The Signature Haiku Anthology: Including Senryu and Tanka was published earlier this year by Middle Island Press. Editor, Robert Epstein, describes a signature poem as ‘a unique and authentic expression of one’s haiku spirit or sensibility’. Acknowledging that many of a writer’s poems reflect their poetic spirit, he argues a poet will often have one… Read More The Signature Haiku Anthology
There is a brand new haiku journal on the scene. Issue #1 of Kingfisher was released in July 2020. Kingfisher will be produced twice yearly by Tanya McDonald from Washington State in the USA. Tanya describes Kingfisher as ‘a print journal of traditional and experimental haiku and senryu’. Kingfisher is beautifully produced in… Read More Kingfisher Journal
field of stars (Walleah Press, 2019) is the latest collection by Tasmanian poet, Lyn Reeves. Lyn is currently Vice-President of the Australian Haiku Society, co-editor of Echidna Tracks: Australian Haiku and founder and convener of the Watersmeet haiku group. It is often said about poetry in general,… Read More Lyn Reeves: field of stars
Issue #13 of the Communion Arts Journal is now available online. Communion is produced by Jane Williams and Ralph Wessman from Walleah Press, an independent literary publisher based in Tasmania. The current issue offers a selection of poetry, stories and essays from Australian and overseas writers. Among them is my poem, Grown-Grey Eyes. Grown-Grey Eyes… Read More Communion Arts Journal: Issue #13
A new Per Diem poem appears every day at the top right corner of The Haiku Foundation Home page. Each poem is part of a monthly, themed collection created by a guest editor. As I noted in an earlier post (which can be found here), The Haiku Foundation kindly asked me to be guest editor… Read More Per Diem Archive: June 2020
The widely-read New Zealand journal, Kokako, publishes haiku, tanka, haibun and related forms. As usual, the most recent issue (#32) includes writing from New Zealand and around the world. This issue of Kokako includes a poem of mine titled, Night Sky, which is written in the form of a haiku shuffle. In an… Read More Kokako #32: Night Sky
Robert Epstein is a poet and psychotherapist living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has produced a series of poetry anthologies on topics such as grief, renewal and the afterlife. His anthology, All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku, was published by Middle Island Press in late 2019. In fact, the anthology… Read More All the Way Home: Aging in Haiku
The Haiku Foundation (THF), based in the US State of Virginia, archives a treasure trove of English-language haiku and seeks active exchange with other haiku languages and cultures around the world. A new Per Diem poem appears every day at the top right corner of The Haiku Foundation Home page. Each poem is part of… Read More The Haiku Foundation: Per Diem
