The respected Australian poet and artist, Ron C. Moss, has released a new collection titled Cloud Hands. The book features striking cover art by Ron that includes stencilled hands, reminiscent of Indigenous art, a conventional farmhouse under a starry sky and Ron’s Japanese hanko (or Artist Name Seal) in the top left corner. Cloud Hands… Read More Ron C. Moss: Cloud Hands
Adjei Agyei-Baah is a widely published poet from Ghana. He has written several books including Afriku (Red Moon Press, 2016) and is co-founder of the Africa Haiku Network and The Mamba (Africa’s premiere haiku journal). Adjei is currently pursuing his PhD studies in New Zealand. Earlier in 2022, Buttonhook Press released Adjei’s new haiku chapbook:… Read More Adjei Agyei-Baah: Scaring Crow
The tenth and final issue of the Australian haiku journal, Windfall, was released in January 2022. I wrote a review of Windfall #10 which was posted on the Australian Haiku Society website in late January. My review is reproduced here: Windfall: Australian Haiku, Issue 10, 2022 – Review The 10th and final issue of the… Read More Windfall #10: the final issue
The most recent issue of the respected British journal Presence (#71, November 2021) included a review of my haiku collection, breaking my journey (Red Moon Press). The review was written by English poet, Julie Mellor. You can find the Presence website here, and you can visit Julie’s personal website here. Julie’s review highlights the multiple… Read More Presence reviews ‘breaking my journey’
witness tree is the latest haiku collection by American poet, paul m. The book was edited by John Barlow and published by Snapshot Press in 2020. paul m. is the pen name of Paul Miller who, apart from being a widely published and anthologised poet, is also an editor and essayist. Since 2013, he has… Read More witness tree by paul m.
For several years, a group of haiku writers has been meeting at The Oaks Brasserie in Canberra. Set under stands of mature oak, cypress and other trees, the venue is perfect for the discussion of haiku and other Japanese forms of poetry. During 2021, our group decided it was time to publish an anthology of… Read More Haiku @ The Oaks Anthology
The Awakened One: Buddha-Themed Haiku from Around the World is a new anthology edited by Adjei Agyei-Baah and Gabriel Rosenstock. The book is published by Poetry Chaikhana. This lovely collection pairs poems by the Japanese haiku masters with poems by contemporary writers from around the world. Each section of the book is introduced with words… Read More The Awakened One: Buddha-Themed Haiku
breaking my journey, has been reviewed by two respected poets from New Zealand: Sandra Simpson has posted a review on her website while a review by Patricia Prime has been included in the widely-read New Zealand journal, Kokako. You can read the full review by Sandra Simpson here. This is some of what Sandra had… Read More breaking my journey: reviews from New Zealand
Gregory Piko 