Book of the Week – small events by w.f. owen
In small events, w.f. owen blends narrative prose and haiku to explore childhood, war, illness, and loss through a series of reflective and restrained haibun.
Book of the Week – The Red Moon Anthology 1996
Edited by Jim Kacian, The Red Moon Anthology 1996 gathers selected haiku, senryu, haibun, and linked forms, offering a snapshot of English-language haiku at a pivotal moment.
Book of the Week – Basho’s Haiku (Volume 1) by Toshiharu Oseko
Toshiharu Oseko’s Basho’s Haiku: Literal Translations presents Bashō’s poems with Japanese text, literal English, and detailed notes, offering readers a clear view of the language, context, and aesthetics behind the work.
Book of the Week – Stone Frog: American Haibun & Haiga Volume 2 (eds. Jim Kacian & Bruce Ross)
Edited by Jim Kacian and Bruce Ross, Stone Frog: American Haibun & Haiga, Volume 2 collects contemporary haibun and haiga that blend narrative prose, haiku, and image, highlighting the form’s range and evolving practice.
Book of the Week – Mount Gassan’s Slope by Ann Newell (translated by Kenichi Sato)
A bilingual collection by Ann Newell with translations by Kenichi Sato, Mount Gassan’s Slope combines haiku, senryu, and sumi-e, drawing on themes of nature, travel, and inner attention.
Book of the Week – Favorite Haiku: Brief Essays 1975-1998, Volume 3 by H. F. Noyes
H. F. Noyes’s Favorite Haiku: Brief Essays 1975–1998, Volume 3 pairs selected haiku with brief critical commentary, offering a reflective look at how haiku communicates meaning and experience.
Book of the Week – How to Haiku by Jim Kacian
How to Haiku is Jim Kacian’s guide to understanding haiku as a poetic practice, exploring how moments of experience are shaped into literature.
Book of the Week – Commonplace Book by John Martone
A visual haiga sequence by John Martone, Commonplace Book pairs sky images and text to explore impermanence and attentive perception.
Book of the Week – Amongst the Graffiti by Janice M. Bostok
Amongst the Graffiti is Janice M. Bostok’s collection of haiku and senryu rooted in lived spaces, attentive to memory, care, and daily experience.
Book of the Week – balcony by Dimitar Anakiev
balcony by Dimitar Anakiev is a chapbook of one-line haiku that observe everyday life with precision and restraint, focusing on moments of movement, care, and shared human experience.
Book of the Week: Uncle Ghost
Ronald Baatz, American poet, is a prolific writer of haiku and tanka style poems on an amazing variety of subjects.
Book of the Week: Frozen Earth
Her book contains dozens of beautifully composed haiku for your reading pleasure.
Book of the Week: Isolation Street
. . .a topical response in 31 haiku to the condition of isolation imposed on us by Covid-19
Two Wings The Butterfly
Vizenor's haiku are marked by a quiet absorption in commonplace events that stand out because of his talent for capturing the accurate natural detail.
Two Wings The Butterfly
Vizenor's haiku are marked by a quiet absorption in commonplace events that stand out because of his talent for capturing the accurate natural detail.
The Moon Unfazed
We all write moon haiku, but do we write them well? Let Christopher’s example guide us.
The Scare Crow
Leroy's selection includes works from the old masters, as well as by contemporary English language haiku poets, and shows the range and diversity of treatments possible for a single, defined subject when approached through the haiku lens.
Presents of Mind
Jim Kacian's book of haiku, Presence of Mind is the first scholarly translation of an English language haijin into Japanese,