My thanks to Shloka Shankar and Robin Smith for selecting the following collage for inclusion in Sonic Boom's gorgeous World Collage Day eBook (18 collages were selected from 90 submissions):
Friday, May 16, 2025
Seashores - An International Journal to Share the Spirit of Haiku, Vol. 14, April 2025
My thanks to guest editors K.J. Munro and Sherry Grant for selecting the following work:
coming rain
the frogs croak
louder
black sand beach
a chunk of ice
holds the sky
flagstone path
empty spaces softened
by moss
I'm beyond grateful to Tim Dwyer for his lovely review of Random Blue Sparks in this issue. The review can be accessed under the Random Blue Sparks tab of this blog.
Ribbons, Volume 21, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2025
the way it makes me feel
sometimes
it all seems too much
to bear,
but then comes the rain
and a wood thrush singing
the scent
of petrichor through
open shutters . . .
a curtain billows
and I, too, am flying
Honoured to have the following tanka selected by Jim Chessing for his article, "How Tanka Mean—Some Thoughts on Content and Form: Part I":
I have learned
how to keep silent . . .
these pebbles
under my tongue
seasoned with rue
Cattails, April 2021
(note: "ikigai" means having a sense of purpose)
The One Art Haiku Anthology, 2025
Curated by Katie Dozier
forcing bulbs
girls who have learned
the hard way
Heliosparrow Poetry Journal, May 2025
Featured May 6, 2025:
Featured May 8, 2025:
Featured May 11, 2025:
Fevers of the Mind Poetry, Art & Music: A Haiga and Tanka Art Showcase, May 2025
My thanks to the editor, David L. O'Nan for the showcase feature!
(note: this tanka received 3rd place in the 2020 San Francisco International Competition for Haiku, Senryu and Tanka)
(note: this tanka received Commended honours in the 2020 The Burning Issue Tanka Contest)
(note: this monoku received 2nd Place in the 2021 Marlene Mountain Memorial Haiku Contest)
(note: this haiga was part of my woven paper series in Whiptail, Issue 7, 2023)
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(ntoe: this tanka received Commended honours in the 2020 The Burning Issue Tanka Contest)
Failed Haiku - A Journal of English Senryu, Vol. 10, Number 109, May 2025
Honoured to have the following haiga selected by Kelly Moyer, the new editor:
Wondrous Instruction and Advice from Global Poets: How to Write and Publish Moving Poems and Books and Publicize Like a Pro, Charlotte Digregorio, 2025
Honoured to have the following pieces accepted for this "coffee table-size, reference book for beginning and seasoned poets, authors, and teachers." My thanks to Charlotte Digregorio!
Selected from Daily Haiku - "Love: the Good, Bad, or Ugly"
letters tied
with wind-peeled ribbons
of birch bark . . .
I guess you must have
loved me after all
Eucalypt, Issue 33, December 2022
Selected from Daily Haiku - "40 Poems Selected on the Theme of Borders":
refugees
try to cross the border . . .
this tree well
lined with frozen bits
of moss and rabbit fur
The Take 5ive Journal, July 2023
Delighted to have my comment selected for inclusion in Charlotte's survey asking respondents to comment on one of Robert Spiess's speculations from his book, "A Year's Speculations on Haiku," (Modern Haiku, 1995):
"Haiku are written best and appreciated best through the intelligence of the heart."
How do you interpret "the intelligence of the heart"?
My comment:
Perhaps Robert was referring to the relationship between cognitive and emotional intelligence. I think writing and reading short-form poetry fosters a deep mind-body connection. Much like the single brushstroke of an incomplete ensō, the writer leaves an opening for the reader to enter. Short poems, in particular, must not only be intelligently crafted, but they must also strike an emotional chord in the reader's heart.
Daily Haiga: An Edited Journal of Traditional and Contemporary Haiga, May 2025
Featured Artist: May 3, 2025
Note: this haiku was first published in Kokako 36, 2020
Featured Artist: May 17, 2025
Note: this haiku was first published in Acorn 52, 2024
Sakura Haiku Challenge Anthology - Consulate General of Japan in Toronto, 2025
The following haiga was presented online for the Sakura Haiku Challenge and is included in the 2025 anthology:
The Cherita, Book 95, February 2025
Issue: "snowfall"
old masters' gallery . . .
I pause
to consider
how light and shadow
define every aspect
of my life
Cattails, April 2025
nurses move her
to a private room . . .
blackthorn winter
starless night . . .
sparks from our campfire
transforming
into constellations
we have no time to name
The British Haiku Society, International Haiku Day Haiga Greeting Card Competition, 2025
Honoured to know that the following haiga greeting card was selected as the winner (unanimous!) of this competition on the theme of "light", and it was forwarded to all British Haiku Society members on International Haiku Poetry Day, April 17, 2025:
Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 8:2, Spring/Summer 2025
we emerge
from hibernation
aspen catkins
fox den
a white feather pinned
to the grass
A Fine Line: The Magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society, Autumn 2025
the arabesque
of cherry branches . . .
frayed toe shoes
Honourable Mention, 2024 Solitary Daisy Haiku Contest
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