I waited for him
On the corner of the street
Like a sad hooker.
Stuck inside again
Trapped by chicken pox and germs
Unable to fly.
Captain Hook is bad
But his hook is pretty cool
And what a hairstyle!
I can’t believe it
Just when I thought it was safe
Another salesman.
* Sue Gee says "My four haiku were inspired by being stuck inside with poorly children. I live in Stockport, England. I have just finished a literature degree. I blog at www.concreteandflowers.blogspot.com
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Friday, October 30
Four haiku for a Friday - by Sue Gee
by
Charles Christian
on Fri 30 Oct 2009 04:49 PM GMT
Thursday, October 29
New haiga by Jeff Winke
by
Charles Christian
on Thu 29 Oct 2009 06:00 PM GMT
 * Jeffrey Winke is a haiku/haibun/haiga poet and public relations counselor. Recent publications include That Smirking Face, a haiku-art broadside collaboration with Matt Cipov (Milwaukee: Distant Thunder Press, 2008) and PR Idea Book: 50 Proven Tools That Really Work (Denver: Outskirts Press, 2006). www.jeffwinke.com Friday, October 23
Four haiku by Alexis Rotella
by
Charles Christian
on Fri 23 Oct 2009 04:27 PM BST
long-distance relationship
on the telephone we gaze at the same autumn moon ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The doctor tells me I'm old like I had no idea ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ they once moved among the stars elk antlers in the snow ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ clock shop the owner asks if I have a minute * Alexis Rotella is a regular contributor on haikai (haiku, senryu, tanka and haiga) to IS&T Friday, October 16
Melinda Moore would like to protest
by
Charles Christian
on Fri 16 Oct 2009 03:29 PM BST
 * Born in Wales, Melinda Moore is terminally indecisive and has already been a ballet dancer, model, clothes designer and political aide. She is now a writer and artist, and has published a variety of work including poetry, photography and prose. This picture (part of a second year project on a degree course at Norwich School of Art & Design) was taken as part of a protest at the banning of Size Zero models when obesity is actually a far greater health issue – although the image also works as a modern haiga. Sunday, October 11
Contributor news - new poem & collection by Larry Kimmel
by
Charles Christian
on Sun 11 Oct 2009 07:25 PM BST
Propriety
In silhouette, the large, dark eye of the girl from India seemed not to belong to the face at all, but rather like a great, black beetle attached to blind porcelain and, maybe, about to crawl— and the luscious lashes of unusual length, closed & opened, closed & opened, suggesting a butterfly's pulsing wings clipped to a black-eyed Susan, say— and for one tingling moment, I felt I would reach out and possess this exotic creature, this exquisite Agassiz humbug and might have, but for propriety. * Larry Kimmel is a US poet of both haikai and mainline forms. His most recent books are this hunger, tissue-thing and Blue Night & the inadequacy of long-stemmed roses. (Modern English Tanka Press). And, to round off the picture, here are some more details about his latest collection, including a short review...  Blue Night & the inadequacy of long-stemmed roses (2nd Ed, with The Temperature of Love) by Larry Kimmel. Price: $12.95 USD. ISBN 978-1-935398-02-8 Trade paperback.132 pages, 6" x 9". Modern English Tanka Press, PO Box 43717, Baltimore, Maryland 21236 USA. www.modernenglishtankapress.com "Blue Night & the inadequacy of long-stemmed roses is truly a distinguished collection of some of the finest of Larry Kimmel's poems. His skill with words and images, with rhythm and mood, are on elegant display from the opening work to the final page. Whether in the ancient form of tanka or in the very new structure of cherita, which he helped midwife, emotional and verbal content are effectively matched to the chosen pattern. "Above all, a compilation of this kind has lasting value only when the poet’s personality is evident in each phrase and every setting, and Blue Night & the inadequacy of long-stemmed roses certainly could not have been written by anyone except Larry Kimmel of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, of Colrain, Massachusetts, and of many places in between. Kimmel possesses, in addition to a poet’s ear, the eye of a painter, and so it is not a small matter that these wonderful poems are now appropriately and permanently showcased. All the details of the physical presentation – the splendid cover painting, page design, font – work beautifully together. A book any poet could be proud of." ...review by Carol Purington Saturday, October 10
New haiga by Alexis Rotella
by
Charles Christian
on Sat 10 Oct 2009 03:36 PM BST
 * Alexis Rotella is a regular contributor of haiga to IS&T Saturday, October 3
New haiga by Pris Campbell
by
Charles Christian
on Sat 03 Oct 2009 08:02 PM BST
 * Pris Campbell is a regular IS&T contributor who has published her haiga and free verse in numerous online and print journals. She has three chapbooks out, and now a full length poetry book – Sea Trails – by Lummox Press (www.lummoxpress.com). She lives in the greater West Palm Beach, FL, with her husband and a cat who sits on her poetry drafts. See her website at www.poeticinspire.com |
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