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Monday, September 08, 2025

Akitsu Quarterly, Fall/Winter 2025

funeral cortege the this way and that of snow buntings

winter sea

unseen kelp spores

begin to sprout

deep drifts

a light goes on

in the barn

Saturday, August 23, 2025

Geppo: The Work-Study Journal of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Volume L:2, May 2025

February - April 2025

an evergreen decaying from the top down dementia

thunderstone

your death a bolt

from the blue

rain-strung branch

the upside-downness

of redpolls

bag lady

a halo of pigeons

circling her head

Spring Challenge: Dandelion, tampopo

pesticide-free

the wild manes

of dandelions

Honoured to know that "rain-strung branch" was included among the favourites of Dojins Patricia J. Machmiller and Joan Zimmerman!

Also honoured that "rain-strung branch" was chosen for commentary in the subsequent issue:

Dojin's Corner:

There is so much to like about this haiku, starting with its phrase "rain-strung" to indicate that it has rained, has stopped raining, and has left jewels of rain hanging on a branch. Line two affirms the hanging beads of water through its newly minted and lovely noun "upside-downness" (from the adjective "upside-down").

The haiku pivots on that into line three's redpolls, acrobatic and energetic small finches with a tendency to hang down to forage, gleaning branches from below for insects and seeds. The haiku also feels acrobatic and energetic. A delight.

—Joan Zimmerman

Such a perfect way to characterize the redpolls' acrobatic feeding movements as "upside-downness." One word says it all.

—Patricia J. Machmiller

At least I guessed the correct category: redpolls=birds. Although refusing to keep a life list, I do consider myself a moderate birder, but I had to look up "redpolls" to appreciate this haiku. Smaller than house finches and purple finches I doubt that I'll ever see one, as in the winter they only migrate as far south as Canada and the far northern parts of the midwest and eastern United States.

—Alison Woolpert

Geppo: The Work-Study Journal of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Volume L:1, February 2025

November 2024 - January 2025

Grateful to have a mention of my new book, Random Blue Sparks, included in this issue!

soup kitchen the salt and pepper hair of a veteran

light ricochets

off a snowy owl's wing . . .

ice pellets

hot tenting

the sudden sizzle

of northern lights

new year's thaw

all the snowmen

losing weight

Winter Challenge Kigo: Winter Mountain, fuyu no yama

clouds crash

into the winter mountain . . .

pain flare

Honoured to know that "soup kitchen" and "new year's thaw" were included among Dojin Patricia J. Machmiller's favourites!

Also honoured that "new year's thaw" was included among the "Voted Best" (7 or more votes) in the subsequent issue,

The Haiku Foundation, New to Haiku: Kire and Punctuation, March 2025

Grateful to Julie Bloss Kelsey for including the following work in her article "Kire and Punctuation" (for the section titled "Parentheses") on May 2, 2025:

Fata Morgana the (in)visibility of my (dis)ability

2nd Place, 2021 Marlene Mountain Memorial Haiku Contest

The Haiku Foundation: EarthRise Rolling Haiku Collaboration, April 2025

Theme: International Year of Glaciers' Preservation

solo hike the chatter marks of glaciers

First Frost, Issue 9, Spring 2025

Kokako, Number 43, September 2025

Grateful to have a lovely review of "Random Blue Sparks" by the editor, Graham Bates, included in this issue. It can be accessed under the book's title tab of this blog.

homelessness

the driftwood's hole

filled with a stone

rime ice

the spikes of burrs

grow longer

childhood days

spent digging for treasure

on the beach

you still wear the pendant

I made from pirate glass

the wind