Frogpond, Vol. 48, Number 1, Winter 2025

lambing pasture

the aurora escapes

from dad's hands

eulogy

the blur of water

over stones

Frogpond, Vol. 47, Number 3, Autumn 2024

lichen sundials

old-growth forests

losing time

Dwarf Stars 2024 - The Best Very Short Speculative Poems Published in 2023

Honoured to have the following work chosen for this anthology of shortlisted poems. My thanks to the editor, Brittany Hause!

peat fire

the scent markings

of other worlds

Frogpond, Issue 46.3, Autumn 2023

galactic wind the cosmos collides in our garden

Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Members' Haiga Slideshow Celebration, July 2023

Frogpond, Vol. 47, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2024

Thrilled that the following four poems were selected for inclusion in three different essays as well as a book review in this issue! My thanks to the following authors:

Field Guide: Eclipses by Charles Trumbull

eclipsenso

Haiku Canada Review 11:2, October 2017

"Verbing" in Haiku by Brad Bennett - Flexibility and Ambiguity

ancient caldera

clouds waterfalling

over the rim

Mariposa 49, Autumn/Winter 2023

Haiku Poetry and the Parenting Principle: An Exploration - Learning and Exploration

paddleboarding

a painted turtle shows me

how its done

Akitsu Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2023

Between Sun and Shadow: The Yuki Teikei Haiku Society Members' Anthology, 2023 - reviewed by Ce Rosenow

rows of maize

we put our affairs

in order

Geppo: Volume XLVI:4, November 2021

Frogpond, Vol. 47, Number 1, Winter 2024

twilit snow

I follow the blueprint

of your journey

wind squall

the willow reclaims

its voice

 

Frogpond, Vol. 46, Number 1, Winter 2023

Thrilled to have the following poem nominated by the editors for a 2023 Touchstone Award:

funeral lilies

our hands gilded

with pollen

Frogpond, Vol. 46, Number 3, Autumn 2023

peat fire

the scent markings

of other worlds

Frogpond, Vol. 46, Number 1, Winter 2023

funeral lilies

our hands gilded

with pollen

Delighted to have my work mentioned in the essay "Punctuation Words in English Haiku" by Randy Brooks:

snow stories . . .

the scattered commas

of maple seeds

"As with several contemporary haiku, this one is written with a literary narrator. The narrator is talking about writing or editing "snow stories." Employing a suggested similarity in appearance, we see maple seeds randomly scattered into the snow. They look like commas. Some could take root and grow into future maple trees. The space a comma holds. Could stories grow out of that space? As a long-time writing teacher, I can imagine an alternative reading where the haiku's narrator is a teacher-editor. The students have written snow stories. Some of the students sprinkle commas in randomly because they have no idea how to use commas to create emphasis, dramatic pauses, or other aspects of a good story."

I'm also pleased to say that my work was included among Tom Sacramona's favourites in his review of "It's About Time", the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society's 2022 members' anthology:

meadowsweet

the deer leave me

one bloom

Frogpond, Vol. 45, Number 3, Autumn 2022

grasshoppers multiplying in the furrows of father's brow

Honoured to have the following work selected by Charles Trumbull for his essay, "Coyote" from A Field Guide to North American Haiku:

"Coyotes also make short barking sounds:

distant thunder

bred by lightning . . .

a coyote's yip

Kokako 33, September 2020

"Poets also find it pleasant to romanticize the coyote's call and often describe it in the language of music:

barbed wire

the descant of coyotes

verse 5 from "In the Key of Grey" (rengay with Jennifer Hambrick), 2019 San Francisco International Rengay Competition, 3rd Place (tie)"

Frogpond, Vol. 45, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2022

the sheen

of mermaid's toenails . . .

another oil slick

(note: mermaid's toenails are shiny mollusk shells)

Lineage (a split ku sequence with Christine Villa's work in italics)

family ties

    it always

    winds down to you

    summer river

the horizontal roots

    time capsule

    we pry the lid off

    our youth

of rubber trees

    tire swing

    our laughter brighter

    than the sun

 

Frogpond, Vol. 45, Number 1, Winter 2022

cloud inversion

the mountain not a mountain

after all

 

Frogpond, Vol. 44, Number 3, Autumn 2021

wolf pack

our social glue

u n s t i c k s

This issue includes Kristen Lindquist's lovely review of The Language of Loss: Haiku & Tanka Conversations:

https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2021-issue44-3/Strange-Review-Frogpond44-3.pdf

My thanks to Kristen for taking the time to write such a thoughtful and appreciative review! A transcript of her review may be accessed under this blog's tab for The Language of Loss.

This issue also includes Randy Brooks' wonderful review of A New Resonance 12:

https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2021-issue44-3/Kacian-Review-NewResonance12-Frogpond44-3.pdf 

My thanks to Randy for the following excerpt regarding my work:

Debbie Strange is a master at setting a scene, then inviting the reader to settle in for a story. She doesn't provide the end of the story, but just enough to get us anticipating or imagining possibilities. We get the gist and feel the feeling of the tale:

porch swing

songs where we least

expect them

This issue also includes the results of the 2021 Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards for books published in 2020. My thanks to the judges, Ce Rosenow and Bryan Rickert for awarding The Language of Loss: Haiku & Tanka Conversations an honourable mention in this contest! Their comments follow:

True to its name, Debbie Strange's The Language of Loss explores the many facets of loss and survival using both haiku and tanka. One haiku and one tanka are paired beautifully on every page. Never predictable and always revealing, this book delivers consistent quality from start to finish.

Frogpond, Vol. 44, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2021

kingfisher

the river plunges

into itself

Frogpond, Vol. 44, Number 1, Winter 2021

milky way nearly there sequoia

 

Frogpond, Vol. 43, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2020

blistered paint
the boat we named
for you

Frogpond, Vol. 43, Number 1, Winter 2020

daydream a pelican dives into it

Frogpond, Vol. 42, Number 3, Fall 2019

meteor showers . . .
the time it takes to lose
a memory

Frogpond, Vol. 42, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2019

mossy log
a ruffed grouse drums
up the dawn


Note: In his essay, "Owls", Charles Trumbull makes mention of the following haiku which was published in Kokako 27, September 2017:


fog hangs in the hollow a nest of owlets

Frogpond, Vol. 42.1, Winter 2019

wind-spun petals again my thoughts lead nowhere


steep gorge . . .
our voices spill across
the ages

Frogpond, Vol. 41.3, Fall 2018

moonlit tent
the faint white noise
of a waterfall

Honoured to have "Frog Whimsy" appear in this issue!