / belly feathers. 3:3, 14
Kiting in fading / autumn light — / magpie silhouettes 10:1, 35
One orange pumpkin / left after the harvest… / the setting sun. 5:1, 6
The cat / retrieves the house mouse / I routed. 2:4, 28
The treacherous gorge / spanned at last — / with a rainbow. 8:4, 39
Thistledown / even in the spaces / of the chain link fence 10:3, 15

Duren, Francis
the sudden snow / melting / into black earth 6:2, 30
Dust of Chrysanthemums, by Shisei Tsuneishi [book note] 7:2, 47

Dyea, Adrienne
Crunching, / crackling of dry leaves, / the screeching of a rake. 7:4, 23
Echoes / of mating calls … / answered. 6:3, 23
Earth and Sky, by William Oandasan [book note] 7:3, 47

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