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.
Books of the Week in 2025
Below are links, by author, to each Book of the Week feature in 2025.
Book of the Week – A Wattle Seedpod by Lorin Ford
Lorin Ford’s The Wattle Seedpod opens the reader to an Australia seen through haiku eyes.
Book of the Week – I Am Jonah by Gabriel Rosenstock
In MÉ IÓNA / I AM JONAH, Gabriel Rosenstock hands Jonah a haiku instead of a pulpit.
Book of the Week – White Days (Beli Dani): An Anthology of Serbian Haiku by Dejan Bogojević
White Days (Beli Dani) is an anthology of Serbian haiku by seven poets.
Book of the Week – A Shadow in the Wind by Herb Barrett
Herb Barrett offers more than a collection of haiku and senryu—he gifts us a series of still frames from life’s reel.
Book of the Week – Wasp on the Prayer Flag by Maeve O’Sullivan
The collection spans 2018 to 2021 and is divided into four parts—Seasons, Sequences, Senryu, and Pandemic.
Book of the Week – Endangered Metaphors by George Swede
n Endangered Metaphors, George Swede doesn’t just write poems—he drops pebbles into the still water of our minds.
Book of the Week – Scattered Leaves by Kanchan Chatterjee
Like autumn’s hush through bamboo groves, Scattered Leaves drifts gently, yet lingers with quiet force.
Book of the Week – The Dancing Venus by Taeko Uemura
In her collection Neo-Epoch Haiku: The Dancing Venus, Taeko Uemura crafts a peculiar bridge—an arched passageway where ancient haiku meets the sprawling modern cosmos.
Book of the Week – Voices of Stones by Klaus-Dieter Wirth
Reading Klaus-Dieter Wirth’s Voices of Stones feels a bit like stepping into a quiet room and realizing it’s not empty.