Translated into Bulgarian by Iliyana Stoyanova
Thrilled that the following two haiku were selected as Runners-up!
night siren
the off-and-on flashes
of sakura
kneeling vespers
one cherry petal stuck
on the priest's shoe
Thursday, June 01, 2023
Whiptail: Journal of the Single-line Poem - Shape-Shifting , Issue 7, June 2023
Honoured to be the featured artist for this issue! The issue's title was taken from my one-line poem "shape-shifting", and "hands weeping" was selected for the cover:
Artist's Statement:
Warp and Weft - Woven Paper Series
Warp (lengthwise yarns) and weft (crosswise yarns), refer to the two basic components of weaving. I enjoy repurposing earlier work to create something greater than the sum of its parts. These paper weavings are crafted from archival prints of my abstract photography exhibition (2010), and the single-line poems are made with words culled from my book, Warp and Weft: Tanka Threads (Keibooks, 2015). The images are printed on cold-pressed watercolour paper to enhance the textural resemblance to fabric. I use colour therapy in my daily art practice to stimulate endorphins that help mitigate the effects of chronic illness. This series is a personal testament to the healing power of art.
The Take 5ive Journal, May 2023
Theme: Family
sisters
by blood or by choice . . .
these bonds
that hold us together,
even when we are apart
childless . . .
this love bestowed
upon strays
whether human,
or otherwise
they say
I look like my father . . .
the aspen
that has cloned itself
for thousands of years
Seashores - An International Journal to Share the Spirit of Haiku, Vol. 10, April 2023
drought
the pond still exists
in my mind
The Pan Haiku Review, The Inaugural Issue, Spring 2023
Single-line haiku:
redheading my inner fox
Duostich:
sirocco
we learn sand's language
snow-capped
wrapping my scarf in clouds
Our Best Haiga: Black & White Haiga/Haisha, April 2023
Curated by Lavana Kray
April 29, 2023
(note: this haiku received the 2022 Creatrix Haiku Prize)
Mariposa, Number 48, Spring/Summer 2023
sea thrifts everywhere we look dawn
nightingales sing
from hidden perches
sometimes
the little details
are all that matter
This issue includes the results of the 2022 San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu and Tanka:
autumn arrives
in a whirl of leaves
this body
withering, too, despite
my best intentions
2nd Honourable Mention Tanka
Connected to Peace: Haiku Canada Members' Anthology 2023
herring shoals
the ocean turns itself
inside out
2nd Place
World Haiku Review, Winter 2021-2022
Fresh Out: An Arts and Poetry Collective, May 2023
Curated by Eric A. Lohman
Featured Artist: May 7, 2023
Home
Featured Artist: May 19, 2023
The Never Since
Featured Artist: May 29, 2023
Vertical Thinking
How the Wind Moves: An Anthology of Collaborative Split Sequences by Christine L. Villa and Other Poets, Velvet Dusk Publishing, 2023
Lineage
(a split ku sequence with Christina Villa's work in italics)
family ties
it always
winds down to you
summer river
the horizonal roots
time capsule
we pry the lid off
our roots
of rubber trees
tire swing
our laughter brighter
than the sun
Frogpond, Volume 45, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2022
Folk Ku: A Journal in Honour of Master Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902), King River Press, Issue 1, May 2023
prairie road
one headlight drifts
over the line
Note: for Mike, Kelly, Elizabeth (age 5), Curtis (age 2) Strange who perished together in a motor vehicle accident
snow grains
the field dad had no time
to plant
Note: for my father, Ewen MacKenzie (1912-2003)
First Literary Review - East, May 2023
fireflies the synchronicity of it all
1st Place
2022 Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition
Fireflies' Light: A Magazine of Short Poems, Issue 27, March 2023
Note: this tanka first appeared in Atlas Poetica 36, 2019
Note: this haiku received Judge's Choice in the 2016 Craigleigh Press Contest
Note: this haiku first appeared in Modern Haiku 50.1, 2019
Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Vol. 8, Issue 90, June 2023
My thanks to editor Bryan Rickert for selecting the following tanka art for the cover of this kyoka issue:
These tanka art were also included:
Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Vol. 8, Issue 89, May 2023
My thanks to guest editor Allyson Whipple for selecting the following haiga for this ekphrastic issue:
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Note: this original artwork is entitled "Deconstructing Mondrian". It is an 8X10 cold-pressed watercolour paper print painted with acrylic, watercolour, and ink.
Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal, Issue 2: Haikustyle, June 2023
Honoured to know that the editor, Steliana Voicu, nominated this poem for a 2023 Touchstone Award!
Translated into Romanian
taffeta sky
crows stitch the edges
together
Drifting Sands: A Journal of 21st Century English-Language Haibun and Tanka Prose, Issue 21, May 2023
Honoured that the following haiga was chosen for the cover of this issue:
Note: this haiku was the winner of the 2017 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku Invitational
Daily Haiga: An Edited Journal of Traditional and Contemporary Haiga, May 2023
Featured Artist: May 1, 2023
Note: this tanka was first published in Moonbathing 24, 2021
The Cicada's Cry: A Micro-Zine of Haiku Poetry, Spring 2023
leaf blower
five baby rabbits
open their eyes
Creatrix Poetry and Haiku Journal, Number 61, June 2023
muggy day
one cloud stalled
between oaks
polar fleece
I upload my breath
to the cloud
Cattails, April 2023
shifting fog
a puffin's beak
emerges first
sedimentary rock
they say I should be
moving forward
little finch,
your spark nearly hidden
by falling snow . . .
how nameless songs
kindle the fire within
Bird Whistle: A Contemporary Anthology of Bird Haiku, Senryu, & Short Poems, Bottle Rockets Press, 2023
veined hands . . .
the abandoned eggs
of scribble-larks
Peonies Haiku Anthology, 2019
snowbound
every garden pot
a ptarmigan
Kokako #25
hard freeze
the stashed berries
of whiskey jacks
Hedgerow #129
Blithe Spirit, Volume 33, Number 2, May 2023
superbloom
only footprints
remain
handfasting
ribbons of eelgrass
catch the light
no butterflies left
to sip my turtle tears
today
I circle number ten
on the pain scale
a froth
of cyclamen speckling
the scrubland . . .
I, too, point my gaze
toward the earth
Note: This issue also contains the results and commentaries for the 2022 British Haiku Society Awards, which can be accessed under the British Haiku Society tag on this blog. I was thrilled to receive 1st place for tanka and Runner-up for haiku! My thanks to the judges, Kath Abela Wilson and Kelly Moyer, respectively.
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