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O’Neal, Dorothy
In my rock garden / a small green caterpillar / blazing tiny paths 8:3, 37
Moon and streetlamp / My shadow follows / My shadow 4:1, 40
telephone poles / keeping the road / straight 3:3, 20

O’san [Martha Kennedy Searle]
cicada / shivering / the air 5:2, 46 (r)
cows wading / udders dipping / in the bayou 4:2, 44
little girls / gathering / sheer cicada wings 5:2, 46 (r)
shrill cicadas / puncturing eardrums / through summer heat 5:2, 46 (r)
silent cicada: / in which tree are you hiding / your stillness? 5:2, 46 (r)
used snow drifts / beside a country road / melting 3:1, 24
wild ducklings / weaving among ice splinters / lace the lake 4:1, 39

Oandasan, William
an old, tired woman / deep in silence / rubbing her wrinkled hands 8:2, 28
O yes, the beauty / of a firefly … still, the cold / light of night’s flame 7:4, 42 (r)
so cold and so bright, / the pale moon, quietly framed / in the autumn night 7:4, 42 (r)
so fresh and so bright / a wild poppy loudly framed / in a vernal light 7:4, 42 (r)
the waves charge and crash, / then they return, again and / again — and again 6:1, 20

Obbink, Derth
A knotted sock — / stretched between pups / asleep on the lawn. 8:1, 15
After seeding … / a blackbird in the furrow 6:3, 39
Against the pine, / guitar and wine bottle … / necking. 3:1, 22
An earthquake! / and still my father / sleeps … 2:3, 42
At sunset: / the mountain reclining / on its shoulder. 2:4, 34
Behind the beaver dam, / one slender willow 6:3, 39
Bellowing thunder, / followed by the smell of dust / sweeping the prairie … 5:1, 33
Between cogs / in the old water mill, / robin’s eggs. 7:3, 6
Caterpillar — / crawling up the leg / of my shadow. 7:2, 34
Fenced in the heat / … sorrels / swishing flies. 7:4, 19
In this July heat / the street vendor selling / fresh-hot pretzels. 5:3, 26
Jaunty fiddler crab / climbs over many obstacles / … just visiting. 1:4, 40
Last day of June — / the lupine just beginning / to fade on the hill 6:1, 35
Loping through the woods, / horse and wind and rider … / becoming one. 4:3, 48
Ringing / on the front porch … / the pumpkin’s laughter! 4:1, 38
Sunset reflected / in the cat’s eyes following / the flight of the doves. 8:2, 6
Swinging — / with each arc / her smile 6:1, 35
The oak’s reflection / swirling with the current; / driftwood … 2:1, 26
The snapshot / of bullfrog on lily pad — / captures the insect. 8:1, 15
This evening, / stars and a passing schooner / connecting islands … 3:3, 21
Today, bluejays / pecking at the apricots / just out of reach … 4:3, 48
Tropical sunrise; / in the volcano’s shadow / the sleeping village 9:2, 42
Under the leaves / by a gutted strawberry, / snail tracks … 7:4, 19
Wahine wearing / a gardenia in her hair … / the naked moon. 4:2, 38
Whistling — / as calloused hands / mend the net. 7:4, 19
Winter, / empty shells — / crows. 2:1, 21

O’Dell, Lynn
A dog eared corner / marking an unfinished story — / yellowing pages 10:3, 35

O’Neal, Dorothy
A red lake! / clay bottom churned / by this wild desert wind 7:2, 35
My neighbour / trying to ward off autumn’s approach / by watering his dying grass 5:1, 46
Of, by Carl Fredericks [book note] 8:2, 47
Off and On Rain, by Gary Hotham [book note] 10:1, 42

Ohinsatte, Glen
Wondering how deep was the crevice, / I dropped a pebble into it / … nothing 9:3, 45

Okazaki, Tadao
A dozen years older / Stepping on this flowering grass / Still without a name 10:1, 4
A wind chime / To a friend in the North / I fold a letter 10:1, 14
Coming for the blue heron / We see tufts of reeds / In the distant marsh 10:1, 14
Haiku from Japan [haiku selection] 10:1, 14–17
One star above / One home below / The mountain of September 10:1, 14
“Short Poems with a Certain Rhythmic Structure” [essay] 9:3, 38
The lamp unlit / Corn grains white / On the supper table 10:1, 14

Olsen, Ken
a dog barking / suddenly / a streetlight dims 6:1, 37
a shadow / disappearing from view; / the melting frost 6:1, 37
upon the last leaf / still clinging, / snow gathers 6:1, 37

Olson, Mel
Still weed / in the winter moon … / Pale smoke rising 9:3, 51
100 Haiku, by Carrow De Vries [book note] 7:3, 47
One Hundred Peonies: Haiku Translations, by Tsutomu Fukuda [book note] 8:2, 47

Onozuka, Mayumi
Cold winter night — / still ringing my summer bell / left forgotten. 8:1, 23
Foams in the ice / are the footprints / of my dream last night. 8:1, 23
Listen! / you can hear a glass doll / broken in this cold night. 8:1, 23

Ortolani, Al
sorting for the return: / two years in Europe / stuffed in a knapsack 10:2, 45
The green tree frog / jumping among the leaves is gone / before he lands. 5:1, 6
two kites dive / where yesterday / only the sky … 9:2, 21

Otoko Tomodachi [Larry Wiggin]
alone / fall grass caught / in the wooden door 4:3, 48; 5:1, ifc (m)
cold rain / bare bulb shining / on the bathroom bowl 4:3, 48
Out, Out Brief Candle, by Percival Roberts III [book note] 1:2, 41

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Padelford, Barbara K.
Another autumn — / the sting of the wind on fingers / hanging up wash. 3:3, 35
at the end of a cobweb spinning in the wind a brown leaf 2:2, 6
Finding a rose / blooming among / sunflowers. 2:3, 32
On the beaver’s woodpile / a marsh wren / scolding. 3:2, 41
Only his name / somewhere in the cedars — / phoebe 5:2, 42
Over and over / the wind tossing a tumbleweed / against the fence. 2:4, 5
So early in the day / vegetables withered / in the market place. 4:3, 23
The last evening song — / that small sparrow / staking his claim in the meadow. 6:1, 21
Pageant of Seasons: A Collection of American Haiku, by Helen Stiles Chenoweth [book note] 2:1, 46

Parsons, Pamela Lee
Blindly we creep north, / then Oat Mountain heaves the road / into the sunshine 3:2, 12

Parthesius, Ora Lee
Baking bread smell / twines about failing snow freshness — / a hound’s lifted nose. 1:4, 36
Grey hair, wrinkles / an a little-girl smile … / the chocolate sundae. 6:1, 40
The clinging brown leaf / defies the blizzard’s fury. / The brown bird lies still. 1:4, 15

Pasquale, Roberta
In the desert / barefooted I walk / the only shade my shadow. 8:3, 22
Passing Moments, by Foster Jewell [book note] 5:2, 47

Paton, Catherine Neil
Dropping from the sky / a cloud of migrating birds — / leaves for this bare tree. 2:3, 32
In misty darkness / car lights cross from shore to shore … / without a bridge 1:2, 30
Rain-dimmed windshield / is it only rain / these hills of home 1:3, 11
Wheeling gulls … / shadow patterns on the sand … / leaving no mark. 1:2, 30

Patterson, Cy
Sharpening his tongue / against the village wits — / the knife grinder 10:2, 43

Patterson, Veronica
“An Anniversary Sequence” 7:4, 30
funeral service / this beige chapel — / available for weddings 8:2, 28
in any hotel room / we unthinkingly claim / home side of the bed 7:4, 30
in flowing black / the comforting minister / mispronounces her name 8:2, 28
on the windowsill / among the ripening tomatoes — / my wedding ring 7:4, 30
these wrinkled sheets / worn to translucence — / a wedding present 7:4, 30

Paul Joseph, Brother
In black kimono / How strange beside the koto / Caucasian fingers! 7:1, 32

Pauly, Bill
bellyflop! / in moon / water 8:1, 15
cutting loose threads / the nuthatches / nesting again 9:2, 10
distant neighbor / grown thick / behind his windbreak 10:2, 43
faded rose petals / fall to the table / as she slams the door 10:3, 16
fall: / a spider laces / the trapper’s boots 9:1, 53
first of the year — / sifting through the ashes, / poking the coals 9:1, 4
geese bend / to blades of grass / blown between our thumbs 9:3, 36
hermit crab / pulling the footprint / in over him 9:3, 8
hoar frost / old man breathing / on the bud 9:3, 5
home from the river / water still / rocking under him 9:3, 13
inside / the snail shell / last year’s rain 9:3, 8
monday morning / she hangs threadbare / dream on the line 9:3, 48 (r)
October / water / takes my shadow in 9:3, 48 (r)
rusted hinge / the slowly opening / cocoon 9:3, 10
spading her garden, / turning up / the old woman’s shoe 9:3, 23
spring — / on the cat’s paw / the sluggish fly 9:2, 22
the deaf man / at his windowpane / touching thunder 10:3, 46
the old fisherman / mending nets / around himself 9:1, 3
the white horse / grazes / on its shadow 8:1, 15
They laugh at children / in browning photographs / laughing at themselves 8:1, 17
this spring / still more of the mountain / downstream 9:3, 13

Peacock, Mary Annis
Day lilies wrinkle … / no dewdrop outlasts noon … / my shadow trembles. 1:3, 17

Peacock, Thomas
Climbing the barren mesa, / I discovered / a winding trail 9:2, 45

Peavy, Asa
On this summer night / Moonlight sits old and silent / On silver mushrooms. 7:4, 33

Pelosi, Helen
Monarch butterfly / alights on orange flower; / bright petal flutters. 5:1, 18
Sheer dragonfly, / poised on a water lily pad; / a limpid preyer. 4:1, 39
The becalmed sailboat / sits on its inverted image, / held by its own staff. 4:3, 41
Peonies Kana, Haiku by the Upasaka Shiki, translated and edited by Harold J. Isaacson [book note] 4:2, 47

Perlman, Jess
A massive rodent / racing half-hidden through brush … / and a wild fowl. 4:3, 22
Across 16 miles / Norwalk’s red-green traffic lights / lighting up the Sound. 4:1, 12
After the storm, / crimsoning the muddy ground, / shadberries. 2:4, 34
An outdoor concert … / sudden downpour orchestrates / its own cadences. 1:2, 25
Anthology of Modern Japanese Poetry, translated and compiled by Edith Marcombe Shiffert and Yuki Sawa [review] 4:1, 44–45
Arab blacktop road / winding, winding / to a cul-de-sac. 2:3, 10
August wind and rain: / Hardy lemon marigolds / flaccid in the mud. 6:3, 33
Baby fish / caught in swift current / swimming backwards. 1:3, 32
Blue-gray whorls of smoke / spiraling from the chimneys / on the other shore. 4:3, 55
Bus on hairpin curves, / twisting on the twisting road … / top of the Andes. 4:2, 27
Circling the locust / clusters of pastels: / anemones. 4:1, 12
City dawn / sunlight competing / with street lamps. 3:1, 36
Craning from wonder / to wonder; the Andes / the Inca ruins. 4:2, 27
Cypress trees / pointing skyward on the road / to Jerusalem. 2:3, 10
Dainty crescent moon … / funeral carriages / returning home. 3:2, 33
Darkness descends. / Windows that were dark all day / glowing now. 3:3, 37
Dead centuries / living in temples reared / to dead immortals. 4:2, 27
Dome of the Rock: / in the sun the gold / inviting hawks. 2:3, 10
Drooping snapdragons / lifted tall and straight again / by tiny raindrops. 1:2, 25
Dwarfed by skyscrapers / anachronistic elms / expatriates 1:1, 25
Etchings on the grass: / trees and telegraph poles / in silhouette. 1:4, 33
Fat vines clutch fat trees / twining around the fat roots. / Which are roots? Which vines? 4:3, 22
“Flowers in the Fall” [sequence] 5:1, 34
Fluttering wings: / sparrows on the fountain’s rim … / making a fountain. 1:3, 37
Foaming rivulets, / born of the waterfalls, / crisscrossing highways. 4:2, 27
Fragrance of freesia / extinguished in the kitchen: / smell of frying fish. 6:1, 20
Frost last night. / Today cricket orchestras / playing summer sounds. 1:4, 21
Gentle breezes / blowing through the pines, / waking fragrances. 2:1, 40
Gold chrysanthemums … / blue vase on coffee table … / no room for coffee. 3:2, 33
Gold forsythia … / June … the gold converted / into lively green. 3:1, 36
Grackles competing / under the wild cherry tree … / autumn’s fallen fruit. 5:1, 34
Grass, now green and black / where gulls and dogwood branches / throw mobile shadows. 4:3, 55
Gulls fly golden. / Now the sun disappears … / gulls fly gray again. 3:2, 33
“Haiku from Israel” [sequence] 2:3, 10
Heavy black clouds / threatening, promising … / but no rain. 3:1, 36
Hydrangea, grown old, / petals scattered by the storm, / dying on their stalks. 5:1, 34
In the west the sun, / capsizing over the hill, / colors the Sound red. 5:3, 39
Life-giving rain, / helping tulips grow and glow, / beating them down. 2:2, 9
Long rows of seaweed / blackening the sandy beach, / glinting in the sun. 4:3, 55
“Machupichu, Peru: A Sequence” 4:2, 27
Mayan guide / fervent on Mayan culture — / tears in his eyes. 4:3, 22
Now a vast clearing … / five temples climbing … up … up … / Majestic ruins! 4:3, 22
On the minaret / up-to-date muezzin … / loud-speakers. 2:3, 10
Once colorful, strong, / November snapdragons / colorless, drooping. 5:1, 34
Rows of poplars / motionless as the cortege / rumbles by. 1:3, 37
Sailboats / lolling under snow white clouds, / sails even whiter. 4:1, 12
Seagulls and clouds / racing over the river … / in the river too. 1:3, 37
Seagulls screeching … / the storm-struck jetty splintered, / pitching in the surf. 5:2, 39
Seagulls, wings spread wide, / swooping through strong April winds … / School of mackerel! 6:3, 33
Sheer clean-shaven rock, / topped by a snowy turban / of curling clouds. 4:2, 27
Soft pink impatience, / growing, glowing in the shade: / Indian summer. 5:1, 34
Sunbeams shimmering / above the Shasta daisies … / each flower is two. 1:1, 21
The glass-bottom boat / idles gracefully near shore. / The crystal clear sea! 5:2, 39
The paved airstrip / through a thicket into / lush wild jungle. 4:3, 22
The peach tree was sprayed. / Not one peach yet, but two birds, / both dead. 3:3, 37
The tree-house … / the child’s breath echoing / the hammer’s rap. 2:1, 37
The winding river, / curving with the railroad tracks, / through winding hill ways. 4:2, 27
“Tikal — Guatemala” [sequence] 4:3, 22
Under grass and soil / a temple roof visible / topping a green mound. 4:3, 22
White chrysanthemums / against dark red shadberries / leaning toward the sun. 5:1, 34
Yellow moon, / slithering through the gray clouds / more gray clouds. 5:3, 39

Perrine, Laurence
A dry arroyo: / one thin trickle of water. / An old man talking. 1:3, 30
A tattered scarecrow / with its arms outflung / tries to stop the wind. 8:4, 42
As the first drops fall, / spreading in the dimpled pool — / circles intersect … 3:3, 21
Carelessly someone / Has spilled a crimson sunset / Into the brook. 7:4, 34
From the white bells / of the shaken yucca plant: / a peal of white moths. 2:2, 27
Not even moonlight / Enters the darkened windows / Of this lowly dwelling. 7:2, 34
Tall in the shallows / A white egret preens among / Reeds and pink mallows. 6:3, 32
The crows fly cawing / in circular arguments / around and around 2:2, 27
The grackles crackle / In the sunlight, black feathers / Cracking and snapping. 7:4, 34
The prairie clover / nods its head, a purple fringe / around its tonsure. 3:2, 12
Water reflections / from the creek twinkle on the rock, / wrinkle the stone. 1:3, 35

Petrick, Theresa
Torn shells of canvas / set by dust, my feet of youth — / old stained tennis shoes. 5:1, 21
Phillips Exeter Academy, Summer School, Grade 10
Old hound in the sun / his eyes half — closed in sleep … / rabbit in his nose. 2:1, 42
Solitary tree … / massive in the waving grass … / a withered leaf falls. 3:3, 22
Two stones in a lake / covered with mud and black, / become gray at dawn. 2:3, 35
White water slushes / from one hole to another / laughter in between. 2:1, 42
Phillips Exeter Academy, Summer School, English B Class
Blue-black pussycat / watching the flight of a mouse … / sits on his pillow. 2:2, 31
Physical Vibrations, by Onsey Nakagawa [book note] 8:2, 47
Picasso’s “Bust of Sylvette,” by Elizabeth Searle Lamb and Bruce Lamb [book note] 8:2, 47
Pickett, James
The peaches / grow bigger and bigger, / then the pears. 5:2, 20

Pino, Nancy
The gently falling rain / has washed the old, stale smell / of the day before. 3:2, 27

Pinter, J.
In fresh-fallen snow / the tracks of a traveler / walking beside me. 3:1, 24

Pittman, Bess
On a still night breakers in segments / travelling to each other 6:2, 36

Platt, John C.
The bare tree … / it’s more haunting / in the mirror 7:3, 35

Plattner, Angela
See the bird fly … / up high to green leaves; / oh, look, pink flowers! 8:4, 22

Plattner, Beth
One dark red tulip / standing very straight and tall, / ready to be picked 9:1, 49

Poe, Marian M.
An iris bloom / near the forgotten hat, / rain on both. 5:1, 33
Distant thunder, / spring sky slowly graying, / sweet dusty rain smell. 1:2, 28
Empty nest, / outlined with snow, / tilting down. 1:1, 20
Female cardinal, / not an eye-catching crimson, / but just as hungry. 1:2, 28
His first autumn … / the puppy finds a leaf, / and sneezes. 3:2, 34
Wind … / and leaves to rake, / again. 3:2, 34
Wind and leaves, / blowing right and left, / circle … circle 4:1, 39
Poems of a Flowerthief, by J. Damon [book note] 5:3, 47

Polette, Keith
a humid night; / junebugs buzz upside down / on the wooden porch 10:3, 26

Polo Zolo
a pair of mallards / descend to their reflections, / twilight on their wings 10:2, 10
a ragged line of ice / adds itself / to the river 9:3, 13
Alone / in the park, all the kiddie-rides / to myself 9:3, 27
even a stone frog changes shades in the rain 9:3, 9
Grumbling thunder … / clouds of minnows scatter / under lily pads. 8:3, 35
Mill Pond; / rising with the morning mist — / a great blue heron! 8:4, 42
my face / filling the bottomless / teacup 9:3, 43
Old barn: / all its windows boarded shut / with playbills 9:2, 19
Secluded cover: / water-lilies unfurl, and … / a moose wades in! 8:3, 35
The marsh: / birds dive / at dusk 9:1, 47

Pond, Ada Hall
Summer afternoon; / white clouds trailing shadows / across the grass. 6:1, 34

Pope, N.R.
Out of a small hole / an ant in search of food, / before morning. 3:1, 37

Porter, Leah, and Alex Perez
It is special now / I pick a branch off a tree, / Petrified wood. 4:2, 23

Poston, Jane N.
Full Sails, by R.E.T. Johnson [review] 3:1, 46
Head-banded hip cat, / droning the Black Elk mantra … / glow of red neon. 3:1, 22
Night rain in the city? / the squish of passing tires / spreads the news. 2:4, 15
Rickrack footprints / hem the snowy playground square / suppertime. 3:1, 24
The drunken monkey / folds its arms over its head / and sleeps — samadhi! 2:4, 15

Poulter, S.L.
an old mule / heaving bits of breath / an ear twitching gnats 2:4, 35
beyond this cell’s bars / the turnkey’s sound of caging — / still a cricket sings 4:2, 18
distant thunder … / a ferret / stretching / toward the sound 6:1, 43 (r)
gnat / leaving my board / leaving my cell / leaving me / leaving 4:2, 18
nearing my haiku / a gnat / on my reading board 4:2, 18
on her forehead — / the sun / in a bead of sweat 5:3, 26
“Prison Haiku … a Sequence in: Traditional, Modern, Experimental” 4:2, 18
snow and ice chips: / child skating / chasing his breath. 3:1, 24
the moon / with its hook / beneath a leaf 7:2, 45 (r)
The sounds of breakfast / and through the screen … wasps / over the doorway. 3:2, 39

Powaser, John T.
A caterpillar / at the end of the twig / reaches out 10:1, 21
A cold dawn; / cows in the pasture / standing motionless. 6:2, 41
An old vineyard; / the weeds and blackbirds / claiming it. 6:1, 36
Cutting cloth; / the old woman’s mouth / works with the scissors 10:2, 4
Farmhouse: / one small scarecrow / reciting his lines. 6:2, 41

Powers, Star Y.
Northern lights dome the sky, / In the summer night grasses / A blinking fire fly 10:3, 26

Pratt, Cherry L. Van Deusen
Needles of pine / knit silently in this fog / with ravels of ice. 1:4, 36

Pratt, Marjorie Bates
Not a breath of air — / only a water bug mars / the pine’s reflection. 5:2, 45 (r)

Price, Anne
Round the world and back; / happiness — a parking space; / limit: twelve minutes. 1:1, 18

Prichard, Marianna
Crossing the schoolyard, / he carefully cracks ice / on every puddle. 8:4, 32
Gnarled fingers / carefully pare a Winesap, / cutting one long peel 10:1, 11
Past the breakwater / tinkling shards of harbor ice / ride the spring current 9:1, 12
Sub-zero dawn: / starlings jostle each other / on the chimney pot. 8:4, 30

Priebe, David R.
A rooster crowing / this eleventh hour / before the New Year 7:2, 35
A warm winter day / the winos along skid-row / carrying their coats 6:1, 29
Against twilit pond / the silhouettes of children / waiting for a fish [photo haiga] 7:3, 29
Balmy air of May / through my open window / mockingbird and jay 8:3, 20
Below the alpenglow: / The sound of the mountain stream / flowing in darkness 9:1, 13
Browsing through the lot / sizing up tree after tree / for Christmas spirit 7:4, 20
Carnival balloon / rising up … and up … / into the darkness 4:2, 15
Early spring morning — / sunlight slowly flowing down / tall city buildings 8:3, 20
Family reunion — / Many of the women-folk / are pregnant again 4:2, 15
Far-off distant look / in many an inmate’s eye / at Christmas breakfast. 4:3, 15
Flock of whooping cranes / follow the Great River south … / This fall, only three. [haiga] 7:1, 39 (w)
From my sleeping bag / beside the rushing water: / Summer galaxy 10:1, 20
Hoeing the field … / Not even the caw of a crow / to shield me from the sun! 3:3, 14
In the evenings now / more and more of my neighbors / sitting on the porch 6:2, 41
In the mountain snow / Father teaching his children / how to make angels 7:4, 37
In the wake of light / scanning the forest floor: / vapors from the frost 6:3, 28
Latter-day powwow: / around the campfire of a candle / the marijuana pipe 8:2, 28
Leaking through the roof / of the old garage: / beams of autumn sun 9:1, 53
Little Match Girl / in the Cold. One last flare / of Warmth … then gone 2:4, 31
Low clouds gathering / over the ocean … Sunbeams / glare and disappear [photo haiga] 8:2, 35
Monday morning … / Litter on the park lawn: / ghosts of people! 2:1, 27
Old neighbor is dead — / his magnolia leaves / wander down the block … 8:1, 18
Rain / thumping / the watermelons 3:3, 14
Reading-the-palm / of a leaf / already fallen 2:1, 26
Skid-row denizens / their weathered faces glowing / in the oil-drum fire 6:1, 29
Snowy roofs — / chimneys casting / shadows of warmth 3:1, 24
Stillness of the dawn … / The darkness of a rowboat / dips away from shore 9:2, 50
Summer twilight fades … / Between pings of the wind-chimes / longer silences … 9:3, 37
Summer woods of youth. / Other boys have kept the path / from growing over. 1:3, 22
That old wicker rake / scratching up magnolia leaves … / I’ll miss the old man 8:1, 18
The Growth of a Haiku [workshop] 7:1, 38–39
The junkman’s wagon / rattles down the alley … / honeysuckle blooms 8:3, 20
The windward side / of the seeding dandelion / begins to bare … 7:3, 5
Through broken window: / the night air on my face / the shape of the hole 8:4, 38
Thunder and lightning! / suddenly, our bedroom / is full of children 8:1, 16
Two Haiku for S.W. 8:1, 18
When winter comes / snow will be falling / upon mother’s grave 6:2, 41
Winding mountain road … / The falling rain / turns into snow 7:3, 29
Winter morning — / Dressing for work by light / from the next room 7:4, 37

Procsal, Gloria H.
All these years / So many letters from her / Growing shorter 10:2, 43

Purviance, Edna G.
all at once a thunderstorm / drenches and deafens us. / how we laugh! 10:3, 51 (r)
almost stepped on, / half buried in leaf litter — / the first morel 10:3, 51 (r)
over the ravine’s lip / a rotting stump / still holds a climber’s rope … 10:3, 51 (r)
Success eludes me / but on my car’s license plate / the one word HAIKU 6:2, 20 (a)
Quiet Is the Night, by Judson Dicks [book note] 1:2, 41

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Quiett, Garnet
Across the desert sands / mirages beckoning … / bleached cow skulls … 6:1, 21
Around the catclaws — / quail tracks briar-stitching / new layer of snow … 4:1, 39

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Rader, Douglas
across August sky / a swathe of black birds sweeps / … one leaf floating by. 4:1, 21
fence swift … / here just a post ago, / scaling the moment. 2:3, 34
First in the dawn snow, / newspaper boy… / light-hearted tracks. 3:1, 26; 4:1, 21
imbibing bees / bumbling among / fragrant fallen fruit. 2:4, 26
salamander, / damp with Spring’s promise … / still his winter meander. 3:2, 27
warty hoppy toad, / blinking at what light is left; / sudden swift flick of tongue 3:3, 23

Rader, Scott
Golden wheat waving / in the sunlight all day — / then cutting time comes 9:3, 44

Ralston, Robert
I saw a leaf blow, / it blew upon a sidewalk, / real nice and pretty 7:4, 22

Ramgoolam, Sandra
Falling leaves / whirling around and around … / snow on the mountains. 6:1, 29
Hail / nesting in the limbs / of the evergreen 3:3, 35
In the snow-white woods, / high-bush cranberries, / the sound of the wind. 6:1, 29
Love, on an old church, / shining through the night fog / in neon. 6:1, 29
On the telephone wire / two crows / trapezing in the wind. 6:2, 37
Silence! Silence! / French guards shouting to pilgrims / at the Grotto. 5:2, 34
These song sparrows / singing all night long … / Ah, the midnight sun! 4:3, 15

Ramirez, Michael
The sea meets the land, / sand rolls with waving water; / sun ripples away. 6:3, 22
Random Notes from an Anonymous Haiku-Watcher 1:1, 15; 1:2, 13; 1:3, 14; 1:4, 9; 2:1, 11; 2:2, 16; 2:3, 33; 2:4, 16; 3:1, 12; 3:2, 20; 3:3, 17; 4:1, 32; 4:2, 28, 43; 4:3, 20; 5:1, 32; 5:2, 32; 5:3, 21, 23; 6:1, 32; 6:2, 20; 6:3, 19; 7:1, 14–15; 7:2, 28; 7:3, 37; 7:4, 39; 8:1, 37–38; 8:2, 31–32; 8:3, 21, 40

Ransetsu
Yellow chrysanthemums! / White chrysanthemums! Other names — / would that there were none! 3:2, 26 (a)

Rattler, Cynthia
Colorful roses / roses with big yellow buds / hang from a jar. 1:4, 45

Rauber, D.F.
“A Year Cycle” [sequence] 2:1, 9; 2:2, 9
Against a too far blue / a too white horse: / am I too old to neigh? 2:1, 9
Basho, he is the pond / into which the frog jumped — / but deeper, deeper. 2:2, 23
Dear lssa, I love you, / you old son of a shogun, / with witty wry smile. 2:2, 23
First one drop falls / and then (kerplash) / another. 2:1, 9
From very far off / a minuet heard: / elegance of Buson. 2:2, 23
In my hand reflected / almost it seems the sky — / but maybe lilacs. 2:1, 9
Silence of snowy woods: / until this moment I forgot / to miss the squirrels. 2:1, 9
This season! suddenly / my daughter fears / to step on sidewalk cracks. 2:2, 39
“Tributes to the Masters” [sequence] 2:2, 23

Ray, Julie
A lone rabbit / burrowed in a fissure / shivers in the cold night 9:3, 44

Reagan, Leslie
Little black kitten / on a pyracantha limb … / a foggy morning. 2:2, 30

Reed, Omer Lee
Autumn nightfall — / my wife singing her song / into the pie crust 7:1, 33
Blossoming plum … / school books tumbled / on the roadside. 2:3, 13
from the dryer / an armful of warm clothes; / the autumn wind 5:2, 31
in this place / of fallen gravestones … / hungry mosquitoes 5:2, 31
Mountain lake — / moonlight bathing / my tentative toe. 2:2, 40
sherry hour / holding my reflection / in a glass 4:3, 36
Swans / float with leaves / flying crow 3:3, 32
thonk / leftfielder backing / into the moon 4:3, 36
Walking in the cold / the old man and his wife / lean on the wind. 3:1, 39
Warm wind … / walking behind a girl / with long hair 3:2, 37
Winter, dark hilltop, / crooked tree against red sky … / so old, so alone. 2:1, 37

Reid, Frances P.
On the lean-to porch / Pa’s work shoes … smelling / of sweat and plowed earth. 8:2, 21
Watch the birdie! / Japanese tourists turn their backs / to the Grand Canyon. 8:4, 33

Reynolds, James A.
Tracks of tractor wheels: / two gashes through corn stubble / fill with new snow, 3:3, 21

Rhoads, Hal D.
Amber chrysalis; / a swallowtail dries its wings / in the noon heat 10:2, 15
At sharp angles / to a lone mallard’s flight, / this autumn rain 9:3, 40
From this footbridge / I see between the floating leaves / into myself 10:1, 20
Last visitor; / cool raindrops ripple / the mountain lake 9:3, 41

Rhys, Kathrine
Quiet voices … / beside the pool / a child’s sandal. 5:1, 37

Richardson, Dimitra A.
Slice of onyx marble / glows with translucent glory / in temple corner. 1:4, 30

Richardson, Marion J.
A summer day, / listening for the whistle / of the ice cream wagon. 4:3, 36
An old lady / brushes a shadow / from a park bench. 8:4, 32
Darkness: / no shoreline … / only the horizon. 8:3, 36
How thin / the soles of these sandals, / walking on gravel. 4:3, 36
Kitten, so peaceful — / favorite chair is captured … / another will do. 2:2, 38
Last day at resort: / all day I lie on the beach / and wait for the sun. 8:3, 19
Late night … / alone in the quiet / I cracked a nut. 6:1, 34
Loaded with grass, / little burrows travelling / without bodies. 5:2, 30
Moving, slowly / over old, haunted house — / moon, through plum branches. 4:2, 42
On a back porch step, / a cat curls itself neatly / into a sun spot. 2:4, 32; 3:1, 3
On a sultry day, / climbing a long, dusty hill — / sound of bubbling spring. 2:3, 39
Peering out of a / garbage can, a black cat ponders / the fresh white snow. 8:1, 13
Shadows / leaning against my door; / leaves in the wind. 5:2, 30
Skimming the water / a seagull catches / only sunlight. 7:2, 35
The fog lifts / and everything / is in its place. 7:4, 37

Ripperger, Albert
across the lake / the grey — walled penitentiary / in the failing snow 5:3, 3 (c)
the garden full of snow, / on the weathered picket fence / a pure white cat. 6:1, 12
walking stiffly / passing the stone cathedral / bundled against the cold. 6:1, 12
Ripples, by Mary Dragonetti [book note] 8:2, 47

Risk, Cathy
Torn book on her desk — / both her book and angry face / have a rip in them! 7:1, 22
River, by John Wills [book note] 1:2, 41
Rivers in the Sea, by David Baker [book note] 9:2, 48
Roadsigns, by Gary Hines [book note] 10:1, 42

Roberts, Carol H.
Raindrops stairstep down / the oak leaves, reaching at last / the shaded mushrooms. 2:3, 23

Roberts, Percival R. III
Moon-spun moments now! / gossamer earthlings treading / upon future’s face. 1:1, 18

Robinson, Frank K.
another year / and still unfaded — / this birthmark 9:2, 47
bitter quarrel / cleaning the shower curtain / of mildew 10:2, 42
charred foundations … / a vine clinging / to the chimney 8:3, 35
in the barred window — / reflection / of wild geese 9:1, 5
in the coffin the mouth not quite right 10:1, 48
in this tintype / my grandfather wears / my son’s smile 9:1, 31
mountain stream … / minnows flashing / among the cresses 7:2, 19
Open-air market / beside Homer’s winedark sea — / plastic waterjugs. 6:3, 6
raindrops on the canal / in gray morning light … / a sleeping houseboat 7:2, 19
rooted in a jar / of river stones, / a purple hyacinth 7:3, 32
scent of rose petals / from the long-unopened trunk … / a night full of rain 9:2, 49
seeing my young son / for the first time in years … / ticking of my watch 9:2, 46
smoldering dump … / a charred doll’s head / stares back at me 7:4, 20
sound of rain / on a strange roof / the long night 10:1, 7
struggling / out of corn tassels — / a stone chimney 9:1, 21
this morning / quiet pools in the drained fountain / autumn mist 10:2, 12
through the mist … / shadow birds / on shadow boughs 8:3, 35
through the planks / swamping the oarlocks / waves of marshgrass 10:2, 40
tidal flat stars among the grasses 9:1, 44
up the sheer wall, / loop by loop … / caterpillar 7:2, 19

Robinson, Margaret G.
A drink / from the tin dipper / … its coolness 5:3, 32
A seashell / glinting in a ripple of sand; / the morning sun. 3:2, 21
After the storm / pebbles strewn along the 13each / shining from the last wave. 3:2, 21
Between the boards / of the sidewalk, / tufts of spring grass. 4:1, 40
Beyond the breakers / flotsam riding the waves? / Ah, seabirds! 3:2, 21
Booted and furred … / admiring spring fashions / in the windows. 3:3, 27
Deepening twilight / erasing the sparrow’s wire … / erasing the sparrow 3:3, 27
Early morning … / cliffs emerging / from the ocean mist 3:2, 7, 21
Early spring; / a mountain stream slapping the rocks / that split its way. 3:1, 28
First snowfall — / sliding sleds / … and people 5:1, 18
Frosty night — / looking up … looking down / at the stars. 3:1, 28
High tide … / between the booming breakers / the sandpiper’s cry. 3:2, 21
In the attic — / looking long at the china doll / it, too, fading 6:3, 33
In their race to shore / one wave outnosing / all the rest 6:2, 36
Low tide — / a tern sweeping to catch a fish / caught in a pool. 3:2, 21
Lowering the bucket / into the well / shattering my image 5:3, 32
Misty moonlight; / a solitary seagull / stares at the waves. 7:3, 9
Moonlight … / that long line of breakers / ruffling the shore. 3:2, 21
“Of Early Vintage” [sequence] 5:3, 32
On the back porch steps / hulling wild strawberries for supper / not eating one. 4:3, 28
On the back stoop / pounding the churn … / that instant of butter 5:3, 32
On the strip of beach / shoveled mounds of sand / where clams had been. 3:2, 21
Resounding in the canyon / howls of a coyote — / a pack? 4:2, 42
Rows of red cabbages / turning / inside out. 4:1, 40
“Sequence: Along the Oregon Coast” 3:2, 21
Summer sea … / the cresting wave / splashes the sunset. 4:1, 40
Summer sky / caught in the morning-glories / spilling down the wall. 3:1, 28
The sun / drawing water for the clouds / to spill. 3:2, 21
Tucked in the stubble / of the field / an empty bird’s nest. 3:3, 27
White morning … / a sparrow staring at the mound / where the feeder was. 3:1, 24
Winter night / in the fork of the birch tree / the moon is wedged 3:3, 27

Roebuck, Shirley Russell
Mounds of melting snow; / pushing through the pine bark mulch / a purple crocus 9:2, 11

Rol, Robert
Beneath the moon’s glow / a small pine and its shadow / in the deep blue snow. 5:2, 23
Everywhere, blue snow, / and leading the way through it / is my blue shadow 5:2, ifc (m)
“Robert Rol (Feb. 13, 1952–March 25, 1974)” 5:2, ifc
This woods of bare trees / where with every step there come / sounds of fallen leaves. 5:2, 23

Romano, Emily
a bit of tinsel / twisting in the bitter wind / on this first morning … 7:2, 39
a day moth clings / to the damp concrete wall; / the morning stillness … 10:2, 14
a dog looks back / to where his master was borne; / the graveyard stillness … 9:1, 46
a dusty miller / becoming part of / the windowsill’s dust … 7:2, 39
a grasshopper leaps — / on the morning glory vine / white blossoms quiver 10:3, 16
a long lasting rain; / in the mailslot — / letters sag … 7:2, 31 (w)
A pair of buntings / rustle japonica leaves / on this windless day … 8:3, 26
A papery rustling, / passing through the penny plant, / the autumn wind … 4:3, 5
a single limpet / adheres to the rock; / the pounding surf 9:1, 22
A snake … uncoiling / close to the knotty tree branch … / gray flowing from gray. 3:2, 22
A soft, rustling sound … / looking, seeing only leaves / and discarded skin. 3:2, 22
“A Sojourn by the Wild Plum” [sequence] 5:2, 37
After the cook-out / the fine gray ashes settling / in the hibachi … 5:1, 23
all of the houseplants / leaning toward the window — / she used to turn them … 7:2, 39
almost audible — / sudden moonlight cascading / down an otter slide 9:2, 31
Along a stone path / and onto a rickety bridge; / the golden fishes … 4:3, 29
An aproned man / thumbing codfish on a stall, / staring at nothing … 4:1, 14
an old brazil nut / casts a triangular shadow; / a few mice droppings … 9:2, 42
An old bull frog squats / in the quarter moon’s crook / where a lily pad … 4:2, 43
An owl seems to grow / feet first from the bark / of the cherry branch … 8:3, 26
At water’s edge / dozing waterfowl clucking / in their sleep 4:2, 43
Between the sharp stones, / threading itself in and out … / snake with needle-nose. 3:2, 22
Black limbs of dogwood, / blacker still after the rain / with washed-white blossoms. 3:3, 32
Both bask in the sun … / The old pier bleaching silver, / like the old man’s hair. 2:3, 38
Brief blue-white zig-zag / streaking across the heavens; / all faces upturned … 5:1, 23
briefly silent, / the jay commands attention / just the same … 8:4, 13
briefly through the mist, / the willow by the river / and the pipit’s song … 5:3, 3 (c); 10:2, 46 (r)
caught fast in the net, / the little starfish hardens / to the “feel” of stone … [haiga] 7:4, 32
dark clouds some and go; / a crow cries pout / as night descends … 8:3, 33
death watch: / as the sun escapes the clouds, / shadow of a moth 10:1, 22
feeding on frog eggs, / a GIANT waterbug fills / the space that was theirs. 8:4, 13
Finding the dead bird … / the feathers seeming blacker / among the iris … 3:3, 5
First pale plum blossoms / unfolding on gnarled branches; / carp swimming under… 5:2, 37
Folding the fan, / You compress the plum blossoms, / And close the crane’s wings … 9:2, 53
For a brief moment / in the backwash of the oars — / a glimpse of garnet … 4:1, 6
“From the Window” [sequence] 5:1, 23
gentle flutterings / of lake sparrows among reeds; / the four-o’clock moon … 8:3, 33
grandmother is dead; / drawing the quilt she made / closer around me … 10:1, 47
heat wave … / yellow jackets following / the garden hose … 5:1, 37
“Heightened Awareness through Haiku” [essay] 6:2, 9
Here in an old dump / antique lock of English make / keyhole clogged with rust. 2:2, 36
His father’s hands / planting the bamboo whistle / on the small grave … 6:1, 13
His whistling, wind-borne, / preceding the small boy; / the tossed stone’s splash! 5:2, 37
hobbling down the road, / an old woman clutches close / a few ears of com 9:1, 54
Hollyhock ladies / seem proper and prim and yet … / bees are drawn to them. 1:2, 27
How bright the hibiscus / seems to become / when the sparrows alight! 8:3, 26
how shiny it is — / the cricket’s black head / near the violets 10:3, 25
howling with the wind, / an old dog in the snowstorm / slows down all the cars … 9:1, 46
“Imitations of Haiku” [essay] 4:2, 37
in the rest home / the sounds of clocks being wound / just before bedtime … 7:4, 32
In the river’s flow / the remnants of a box kite / bumping against the rocks … 6:2, 39
In the rock’s crevice / this purple marsh crab, / almost unnoticed. 4:1, 14
July Fourth Parade: / old-timers and heroes / being left behind … 7:3, 27
Just muddiness / where once fat carp kept moving / through mirrored blossoms … 5:2, 37
just the reed buntings / again at Marshy Bottom — / and an old muskrat … 8:1, 14
just the spine remains / of the fish the boy forgot; / a few sluggish bees …. 9:1, 21
Leaning on his cane, / the old man pauses / beside the bamboo … 5:2, 22
Legs spread / on the eye of the daisy, / a spider … 4:2, 43
lengthening shadows / of the purple thistles / fresco the wet barn. 7:2, 39
Live eels writhing; / pale-skinned plucked fowls; / pallid throng scuttling … 4:1, 14
Lo, the circus dwarf / once again contemplating / his lengthy shadow … 6:2, 39
“London at Night” [sequence] 4:1, 14
misting rain; / a robin oils its feathers / among the lilacs … 10:2, 8
“Moving Day (Sequence #2)” 7:3, 27
Moving day: / closing the pasture gate / for the last time … 7:3, 27
Moving day: / even the children / fall silent. 7:3, 27
Moving day: / the baying of hounds next door / to be heard no more … 7:3, 27
Moving day: / the budding geranium / left behind … 5:3, 6, 19
Moving day: / the old homestead recedes / into the shadows … 7:3, 27
Moving into darkness, / my shadow hides from me; / an owl cries “who” … 4:2, 43
my shadow falls / on the river and at once / the duckweed trembles … 8:3, 33
not a breath of wind; / with the stirrings of a mouse, / a wisp of wheat moves … 8:1, 14
on a country church / a wooden trout weathervane / points to the river … 9:3, 13
on a graven stone / a giant pinecone breaks / the graveyard stillness … 10:1, 40
on the old pond — / a lone skater silhouetted; / the winter moon 9:2, 32
on the open book — / the magnifying glass / left on the word love … 6:1, 41
On the picnic table / just a watermelon rind … / that pink — gummed smile! 5:1, 23
on the tombstone: / no letters chiseled yet, / but a butterfly … 4:3, 29
On this windless day, / along the garden walkway / the pale blue iris. 3:2, 38
only an owl’s flight / above the corn-stubbled field; / the October moon … 8:4, 13
Open-air market, / street hawkers bellowing … / stalls of cabbages … 4:1, 14
Popping out part-way / from its tree trunk hole, / woodpecker’s white face … [haiga] 4:3, 29
Pulling horseradish … / the pelting rain tearing leaves / the pungent scent … 3:1, 40
Quietude returning / as the boy passes on by; / the wafer clearing … 5:2, 37
Radiant morning sun / strikes sparks from ice — coated pond … / diamonds glitter. 2:1, 41
Resting on marsh grass, / a gem-like periwinkle / glinting in the sun. 4:1, 14
Rising with wind / to hover above kelp … / the kite 4:2, 43
Rumblings of thunder; / the first raindrops imploding … / craters in the ash … 5:1, 23
rusted plow; / underneath, a rabbit feeds / on clover … 10:2, 26
Seven pairs of legs / and still the sowbug resorts / to just curling up … 6:1, 13
Shying away / here in the earth at my feet, / the mole cricket … 5:2, 22
Small chrysanthemums / still blooming amid old leaves / in the bitter wind … 8:3, 26
Smiling wrinkled face / revealing toothless gums, / and yet, these young eyes! 3:2, 37
Spellbound while / pyramid of oranges / thunders apart … 4:2, 43
Spring morning; / up from murky pondwater, / a white bellied frog … 10:2, 29
suddenly silent, / the cicada draws our eyes / to the willow bough … 6:3, 40; 7:3, 16 (w)
Surf breaking its sweep / against rocks, Foaming away / filth left by fishers. 2:4, 38
The carp coming back / to their familiar place; / lengthening shadows … 5:2, 37
the chachalaca / repeats its own name / to no one at all. 8:4, 13
The colophon reads: / both cuckoo and cricket / have watched this branch grow 6:1, 13
the constant ticking — / another death-watch beetle / bores its way through wood … 7:1, 36
The deluge descends; / sandaled feet, bare feet, running / Amid squeals, a door slams! 5:1, 23
The dogwood is ready / to open white parasols. / Will it rain today? 1:2, 31
The fleeting beauty / of the bright blue irises / on this gray morning … 8:3, 26
the grasses and shrubs / grow leaner each autumn day, / but the field stones … 8:3, 33
The late sun afloat / dyeing the river red, / charring the plum boughs … 5:2, 37
The plum tree and I / keeping silence while water / quenches all the sun. 5:2, 37
the roller coaster! / watching it, I did not feel / my pocket lighten … 6:3, 16; 10:2, 46 (r)
The sudden wind-gust / flailing the wheat quills — / quail whirring aloft … 6:2, 39
The water strider / still darting about … / the whitening moon … 5:2, 22
The web-footed frog / thwacking softly as it lands / on the lily pad. 6:2, 39
the whisper-soft flight / of an owl above its shadow / on the moonlit snow. 9:2, 9
The white ibises / flying in loose formation / over the marshland. 4:1, 14
The wild canary / suddenly yellower / beside the charred barn 4:1, 6
Toddling through dead leaves, / the older leads the younger / through the iron gate … 4:1, 14
Tracking the winter / in to the warm fireside; / snow and satori. 3:2, 29
“Trio” [sequence] 3:2, 22
Two hundredth birthday: / America’s face reveals / scars of ravage, rape … 7:3, 27
“Ukiyo-e-Inspired Haiku” [sequence] 8:3, 26
under attic eaves / an old wicker creel still holds / powdered ferns and mint … 9:3, 20
Under bulbs’ glare, / being mesmerized by / glassy-eyed rabbits. 4:1, 14
Upon the lettuce, / an unknown larva / looping along … 4:1, 14
Virginia rail — / harsh cry after harsh cry / jarring the marsh air. 6:2, 39
Watching the river / wend past the wild plum tree / and through its shadow … 5:2, 37
Weeding the garden — / the smell of tomato vines / in the August sun … 5:3, 19
where the snow melted, / the skeleton of a bird / in the iris bed … 7:4, 32
Where the wild cherry / opens its first pale blossoms, / a warbler wavers … 8:3, 26
“Whether Bonsai or Haiku” [essay] 7:2, 31
Who? queries the owl; / but I am still uncertain / and cannot answer. 6:3, 16

Romero, Jan
Tiny inchworm / moving slowly / testing the green leaf. 5:3, 29

Romero, Pepe
Spring is here at last … / the swallows are arriving / bringing it with them. 5:3, 28

Romero, Sharon
Stories of the past / brighten the dark winter night — / wisdom of my grandfather 10:3, 35

Rooney, James P.
Flute over Walden: Thoreauhaiku, by Raymond Roseliep [review] 7:3, 44
The Haiku Anthology, edited by Cor van den Heuvel [review] 5:2, 45
The Red Barn, by Lorraine Ellis Harr; Cats, Crows, Frogs & Scarecrows, by Lorraine Ellis Harr [review] 7:3, 46
Tombo: 26 Dragonfly Haiku, by Lorraine Ellis Harr [review] 6:3, 43–44
Typhoon! Typhoon!, by Lucile Maxfield Bogue [review] 1:2, 40

Rose, Mildred A.
Beside a faint trail / in a tangle of beaver cuttings, / bleached buffalo skull. 6:1, 33
Gray March morning / swinging from a dead branch / a polished chrysalis. 6:1, 33
Poplar buds swelling — / a red-headed woodpecker / searches for insects. 5:2, 42
The buffalo trail / overgrown, a mouse nest / in a white skull. 7:4, 38

Roseliep, Raymond
a man wakes, listens: / bean sprout hacks away darkness, / song locks in the throat 7:3, 44 (r)
along country road / only taillights / of fireflies 6:2, 19
before Buddha / the rice cake / and dancing fly 10:1, 21
by her bed / night enters / his boots 10:3, 39 (r)
by the autumn hill / my watercolor box / unopened 8:1, 5
Calf scrubbing my hand / with your tongue, my scalp tingles / of emery board. 2:2, 33
carrot tops / and the woman’s back / bend to the wind 9:1, 54
cataracts, pshaw! / you hear birds / better 8:4, 32
closes / on its own / inner light 10:1, 52 (r)
factory whistle / the fried egg / left staring 10:3, 39 (r)
Father / hoeing beans for ever / in our snapshot 8:1, 13
finch / graphing the air / gold 10:1, 51 (r)
fish peddler / handling them / like babies 8:3, 19
for spring wind / plenty of room / in the kimono 10:1, 7
funnels / our day / into itself 10:1, 52 (r)
glass / is the way / your soul looks 10:3, 38 (r)
goldfinches / on a dandelion / sea 6:2, 19
her jeweled hand / slips into the walnut stain / of his 9:1, 32; 10:3, 52 (r)
her lover’s whistle / in the evergreen / above his grave 7:4, 35
holding your note, / bird in the bush, / on my rice paper 6:2, 19
Hollyhock in hair, / a nineteen-twenty snapshot / alive near my bed. 1:2, 28
I feel my child kick: / on her head / the jar of water 10:3, 48
in a white dress / she sits in a cane-chair / reading Emily 7:2, 38
in the empty church / red sanctuary lamp, / circling bat 6:2, 19
in the widow’s veil / stars / blown from dandelion 10:3, 15
lily / rain / thimbleful 6:2, 19
lotus kimono, / ivory elephant dance / at her singing throat, / / gold sandled, rose toed, / silence of water broken / by leaf of poem 1:4, 4
Love Song / / Near / as air 10:3, 39 (r)
love’s voice / is different / over water 10:1, 51 (r)
Moment, by Marlene Wills [review] 9:3, 31–34
my cat Polka Dot / getting a little shuteye; / fireflies stippling dusk. 6:1, 21
on her shoulder / the crow too watches / for his return 8:4, 36
pacing / the shore / the ship’s cat 10:1, 38
painting high / stiffens the neck / for tonight’s stars 10:1, 51 (r)
painting low / creases the knees / for night crawlers 10:1, 51 (r)
pouring broth / and the North Star / into my bowl 9:1, 59
rain / erasing / the clown’s face 9:2, 51
Ripples, by Mary Dragonetti [review] 8:2, 42–43
river picnic: / two nuns / and a chanting frog 10:1, 37
Roadsigns, by Gary Hines [review] 9:3, 29–30
she brings her sick Pa / a crayon sketch of an owl / with a bandaged eye 7:4, 20
Sick brother upstairs: / the creaking of a loose board — / Ma crossing his room 6:3, 28
skylight / june bugs / moon walk 10:3, 38 (r)
Sobi Shi / has no more to say / the frog said it 10:1, 52 (r)
Sobi-Shi mending his socks / snow / on Buddha’s nose 9:2, 54
Stoned on applecore, / Sir John Housefly / does an irish jig. 2:2, 33
takes in / the world / from the heart out 10:1, 52 (r)
the black hen / eating outside / her shadow 8:2, 5
the call girl studying / the big dipper 6:2, 19
the call girl watches / Sobi Shi threading / a needle 10:3, 39 (r)
the cat / walks across the room / of Rembrandts 9:2, 15 (r)
the dark hand / offering Gandhi / carved in soap 10:1, 49
the dressmaker / sings and sings, / mouth full of pins 10:2, 42
The Fern’s Underside, by Gary Hotham [review] 8:4, 46
the first snow / took me indoors / of my real self 9:2, 15 (r)
the hobo / sports a dandelion / in his lapel 7:2, 38
the pimpled boy / heads out with his kite / and bony dog 7:4, 35
the retarded child / pets my handful of pansies, / withdraws, satisfied 6:3, 28
the spider locks / the folded hands / in the coffin 10:3, 52 (r)
the tone-deaf woman / pours sunflower seed / in her window feeder 7:2, 38
turn to the field / a woman is singing / or a perfect bird 9:2, 14 (r)
velvet butterfly / on your cobweb trampoline, / patience! here’s Henry 7:3, 44 (r)
waiting for her / his eye on the wind / Sobi Shi blows the conch 10:1, 50 (r)
walking in the rain / I pass a stranger / I know 6:2, 19
water (Lord!) / at the heart / of all things 10:3, 52 (r)
what cheers / the cardinal whistles / near the grave 7:1, 32
whose step on the rain / outside my bedroom window / Christ! I think I know 9:2, 14 (r)
wind in the eaves: / the hand spanking / breath into the child 10:2, 13
wind lengthening / the pampas grass, / the baby’s white hair 10:1, 41
winter bees grow still / in my dream of honeycomb / empty on your hill 10:3, 38 (r)
With such a small rain / and hardly a pancake of mud, / the pig laughs less. 2:2, 33
Without the Mountains: Haiku & Senryu, by Gary Hotham [review] 8:1, 43–44

Rosemary
Blue eyes and black / shine over the single glass — / sisters under the — straw? 2:2, 8
Boy listens wide-eyed / while grandfather tells tales / of days that never were … 1:1, 26
“Coffee Shop” [sequence] 2:2, 8
Countless coffee cups / line the counter — / refuge of lonely people 2:2, 8
Every day, old woman / studying the same menu, / the same drab walls — 2:2, 8
Fat-bellied young girl / dividing children’s ’burger — / she’s not hungry … 2:2, 8
for a tablecloth, / always an extra napkin, / recalling past grandeurs. 2:2, 8
Old man chatters / to all the customers — / son gives him an allowance … 2:2, 8
Old stone, dark as time, / pot shards, charred bones, dead dust; / but somewhere — laughter … 1:2, 8
Suddenly it stops; / silver curtains part / and the world tastes of rainbows 1:3, 31
Sugar-coated morning. / filling empty cookie jars / and eager hands 1:1, 22
Three linnet nestlings chirp / undisturbed by mailman — / still, no letter … 1:2, 8
Vaportrail scars / pucker skies slashed by sonic boom / and green apples fall 1:2, 8
Yes sir, “No sir” / smiling, she serves everyone, / but in her eyes … 2:2, 8

Rosenberg, Sydell
At the ballet / pushed into a corner / a wheelchair 4:2, 42
Bluejays quarreling / before our breakfast wrangles / crack open the day. 1:2, 17
“Boy Montage” [sequence] 1:3, 29
Bristle of paintbrush / caught in drying rose petal / of souvenir fan. 1:1, 29
Darting into car / clutching box of Pampers — / brand-new father. 3:2, 23
Declaring a truce / he slurps from his water gun / to cool himself. 1:3, 29
In Chinese laundry / snake plant usurping window — / relic of Hong Kong. 3:2, 23
in the dark / a digital clock / clicking 8:3, 19
In the laundermat / she peers into the machine / as the sun goes down. 2:4, 14
In the library / discussing their stocks and bonds: / senior citizens. 4:3, 40
“International Haiku Festival [May 1, 1971, University of Pennsylvania]” [event report] 2:3, 46
Intrigued too long … / little boy staring at shell / of capsized turtle. 1:3, 29
My purchase of fish / wears yesterday’s grim headline / for undergarments. 1:2, 17
On suburban streets / the rehabilitated men / distribute flyers. 4:3, 40
On top of snowbank / religious instruction book / after snowball fight 1:1, 28
Picking up a stick / the little boy is master / of the country road. 1:3, 29
Preparing for spring / homeowner examines screens / in window light. 2:2, 36
Running to the bus / bathing suit wrapped in towel / jelly-roll style. 1:3, 29
Scene: super market / scrabbling for masterpieces / after buying bread 4:1, 39
Speeding past his friends / dry leaves clinging to sweater — / boy on bicycle. 1:3, 29
The window curtain / pushing the geranium / from the windowsill 7:4, 33

Rosenblatt, Herta
A dull, lonesome day — / a letter — and the wild geese crying / golden in the sun — 1:4, 37
A wall guards the shrine — / pilgrims stream through the gateway — / monkeys play in trees. 1:2, 19
Already swallows / marking telephone wires / with notes of autumn. 2:4, 31
An old woman / stands at the Maypole fingering / its tattered ribbons. 5:3, 36
Dark gray clouds — rain — / round the edges of the pond / sky-blue irises. 4:3, 19
From the flaming sea / a gull, black against the sky, / soars into dawn. 1:2, 19
Grey stones, grey walls, grey faces: / on the fire escape / a geranium. 1:3, 30
In the empty park / just the wind, pushing the swings / for ghosts of children. 1:1, 25
Into my sleep a sound — / crickets? / — still your typewriter. 2:1, 19
Laughing from the ward — / in the private room / silence. 1:3, 30
One sudden young tree / drops its load of golden pears / overripe — 5:1, 19
Outside snow and ice / on the windowsill / begonias bloom. 7:2, 35
Somewhere a dog barks, / far away a train whistle — / it is still so dark. 1:4, 32
The woods winterstill, / the river iced — over — / a flicker hammers … 2:1, 14
Through a purple cloud / a golden radiance: / a crocus opens. 1:2, 19

Rosenhouse, Archie
Bougainvillaea / decks facade with bloom garland; / window lullabies. 2:2, 15
Buildings grow taller / people congregate thicker — / door hinges rusting. 1:1, 25
Clouds, in a herd, run; / blackbird flock flies to nests; / one white sheep stands, bleats. 1:1, 24
Cut lawn, trimmed edges / charm / neighbors’ dogs. 1:3, 33
Darkening clouds, sun / contend for supremacy — / Rainbow horizon. 1:4, 15
Flowers have language. / One speaks in dulcet whisper — / “Look, Forget-Me-Not.” 3:3, 37
Hungry for a look, / hungry for a touch, a smile — / hungry, hungry … 1:2, 20
Searching / your eyes’ depths: / Ganges immersion. 1:1, 18
The Way, by Rozana Webb [review] 1:1, 35

Ross, David Bernard
dawn, / from water line to dune top / whispering threads of sand. 2:3, 38
Midwinter day / the sun a warm spot / on the forehead 3:1, 41

Rowe, Jim
a crocus / nestles / among the garlic 3:3, 36
slogging / through puddles / on purpose 3:3, 36

Rowe, Pete
a bird singing / slowly … / or was it the wind? 4:3, 42
Sparrows / search the snow / leaving hungry tracks. 4:3, 42

Rungren, Lawrence
Thinking about the past / my hand begins to shake. / Autumn night 10:2, 49

Rutherford, Anne
A rusting tank / lit with the red / of another dawn. 2:1, 41
“A Trilogy” [sequence] 1:1, 10
Bells … tolling … tolling / people stand around / their eyes speak. 4:3, 25
Carving a name / on a sycamore tree — / below it — “Goodbye.” 1:1, 10
Chorus of crickets / signaling spring / in their own way 5:3, 36
Helmetless, / face buried in sand; / a lark sings in flight. 1:1, 10
In the junk yard / behind a rusting stove — / a scarlet tulip 3:3, 35
In the shifting sand / around the old fort / boy hunts for arrowheads 5:2, 35
In this empty room / the ticking of the old clock / seems louder now. 4:2, 36
Junior artist / watching his masterpiece / sail off in the wind. 2:3, 16
Majestically / the great ship moves from the wharf; / combat gray fades. 1:1, 10
Millions of years / locked strata upon strata / in this stone in my hand 5:2, 35
My rose garden / where I fed the sparrow — / wheat growing! 1:3, 11
On the crumbling stone / a name sinks slowly / into the earth 3:3, 35
On the dark path / a lantern moving / a boy whistling 3:2, 12
One candle / lighting the darkness / between flashes 4:3, 5
Red glow of sunrise / lighting the island prison … / the city sleeps. 1:4, 7
Sand storm / pitting the wind shield / of the stalled car 5:2, 35
Searching the rubble / for a picture / of his child 5:1, 46
Sheer white cliffs / yielding slowly to the sea — / this single wave … 1:2, 8
Siskin in the Pitch pine! / picnic coffee forgotten, / squirrels zero in. 1:4, 12
So many of them! / Hungry little sparrows … / that big bluejay! 1:2, 8
Still blooming / on the garbage dump / a white Snowdrop — 2:1, 38
Still on the table / the insect I crushed … / a wing moved! 2:2, 28
Sunrise lighting / the crowded bus — / a baby cries. 2:1, 41
Tang of autumn — / the last bright orange / still clinging … 1:4, 13
The farmer stops / to mop his brow … / a meadow lark! 1:3, 7
The old plank road / sinking slowly into sand — / trucks roar past [photo haiga] 5:2, 35
The singing wind / brushing the last light snow / from the first snowdrops. 1:2, 6
Under the stars … / a field of white markers / where wild grass grew 4:1, 39
Watching my dog / treading the rough stones / he too is old. 4:3, 25
Wrack on the sea shore / washed up by autumn storm / shore birds gather — 1:4, 31

Rutsky, Lester
Bird exhibition: / array of talking parrots / Not saying a word. 2:4, 39
The sun is rising / above a new horizon — / a telephone wire. 1:4, 7

Ryûnosuke
White chrysanthemums: / in the fragrance, too, there are / light and shade. 7:3, 42 (r)

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St. Clair, John F.
Lantern light diffused in fog; / a girl’s crystal laugh / across the lake. 1:3, 26

Sanchez, Clemente
An owl sitting alone / hooing / in the ebony night 9:1, 49
Sand Waves, by Foster Jewell [book note] 1:2, 41

Sandberg, Lucille
Stiletto winds drive / the first snow into marrow, / window lights ahead. 2:1, 40

Sankpill, Robin
last remnants of trees / repapering forest floors — / hiding old brown stains 10:3, 34
reaching for a star … / light reflected on fingers / but never quite caught 10:2, 35
Winter blackens, / surrounding me — outlining / the pipe’s fragrance 10:2, 35

Sanpû
Up-swinging mattocks / Glittering in the sunshine! / Spring is in the fields. 4:3, 59 (r)

Santôka
Intently / I eat my meal / Of boiled rice only. 5:1, 43 (r)

Sato, Mayumi
Snow slowly going — / The butterbur sprout / Is about to bloom 10:3, 32

Sato, Yukari
On Mother’s Day / Sewing as usual — / My mother 10:3, 33

Sauer, Joan Couzens
At grandmother’s house, / the ding-dong of the trolley bell / passing in the night, 8:2, 37
Little boy in church, / practising his quick draw / with his finger guns 9:1, 33
The old sea captain / on the beach with his kite, / sailing the skies 10:3, 54
Wild game ranch / the coyote paces his cage — / his strange, amber eyes 10:1, 36
Sauer, Joan Couzens
Mutes at the festival, / excitement in their eyes / playing games of chance. 8:4, 32

Sauers, Frank
on the menus / all fish billed as / SEAFOOD 7:2, 15
spring in the pine barrens / all the birds on the ground / with the blackberries 7:3, 35

Sawa Sempei
With the full tide’s / wind they are going out, / the flock of wild geese. 4:1, 44 (r)

Scanzello, Charles J.
In drab autumn dawn / selfless new born babe / renders milk recitative 8:1, 42 (r)
In the morning mist, / the “Caw! Caw!” / of a cornfield 8:1, 42 (r)
In-and-out of the mist / goes / a morning whistle 9:3, 42
Roadside daisies: / how eloquently they discourse / on “The Delicacy of Life: … 8:1, 42 (r)
Spring’s first crocus cluster / hysterical butterfly / flip flops with joy … 8:1, 42 (r)
The spring promontory: / it is an altar — / for crocus worshipping 8:1, 42 (r)

Schaub, Gregory
Dirt floors, cracks in walls, / shattered windows, broken doors, / single light bulb … Home. 1:3, 36
Schechter, Howard
Waves of water … foam … / unrolling over seashore; / folding bedclothes. 4:1, 20

Scheepsma, J.L.
Duck appears headless / as he sleeps comfortably / on a foggy day. 1:4, 20
“Haiku: Read It” [essay] 2:3, 30
Large pumpkin / on frosty porch / moves with wind 2:3, 42

Scheir, Martin
a gaping fish / dead on the beach / facing inland 1:1, 26
across the page I read / a tiny life goes running: / lessons to learn 2:1, 38
climbing a tree, / an inchworm — / the same shape 1:3, 37
the majestic crow / on scarecrow’s head; / dry cornstalks 2:1, 12
This small, leafy arm / stark, alone on earth, reaching, / entangling the moon 1:2, 33
windless — / a petal falls: / the dust undisturbed 2:1, 30

Schell, Margaret L.
Old ladies walking… / each one trying to keep up / with the other. 5:3, 35
Sunrise / silvering the yucca / in halves. 3:1, 40
Twilight settling / on the empty playground / two blue marbles. 2:2, 6

Schmidt, Evelyn
Tall grasses swaying / among weathered gravestones / fences no gate 4:3, 49

Schmidtkunz, William
caught on the horizon’s edge, / black crow / and crescent moon. 7:4, 15

Schuff, Karen E.
Cardinals chatter / at silent denuded birch / sun sparkles the snow. 3:1, 24
Sailboats drifting / with the morning sunrays / the old dock waits. 2:3, 38

Schullstrom, Ken
A snoring man: / his gold tie clip reflecting / up and down the wall. 6:1, 41
across the cardboard faces / of last week’s candidates — / November rain. 6:2, 29
Construction site … / a small sparrow perching / in the peephole. 5:3, 27
Finger smudges / on each fish tank / except … the piranha. 6:1, 41
Silent cathedral … / blue candies animating / a saint’s stone face. 5:3, 27
The hurdy-gurdy / plays a slow Strauss waltz … / whirling oak leaves. 6:1, 33

Schumann, Kathy
Summer days are here, / sometimes passing slowly by / waiting for the night. 2:2, 31; 2:3, 37 (a)

Scovel, Myra
the light / and shadows / on his rumpled pillow 6:2, 21
Searching Today for Yesterday’s Tomorrow, by Foster Jewell and Rhoda de Long Jewell [book note] 7:4, 45

Searle, Martha Kennedy
see O’san
“Second Annual Spring Poetry Reading” [April 6, 1976, New York City] [event report] 7:2, 37

Seeley, James
in the window / flapping curtains / cool the cabbage 8:3, 38

Seimin, Horiguchi
A cuckoo flies off… / a dot in the white smoke / of the volcano 10:3, 43 (r)
A day of lilacs … / closing my eyes at night / I see only purple 10:3, 43 (r)
A warm aroma splashes / from a single silo / in the frozen field 10:3, 43 (r)
Fox bait / boiling in an iron pot … / the turn of the winter moon 10:3, 43 (r)
Grafting a rose / I feel my peasant blood 10:3, 43 (r)
Spring cicada … / the volcanic cinder path / dries quickly 10:3, 43 (r)
Telling a white lie / to a patient / on a cloudy summer morning 10:3, 43 (r)

Seishi
The string of a kite / invisible upon the sky / visible on a finger. 4:1, 45 (r)
“Selected Haiku by Students in John Wills’ Creative Writing Class Autumn Quarter 1971, East Tennessee State University” 3:1, 9

Seligo, Viola Q.
Autumn sunshine; / stop and go, up the thistle — / the brown caterpillar. 6:2, 28
So slowing crossing / A vacant picnic table, / A measuring worm. 7:2, 39
Sound of pigs — / crunching the last / green rind 5:3, 32
Still September sky: / standing in stark silhouette, / A spruce skeleton 6:1, 20
The Year of the Hare; / covering the cabbage plants / with plastic bags. 6:2, 28

Seniff, John
An echo / of the summer heat, / by insects 10:1, 53
Day old cut hair / made mushy / by the spring shower 10:1, 8
This evening’s sunset, / now leaving us, / to the fireflies 10:1, 22
Serenade of the Seasons, by Sr. Mary Lawrence Franklin [book note] 8:2, 47
Seventeen Grains of Sand: One Hundred One American Haiku and Other Poems, by Sol Markoff [book note] 7:2, 47
Shadows, by Robert F. Mainone [book note] 2:3, 47

Shalley, Christina
Out of the glass waves, / the jagged rock engraving / a toothlike pattern. 6:3, 22

Shattuck, Anne
On a slender reed / a little green grasshopper / is lightly swinging. 1:3, 39
The little road lost / suddenly in drifted leaves. / Another autumn … 2:4, 37

Shaw, Adelaide B.
A break in the clouds, / and now on the lake / patches of green. 4:3, 15
“A Drive in the Jura Mountains” [haibun] 4:3, 14–15
At the lumber mill, / only the river noises / and the wind. 5:2, 29
Between mossy trunks, / red leaves — squishing underfoot — / smelling of dampness. 3:2, 23
Clearing skies, / and summer comes dribbling in / between storms. 5:3, 38
Flower splashes / Spilling out of windows. / Filling the gardens. 4:3, 14
From an open barn, / The odor of hay and manure, / And climbing roses. 4:3, 14
Gathering berries, / listening to the plink, plink, / then silence … 4:3, 15
In the graveyard, / one freshly-weeded patch; / the sharp lettering. 5:2, 29
Layers of mountains / fused with mist … / the cloud peaks. 4:3, 14
Looking for sky, / seeing only mossy trunks / and wild ivy. 4:3, 14
Moss-covered church; / creeping through the open door / the warmth of May. 5:2, 29
“Mouthe, France” [sequence] 5:2, 29
On top of the ridge / Trailing behind the wind / Distant cow bells. 7:1, 13
Plop, plop on the road … / Cars follow the cow trail / to the milking barn. 4:3, 15
Rounding a curve, / looking for lilacs / in the wind. 5:1, 18
Scurrying through rows, / potato diggers / watching clouds. 3:3, 35
Shorter days, / the browning of the earth / … quiet memories. 6:1, 28
Sleepy cat / following a sun spot / around the room 4:2, 6
Stone houses, / Their crumbling walls patched / With geraniums. 4:3, 14
Sunday — / chickens scratching in the road, / the flying dust. 5:2, 29
Sunset, / riding on the waves, / gone — out to sea. 2:4, 39
The seeping dampness, / sitting on wet rocks … / The hot coffee. 4:3, 14
This midnight wind — / twisting up the stairwell / to rattle my door. 6:2, 38
Thoughts of home … / Flickering in the long, hot night — / fireflies. 6:1, 28
“To L.H.” [sequence] 6:1, 28
Turning the rich earth / a farmer watches the gulls / circling the field. 3:2, 23
With easy swiftness, / Summer tourists / Walk the ski runs. 4:3, 14

Shaw, Charles
A waiting bucket / beneath a water pipe / and not a drop of rain. 1:2, 14
Among the dry leaves / that lie as still as marble … / a sudden rustle. 1:1, 31
Breaking through the mist, / a burst of early sunlight / livens the village. 1:4, 7
“Charles Shaw (May 1, 1892–April 2, 1974)” [in memoriam] 5:2, ifc
February fog / engulfs the sleeping village, / birthing a ghost town 1:1, 32
Gently the night wind / slaps against the window / punctuating dreams. 2:2, 40; 5:2, ifc (m)
In the woods of autumn / sunlight harlequins the leaves / magicing the trees. 1:4, 14
Out of early mist, / between sky and breaking surf, / a fishing boat looms. 1:3, 10
then suddenly / out of silence a whisper / scratches the summer night. 1:3, 34

Shaw, Thelma
Bunch berry hiding / … crimson face showing / playing games in the bracken. 2:2, 15
Each modest teasel / dressed in quiet elegance — / brown nuns gathering — 2:2, 28

Shea, Martin
a small bitch / with her following … / field of snow 4:3, 34
an open can / hollow as your meow / friend, rolls to the moon 6:1, 46 (r)
another wind / sways / the dead bird 6:1, 46 (r)
As if they were heavy, / the stars — / this long field 4:2, 36
autumn night … / a fly with no sound / in the lamp 5:3, 30; 6:1, 46 (r)
caught shoplifting — / crying, she beats her child / for wanting the toy 4:3, 34
chipped tooth — / the parents gaze / in silence 6:1, 46 (r)
fly’s legs — / they have their shadows too, / in this late sun. 5:1, 6
I rise / from my shadow / grass lifts 5:2, 41; 6:1, 46 (r)
Isn’t she pretty? / and his wife points / to the one he had not been watching 5:1, 46
Jilted … / she sends a belated Dear John, / forgetting the stamp. 4:2, 36
lines of water / from the striped awning — / summer downpour 5:3, 30
moths have come / around the one light left / forgotten, on 6:1, 46 (r)
my mother’s calls: / keeping me in touch / with the lately deal 6:3, 45 (r)
old paintdrops / on the rusted fire escape — / summer rain 4:3, 34
Orient Express / In the tunnel / the moon / switched trains 4:2, 36
people passing over / sun / wedged in the beams 4:3, 34
rain in this place … / two cups / from the same bag 6:3, 45 (r)
spring grass; / their feet in the blanket, / stark white 5:3, 30
sun — / this broken / Mayan calendar 4:3, 34
the lobsters / in the fish-window / have moved to one side 4:3, 34
The long bridge — / it goes silently also / into the fog 4:1, 34
the long night / of the mannequins — / snow falling 4:3, 34
waking at night / in a train on a bridge — / snow falling … 5:2, 41
walk’s end; / the cold of his hand / shook mine. 5:2, 41
when the suicide / cut out / that sky 6:1, 46 (r)
wipers off — / street unknown … / the rain 4:3, 34
with its beak / taking the rain / from the rain 6:1, 33
Shedding the River, by Virginia Brady Young [book note] 10:1, 42

Shieman, Joy
Between round bell-sounds, / flashing birdsong pierces, somehow, / avoiding the bell … 2:2, 35
“British Columbia” [sequence] 6:1, 35
Egg-cartons, papers, / in my morning grate, burning / mundane to magic… 2:2, 35
Eight-year old’s picnic / and for dessert she offers / wet rocks dipped in sun … 1:2, 28
Fishing — with parched mouths / we lean over to drink / a melted glacier 6:1, 35
Grandma’s smile, long gone, / is casting shafts of sunlight / from this baby’s face … 1:2, 7
Ice, using sharp claws, / renders this great granite rock / with a breath of mist … 1:1, 19
Listening for rain to cease, / strangely the old father / hears his heart beating … 1:2, 28
Monotone winter beach, / white gulls flocking the wind / with a chalky kite … 3:1, 38
Once every century — / red maple leaves astonished / by weight of snow … 6:1, 35
Orchard ranks, parade-white — / even the fallen one / pushing forth blossoms 2:2, 35
Still … Mayan farmer / sowing seeds for daily bread — / over trace ruins … 1:3, 11
Summer-gathered shells — / scattering baskets of them / at the tide-line 6:2, 35
Throughout this downpour, / gossamer web by my door, / still hangs on its chains … 2:2, 35
Train window reflects — / face pasted upon farmlands, / this collage of love … 1:1, 19
Trick fog drifts and flows / over black horizon-ship / that isn’t, that is … 2:2, 35
Wild birds sip rain / from hollow bowl in granite rock / that knows the taste of corn … 6:1, 35

Shiki
Again and again / how deep the snow if, / asked keri 4:3, 58 (r)
Again and again / I enquire how deep / Lies the snow 4:3, 58 (r)
An autumn wind: / and for me, no gods — / not even Buddha … 2:3, 17
basket of grass / and no one there: / mountain of spring 8:3, 11 (photo)
Chrysanthemums! True, / yellow ones, white ones — but I want / a red one too! 3:2, 26 (a)
Crabs’ bubbles / as they flow along are white; / misted moon. 4:3, 58 (r)
How many, many times / I asked about it, / The deepness of the snow 4:3, 58 (r)
Late afternoon downpour: / when it had ended along came / somebody, selling young trees. 4:3, 58 (r)
Moonbeams / light falling plum petals / on top of the lute. 2:3, 17
No sky is seen, / no earth is seen, and still / the snowflakes fall. 2:3, 17
On the temple bell / has settled, and is glittering, / a firefly. 4:3, 51 (a)
On the temple bell, / Settled down and fast asleep / A firefly 3:2, 26 (a)
The coolness at / a large extent of bamboo’s / stir kana 4:3, 58 (r)
The Great Buddha / doesn’t blink at all / I midst the hailstones. 2:3, 17
The head goes under / and comes up capped with a fallen leaf, / the duck kana 4:3, 58 (r)

Shôson [Kenneth Yasuda]
Autumn evening / I came into a straight road / In my traveling. 7:2, 42 (r)
In moon-light, half-hid / With the silhouettes of leaves, / Twits the katydid. 7:2, 42 (r)
Suddenly I met / With a fragrance in the dark / Silver mignonette. 7:2, 42 (r)

Shriver, Donna
Boys playing at war / pause to trade places, reload … / Men playing at war. 1:1, 18
Cherry blossom / wafted skyward / before falling 6:2, 38
Dark forest / lit by fireflies, still … / dark forest 3:2, 12
So hotly still here … / waiting near the turned-off tap — / that dry dusty fly 1:3, 17
Substance gone, / the scarecrow stands there … / two bared facades 5:1, 46
Wearing a moss wig, / wielding a pointless broomstick, / crow … in scraps 2:1, 12
Webbed bridge / across freeway / — then 6:00 a.m. 3:1, 40

Shuette, Marguerite
By murky lakeshore / the iridescent iris / exudes purity 6:1, 32 (c)

Sidor, Ellen
green and yellow dill crowns / reign supreme / over the bursting garden 8:3, 38

Sikorski, Karen
Golden rays of sun / beaming down on cold grey earth, / paint the sky with fire. 7:3, 22
In the red firelight, / the tinsel glitters brightly, / reflecting the lights. 7:2, 22
Silence Interrupted, by James Iorio [book note] 7:3, 47

Silvers, Vicki
Cool, calm, crystal pool / earth removed, swallowed in depth. / Splash! A fish jumps high. 1:3, 43 (r)
Drink the wine of life. / Feast at the table of love … / Bread of two worlds. 1:3, 43 (r)
Silent audience / soothed by hush of holiness… / unity of man 1:3, 43 (r)
The moon reflects / night in a thousand pieces. / Which one shall I choose? 1:3, 43 (r)
Through hot city streets / little girl skipping along / clenching dandelions. 1:3, 40
Twittering sparrow / resting on a neon sign … / City without trees. 1:3, 40

Silvia, Daniel
a sudden breeze — / now all the moonlight settles / within the lily 9:1, 20
all talking at once — / I look down at the silence / of the peony 10:1, 9
Alone … / the rain mist so very silent / this Christmas eve. 7:4, 38
As the mute girl speaks / her slender white hands / against the evening sky 9:2, 21
at her graveside … / the stone angel’s stare / scans the sky with me 9:3, 22
feeling autumn / as my foot brushes / the chrysanthemum 10:1, 39
flea market merchant / sells the last ragged coat; / winter nightfall 10:2, 51
gone the geese / yet faintly their footprints / in this frozen marsh 10:2, 10
laid to rest; / yet the moan of the psalmist, / hours and hours ago 10:1, 39
leaving her grave, / the backward sliding silence / of my footsteps … 10:1, 39
lightning flash — / the meadow / blowing with lilies 9:2, 12
Long into night / through the creeping mist / a distant foghorn … 9:1, 55
Sleet against the pane; / the smell of the vase / now empty of lilacs. 7:3, 32
sudden thunder — / the spider reels itself back / into the lily 10:3, 46
the blind man: / long after showing him the way / his tapping cane 10:3, 42
When the rain streaks it / how deep the stonecutter’s lines / on her gravestone 9:1, 43
window light / illuminates the snowfall / and the doe’s eyes 10:2, 51

Simmonds, Schesta
In the old shed, / stacking the firewood … / a cricket calls. 6:3, 36

Sinclair, Miriam
Full moon — / A wandering glass float / rides a gentle swell 9:2, 43
Robbing the graveyard / of plumerias for leis — / Something watching … 10:2, 39

Singer, Rebie
Afternoon slumber … / Under her crib two small paws / model her shoes. 6:2, 34
At the sight of cod / … the wild screams at sea / of a hundred gulls. 8:3, 37
Cheeks redder; footsteps / crunching louder … late fall grays / yield to first snow — white 2:1, 10
Fascinated / by last rose in bush — / child’s finger bleeds. 8:4, 36
From high depths of sky / sudden fog mass swims into / winter-bare twig nets. 2:4, 35
Gay, gold-encrusted, / these Oriental slippers / set my thoughts dancing. 4:1, 41
Gull shines / as the sun / goes down 10:3, 27
He sits in the park, / visits with sounds of his past, / taps down path his dog sees. 5:2, 42
In faded dress, / she stores at vendor’s display… / one rose — not sold. 5:1, 46
Incoming tide, / summer sand castle he built — / soggy tableau. 4:2, 36
Rain under thunder; / under rain, vein and view — new; / lilac heaves out leaves. 3:3, 28
Since she has gone … / the empty feeder; / absent feather. 4:3, 49
The crane — / his long wings / row the light 10:2, 9
The painting: / tension between the noon sun / and a lace of rain. 5:3, 27
Through tallest blades, / sawing my sleep to fragments … / nocturnal cricket. 3:2, 37
With her shopping bags — / under branch leaning to the green — / she graces his easel. 6:1, 41

Singleton, Karen
Cold winter sunset / hangs yellow, red and grey / when the sun is gone 9:1, 48

Skelton, Mary Fuller
Bells in the wind.… / Old woman’s low voice, / mourning dove … mourning. 2:3, 32
Feeling the wind / now I remember / the sound.… 2:4, 12
Kite in autumn wind, / mark against orange setting sun / tugging earth-bound child.… 2:4, 12
Listening to the shell … / child with wind tangled black hair / sells me an echo 3:2, 6
Moth flying soundless / against early autumn winds.… / Snowflakes in my hair. 1:4, 36

Skiba, Henry P.
From a sturdy oak, / an autumn-fired leaf drifts down / into cold water. 1:1, 27
High midsummer sun, / under the bleeding-heart leaf — / motionless firefly. 1:3, 17

Smith, C.U.
A thousand windows / drying in the sun … / torn fish nets 5:1, 38
Cracked barn shutter, / captured sunbeam fluttering / in dusty cobweb. 3:2, 39
Hurried footsteps echo / the clink of silver coin / in the beggar’s cup 1:1, 27
In a windy sky, / clouds, washed white with gentle rain, / hang drying. 3:1, 40
Red currant jelly / still warm from the fire / one dead fly. 3:3, 28
Running past a picket fence, / extended stick bouncing / echo … reecho … 2:1, 12
Shivering rain drops / tremble in a windy sky / hail. 4:1, 40
Silver spider-web / shining in the morning sun — / railroad tracks far-reaching. 2:2, 34
Thirsty puppy laps / from the clear, unruffled pool, / meets thirsty puppy. 2:4, 34
Smith, George, and Virginia Smith
The Smith Family [cartoon] 8:2, 40

Smith, Gordon
The first day of spring; / the beetles in the woodpile / are stiff with cold 10:2, 14

Smith, Karen Anne
Clinging to the cliff / the gnarled crooked tree showers / blossoms on bare stone. 6:2, 38

Smith, Margaret R.
A movement — / Sun patches on the table, / the autumn wind … 10:1, 55
Children placing / the click beetle on its back / again and again … 9:3, 11
Hunting season: / the spotted dove returns / to feed … alone 10:1, 5
The baby pulls up / on great grandmother’s walker; / first uncertain steps … 10:2, 44

Smythe, Daniel
A string of bubbles / drawn in air-repeated song, / the chirping sparrow. 1:3, 33
Someone gathers shells / to take home — bits of the world / to put on a shelf. 2:4, 35

Snead, Helen Olsen
Afternoon tea; / leaf shadows come and go / through the bamboo screens … 9:1, 56
ancient brick wall / and / ivy / from the same red clay 2:3, 40
Another New Year; / a fresh start, and still / my hair is white. 8:3, 36
At her gravesite, / the thump of raindrops / on opened umbrellas … 9:3, 22
Drinking spring water / from a battered tin cup — / the green valley below … 6:2, 37
early morning — / first one up, warming the oven, / steeping the tea 4:1, 40
Evergreen house plant / year after year unfolding / one leaf at a time. 4:3, 48
Footprints disappear / in deepening snow — / Voices travel on … 3:3, 28
In the ancient scroll / mountain peaks and peonies / silk-screen cracking … 9:1, 21
looking for shade / with a ripe fig / in my hand 4:3, 29
Low traveling sun — / tall weeds on stiffened stalks / drop their seeds … 10:1, 11
On the beach / empty clam shells, washed and dried / over and over … 7:2, 32
peeling old potatoes — / digging out / their young sprouts 3:2, 6
winter sunset — / in the lame woman’s room / dust motes are dancing … 6:1, 40

Snowden, Avis
The wind moves softly / as the red flower dances / to its doomsday. 2:2, 31
Snowed In, by Alan Gettis [book note] 10:1, 42

Snyder, Cindee
Wandering alone, / autumn painting earth and sky, / tripping on the world. 5:3, 29
Writing in the shadows / cast by an oil lamp / waiting … 5:1, 21

Snyder, E. Nel
A full moon shivers / in the quiet, autumn lake; / someone threw a stone. 1:4, 19
Cold, cold moon, / a glaze of frost / on the chicken roof. 7:4, 37
Leaving the ocean, / the turtle … / burying her eggs. 6:2, 35
My yellow maple / bare now, except for one / golden leaf. 1:4, 13
Skimming the marshes, / the crisp tone of the kite / failing sunlight. 4:3, 32
Spring thaw, / an earthworm, / smelling the sun. 4:1, 23
Two hundred years, / the cactus still grows, / an old wagon wheel. 4:3, 32

Sôjô
Dark summer night — / sick and feverish, I / emit a gleam. 7:3, 42 (r)
Wintry Gusts: / abortion-herb is boiling / and yet … and yet … 7:3, 42 (r)

Sôkan
If to the moon / one puts a handle, / what a fine round-fan! 7:4, 18 (a)

Southard, O Mabson
“A Drove” [sequence] 9:2, 28–29
As her stallion rears / and she prances out of reach — / the mare stoops to graze 9:2, 28
Buoyant with sparkle / in the late sunshine, fine rain / veils the dusky cliffs 9:3, 15
Dawn-grey, the meadow … / Wading through a stretch of mist — / the colt and his dam 9:2, 29
Down the moonlit slope / a drove of swift cloud-shadows / brings a running horse 9:2, 28
Down to dark leaf-mold / the failing dogwood-petal / carries its moonlight 9:3, 15
“Falls” [sequence] 9:3, 14–15
From leafless plum-trees / over the thundering falls — / a storm of petals 9:3, 15
Moonstruck, we and they … / Through my sister’s hair, we peer / at the river’s falls 9:3, 14
Plump with foal, the mares / munch at shadowy grasses / aglint with moondew 9:2, 29
Shower-drenched anew / the solitary boulder / again reflects blue 9:3, 14
Shrill, the mare’s whinny … / Rippling above the grasses — / her long mane and tail 9:2, 28
Sunup’s prompt rainbow / tinges the westering moon / with sheer violet 9:3, 14
The old rooster crows … / Out of the mist come the rocks / and the twisted pine. 5:2, 45 (r)
With hooves water-hushed / the stallion’s mares ford the stream — / and chum it to foam 9:2, 29

Spicer, Marcy
Cows at the pond / nuzzling / their own reflections 4:1, 41
Dawn’s sky is cloud-filled: / a robin sings his rain song. / This nice soft pillow 1:2, 34
Moonless summer night — / blinking fireflies swarming / over the swamp. 6:1, 33
The little boy / sticking out his tongue / catching snowflakes 3:2, 36
The old man sits / clutching his fly swatter. / Flies buzz just out of reach. 2:2, 27
This morning / toadstools / punctuating my lawn. 3:2, 36

Spiess, Robert
a blue centipede / ripples in the forest shade — / the monks’ narrow path 8:2, 26
“A Brief Rejoinder [to Marlene Morelock Wills]” 8:3, 32
“A Comparison of Characteristics of English Language Haiku and Senryu” [essay] 7:3, 30–31
A couch à la Freud, — / curing souls of sex and things / by which they’re annoyed 6:3, 21
A drive out of town — / and best of all the billboard / that a wind blew down 5:1, 13
A far waterfall / — the deep basin green and cool / for a naked swim 2:3, 29
A farmers’ market / the fondness for Concord grapes / that Grandpa had 3:2, 9
A female marsh hawk / coursing the streamside meadow; / turtle on a rock 6:1, 8 (a)
“A Few Notes on the Now-Moment” [essay] 8:2, 38
A fine sleet at dusk; / mallards in the marshy cove / float beneath their wings 2:2, 42 (r)
“A Haiku Quiz” 7:3, 40, 42
A high valley path, — / the guide saying that monkey / tastes better than goat. 2:3, 29
“A Letter to Switzerland from Wisconsin” [sequence] 5:2, 15
A long wedge of geese; / straw-gold needles of the larch / on the flowing stream 2:2, 41 (r)
A Mayan market / — the orient / in cheekbone and eye. 7:1, 5, 21
“A Note on Modern Japanese Haiku” [summary of Makoto Ueda, Modern Japanese Haiku: New Poetry in an Antique Form [review] 4:3, 62
A pool of the tides — / and peering … minnows vanish, / the crablet hides 4:1, 7
A reach of rapids — / still the paddler mumbles words / working out his rhyme 4:3, 45
“A Remembrance of Gustave Keyser” 10:1, ibc
A road to a town / — vulture / at the broken snake 7:1, 21
A shining instant / a trout leaps from the stream / … the spring afternoon 6:1, 11
A sloop at the wharf / the huge turtle on its back / breathing out long sighs 2:3, 26
A Snowman, Headless, by George Swede [review] 10:3, 51
A tea chest of tin — / for a hundred years, the reed / and the dragonfly 7:3, 10
A too witty tongue / — half the town with the wish / his neck could he wrung 5:1, 13
A walk on the wharf / — wood kegs of pickled pig snout / a week in the sun 2:3, 26
A wedge of geese … / the reeds along the river / withered by the frost 6:1, 11
A whim, a caprice — / the two year old is counting / the migrating geese 6:3, 21
A Wisconsin stream, — / and once in a T’ang painting / this craggy cliff! 4:3, 45
Ah, So!, by Emily Romano; Over the Moon, by Emily Romano [review] 10:2, 46
An abandoned farm, — / a few windfall nubbins / under the apple tree 1:1, 17
An abandoned farm, — / tent caterpillar webs / drape the apple tree 1:1, 17
An abandoned farm; / a rustling of withered weeds / in the autumn wind. 1:4, 13
An abandoned farm; / an old, cankered apple tree / blossoms in the yard 1:1, 17
An abandoned farm; / the ice storm splinters a bough / of the apple tree 1:1, 17
An air to his stride … / subtle, subtle, the workings / of spiritual pride 6:3, 21
An autumn breeze / … recalling when this willow / was a slender withe 2:4, 19
and just a smidgen / off the top? … while splitting hairs / about religion 5:3, 13
As if it thundered! / — a voice pronouncing judgment / on one who blundered 7:2, 21
Autumn morning; / a deer in the shrouding mist / fords the shallow stream 1:2, 9
“Backpacking in Yucatan” [sequence] 7:1, 21
Birch in the Wind, by Donald E. Harding [review] 10:3, 49
Bird Day Afternoon, by R.C. Matsuo-Allard [review] 10:1, 13
Blue phlox in flower; / feigning a wound a wood duck / flaps down the stream 1:2, 9
Boy on a donkey / driving a trip of goats / … the tropic rain 4:2, 12
“Branch River Shoals” [sequence] 5:1, 13; 5:3, 11; 6:3, 21; 7:2, 21; 8:1, 21; 8:4, 15
Cabin on the shore / — across the summer river / a salt block for deer 4:3, 45
“Canoeing” [sequence] 4:3, 45
canoeing the bend — / a fox in the evening dusk / mouses in a field 8:3, 12
canoeing the bend — / a man throwing stones at coots / turns away 8:3, 12
canoeing the bend — / motionless, a short-eared owl / watches from an oak 8:3, 12
canoeing the bend — / on a sunny ledge of rock / a rattler stirs 8:3, 12
canoeing the bend / another bend ahead / thank you 8:3, 12
canoeing the bend / in a spit of April snow — / warblers flying by 8:3, 12
“Canoeing the Bend” [sequence] 8:3, 12
Cawing of a crow … / an alder’s caterpillar / bristly black and gold 2:2, 41 (r)
Children of the Birds, by R. Clarence Matsuo-Allard [review] 7:1, 41
Clear — clear — and clean / — that on the river bottom / bottles too are seen 5:1, 13
Constructing a loom / and sprouting lentils in jars / — . in the living room. 5:3, 13
courage now to touch / the log’s luminous decay — / the laugh of a loon 4:3, 45
crowded riverboat … / a venerable Abbot / who speaks my tongue! 8:2, 26
Cutting graveyard brush / — picking the tombstone he needs / for whetting the blade 3:3, 40 (r)
Dancer in the Wind, by Tao-Li and Evelyn Tooley Hunt [review] 9:1, 51–52
Dawn over the hill; / a gliding dove alights / in the fronds of a palm 2:3, 25
Dawn over the stream; / a milkweed seed drifting through / a pillar of gnats 3:3, 17 (w)
Dawnlight — and frost / on all the swampland spruce; / a cawing of crows 1:2, 16
Deep cold — / the oak tree splitting farther / where the lightning ran. 3:3, 7
Distant relations / never getting Christmas cards / … her wedding invitations 5:1, 13
Distant Thunder, by S.L. Poulter [review] 6:1, 43
Dribbling saliva; / sometimes taking off her clothes / — this child — Godiva 5:3, 13
Drifting in the skiff … / names of all the swallows now / — tree and barn and cliff 6:2, 12
Drifting on the stream — / pointing out a spotted fawn / to an absent friend 5:2, 15
Drifting past a shack / — an old man in the front yard / hanging up clothes 1:2, 9
Drifting round a bend / — the slinging turtle’s plash / tells a downstream deer 2:2, 42 (r)
Drifting with the Moon, by Gunther Klinge, adapted into English by Ann Atwood [review] 10:2, 33
Endless Jigsaw, by George Swede [review] 10:2, 52
Evening in the park / — and the snow lodging also / in the statue’s eyes 6:1, 11
evening jhana ends … / the Abbott’s “how bright / the crescent moon.” 8:2, 27
eye-corners crinkling, / the Abbott’s “be mindful, Bob — / the self is a bubble” 8:2, 27
Fading echo / of a freighter’s deep whistle / the night’s piping frogs 2:3, 30
“Fifteen Views of Grenada” [haibun, illustrated] 2:3, 25–30
“Four Rhymed Haiku from a West Indies Island” 4:2, 13
From the corn crib / a rat runs across the drive; / iris in the grass 2:2, 19
“From the Editor and exchange of letters with Morton Blatt” [editorial] 9:2, 7–8
“Further Notes on Writing Haibun” [essay] 3:3, 12
Giving us a choice / — announcing the forecast / with a cynical voice 6:3, 21
Grandpa in the yard / raking the last of the leaves / — his eightieth year 3:2, 9
Grower and buyer / — the marihuana ripening / in a hidden field 4:1, 7
“Gustave Keyser: An American Haiku Classicist” [essay] 5:1, 7–9
Haiku and Senryu, by Don Eulert [review] 4:3, 60–61
Haiku in Western Languages: An Annotated Bibliography, by Gary L. Brower [review] 3:3, 38
Haiku Master Buson, translated by Yuki Sawa and Edith Shiffert [review] 10:2, 32
Haiku Poetry, by Charles Scanzello [review] 8:1, 42
Haiku Revisited, by Louis Cuneo [review] 7:1, 41
Hairpin mountain turn / — green cascades and waterfalls / of rain forest fern 2:3, 25
Hammock in a hut … / glow of the mosquito coil / salvaging the night 7:1, 21
Hiking in the heat / … the roadside blackberries / astringent with dust 7:3, 10
His grandpa arrives / — together at the brook / whittling a waterwheel 7:3, 10
His shrubs of roses! / — surely of stock from the bush / that blazed for Moses 8:4, 15
Honking of wild geese / … potatoes in the cellar / sprouting 2:2, 11; 6:1, 8 (a); 7:4, 28 (a)
How that rainbow burns! / — and so common here / not a forehead turns 4:2, 13
Indian mound, / the shape of a great bear / — oak tree, grasses 2:4, 19
It rushes, — it gleams, — / a joy to him who collects / rivers and streams 6:3, 21
It’s OK if You Eat Lots of Rice, by Wayne Westlake [review] 10:2, 47
Just Looking: Senryu, by Mary Castle [review] 7:2, 43
“Kiku Makura” [essay] 5:3, 22–23
Landlady out of sight … / but a neighbor sees the girl / that stayed overnight 5:3, 13
Last fall you were here … / again harrows of geese / alight in the marsh 5:2, 15
leave-homage to Buddha … / show-shaken scorpion / nimbles off 8:2, 27
Lighting the lamp / and stretching out the hammock / — scorpion! 7:1, 21
Long hair and blue beads / in his desert dwelling’s shade / …. Hopi, — or hippie? 1:2, 7
Malaise that’s chronic / … and now it’s Irish moss tea / and iron tonic 6:3, 21
Maple-flow, — / and geese, mindful too / of thawing snow 6:1, 8 (a); 6:2, 12
Meandering stream / — the tonk of an iron bridge / stretching in the sun 4:1, 7
monks before dawn / praying for all creation / … the sojourner dreams 8:2, 26
Moonlight now and then / amid the showers of snow; / fox-talk in the hills 2:1, 40; 6:1, 8 (a)
“Multiple-sense Imagery in Haiku” [essay] 2:1, 15–16
Near the river bank, / a pumpkin color farmhouse; / drifting willow leaves 1:2, 9
Newly rich and proud / — unaware that each lampshade / is showing its seam 1:1, 18
“Notes on Writing Haibun” [essay] 3:1, 11
Now of human blood / — and not as a blind mollusc / in the ocean mud 6:3, 21
Of hunters, the least — / losing himself in the woods / when the west was east 8:1, 21
of the snow that fell, / some lies on a common bush / uncommonly well 6:1, 9 (a)
Of, by Carl Fredericks [review] 8:2, 41
Oh, My Comet Shine!, by J. David Andrews [review] 10:3, 50
On my rival’s gift, / a poodle, lingers mine / — Chanel No. 5 1:3, 23
On the asylum ward / she sits and reads the Bible / — praise ye the Lord 5:1, 13
On the ear it grates / — that voice the cicada makes / with his thorax plates 8:4, 15
One Hundred Famous Haiku, translated by Daniel C. Buchanan [review] 4:3, 59
Only a sawyer; / but hauled to court — by his wits / he stumps the lawyer 8:1, 21
Opening the hive … / his dextrous hands the while / invested with bees 7:3, 10
oranguntan — / and eyes whose / depths remain / / distant to / stares [concrete poem] 7:4, 36
Our wee/akly gazette / — the editor as spineless / as a marionette 5:1, 13
Outdoor sculpture / of angled stainless steel / … snowing 2:1, 33
Overcast again … / from a hawthorn, the plainsong / of a warbling wren 6:2, 12
Pageant of Seasons: A Collection of American Haiku, by Helen Stiles Chenoweth [review] 2:1, 43–44
Patches of shore snow / mirrored in the quiet stream; / a line of wild geese 1:2, 9
Patches of snow / mirrored in the flowing stream; / a long wedge of geese 2:2, 41 (r)
Paying last respects, / one of my uncle’s cronies / speaks to him out loud 1:2, 16
Peonies Kana, Haiku by the Upasaka Shiki, translated and edited by Harold J. Isaacson [review] 4:3, 58–59
Petals, by Mary Dragonetti [review] 10:2, 47
photo 6:1, 7–10
Physical Vibrations, by Onsey Nakagawa [review] 8:2, 46
Poacher, — and astute / at trespassing in woodlots, / finding ginseng root / / From brooks and bogs / he boils the tails of crawdads, / fries the legs of frogs / / Follows bees.… / and winters on the honey / got from hollow trees 7:2, 21
Prays, “The pear you eat, / snitched from my tree, neighbor boy, / be it doubly sweet” 8:4, 15
Presage and omen — / “I know if from here,” and points / to her abdomen 8:1, 21
Purchasing supplies / — the sugar being weighed / with the weight of flies 4:2, 13
Regarding vision: / the eye should be sent back / for imprecision” 8:1, 21
Resting in the woods / — an Indian head penny / edgewise in the moss 4:3, 45
Retired from showbiz: / a trouper yet at eighty / — and nameplate with “Ms” 7:2, 21
Riverbank farm — / the pair of weathered headstones / leaning in the weeds 2:4, 19
Senile neighbor / jingling harness bells tonight / … fireflies 6:1, 8 (a)
“Sequence” 1:1, 17; 6:2, 12
Shedding the River, by Virginia Brady Young [review] 9:3, 46–47
Shooting the rapids! / — a glimpse of a meadow / gold with buttercups 2:2, 41 (r)
Six Haiku 1:2, 9
Skunk cabbage spathe — / and another spring begins / as hylas peep 2:2, 19
Sky in My Legs, by Raymond Roseliep [review] 10:3, 52–53
Speculations of an American Haikuist 8:3, 27; 8:4, 27; 9:2, 56, 9:3, 55–56; 10:1, 55–56
Speculations 10:2, 55–56; 10:3, 55–56
Stays in the house / — twirling from a faulty gene / like the waltzing mouse 8:4, 15
Studies in English Haiku, by Atsuo Nakagawa [review] 8:1, 45
Summer’s wane — / a feather on the heron’s wing / lies raggedly awry 3:2, 9
Summer’s wane / — fewer and fewer lovers / visiting the park 3:2, 9
Sunday afternoon; / some children in the graveyard / playing hide and seek 2:3, 30
Sunday before church, — / an old woman at the shore / scrubbing her false teeth 6:1, 10 (a)
sutra-reciting … / together, the dog and doves / receiving rice 8:2, 26
The blackberries here — / here, along the fence of rails / zig-zag in the sun 5:2, 15
The church bell ringing … / piano and tambourine / — and the grand singing 4:2, 13
The Coming Indoors and Other Poems, by Bernard Lionel Einbond [review] 10:3, 49
The cragged hawthorn, — / snowfall on its branches / to the farthest twig 6:1, 11
The crater’s small lake; / reeds and rushes at the shore / rustling in the wind 2:3, 26
The Diary of a Haiku-Happy Housewife, by Edna G. Purviance [review] 10:3, 50–51
The Elm Erupts, by Horiguchi Seimin, translated by Gary L. Ebersole and Hideko Yamaga [review] 10:3, 43
The family farm / — an acre with tall white pines / shading names and years 1:2, 16
The fields like lakes … / using the thunder — soured milk / in griddle cakes 5:3, 13
The first northwester … / … a sparrow dusting himself / in that dazzling stuff 2:1, 33
The floating carp, — / my Buddhist friend murmurs / in his native tongue 6:1, 11
“The Forest Samgha” [sequence] 8:2, 26–27
The Glass Partition, by S.L. Poulter [review] 4:1, 45
The Haiku Form, by Joan Giroux [review] 5:2, 44
The harbor at night — / shadowy, fish-eating bats / skimming swift and low 2:3, 29
The harbor at noon; / a grunting pig roams the deck / of an anchored sloop 2:3, 26
The harbor’s high tide; / baiting the hook with seaweed / a boy catches bream 2:3, 30
The hill’s crumbling fort; / a trunk of a royal palm / crownless and decayed 2:3, 25
The house path? — go / along that pen of pigs / where the hibiscus grow 4:2, 13
The Mayan guide / lounging in a jungly place / — butterflies 7:1, 21
The night’s tropic stars; / out of the surf a turtle / crawls across the sand 2:3, 30
The path to the lake / — a chittering of finches / in tree fern and palm 2:3, 26
“The Problem of Beauty in Haiku” [essay] 6:3, 30–32
“The Problem of Craftsmanship in English Language Haiku” [essay] 8:3, 7–10
“The Problem of Explanation and Interpretation in American Haiku” [essay] 7:3, 15–17
“The Problem of Originality in Haiku” [essay] 4:2, 30–34
“The Problem of Reading Haiku” [essay] 8:1, 30–34
“The Problem of the Basis of Freedom in Haiku” [essay] 9:2, 25–27
“The Problem of the Expression of Suchness in Haiku” [essay] 7:4, 26–28
“The Problem of the Ordinary in Haiku” [essay] 7:2, 16–17
“The Problem of the Role of Thought in Writing Haiku” [essay] 7:1, 27–28
The Shoals now his home / holding classes in yoga / and intoning Om 5:3, 13
The snowstorm ends — / moonlight falls from parting clouds / on hemlock and pine 3:1, 29
The steps after mass / — a man with a parrot / that picks your fortune 7:1, 21
the water strider / — from darkness into darkness — / briefly marred the moon 4:3, 52 (l)
The Wordless Poem: A Study of Zen in Haiku, by Eric W. Amman [review] 10:1, 12
“Theme and Variations from a West Indies Island” [sequence] 4:2, 12
Threshing in the field, / and hot and sticky with sweat / a snake slithers by 1:4, 8
Time from His Bones, by Bill Pauly [review] 9:3, 48
To that karmic place … / and wait for future parents / to conceive a face 8:1, 21
Tough as an oak, / at ninety he breathed his last / with a ribald joke. 8:4, 15
“Toward a Theory of Fundamental Balance in Haiku” [essay] 8:1, 39–40
Tropic rain / — a rooster under the mango / feebly crows 4:2, 12
Tropic rain / — shortcut through the graveyard / with a jar of rum 4:2, 12
Tropic rain, — / flippers tied, a sea turtle / lies upon its back 4:2, 12
Tropic shower … / a woman with a peg-leg / clomps the cobbled street 6:1, 10 (a)
“Two Haiku Publications by Raymond Roseliep” [A Day in the Life of Sobi-Shi; Sailing Bones] [group review] 10:1, 50–52
Unmilked cows bellow … / oblivious, in the parlor / playing the cello 5:3, 13
Waking in the tent / … the change to a western wind / loudening the falls 4:3, 45
Weathervanes, by John Wills [review] 1:1, 34–35
Wind and sleet begin / and hours to snowshoe back / with a single skin 5:3, 13
Wingbeats, by George Swede [review] 10:2, 46
Wino, trembling some, / a quarter to a buddha / presently a bum 5:1, 13
Winter dawn, — / under the kitchen keyhole / a crease of snow 3:1, 29
Winter day — / the length of the barren woods / to the cry of a jay 6:2, 12
Winter moon; / a beaver lodge in the marsh, / mounded with snow 5:2, 45 (r)
Winter moon; / slowly, an opossum crawls / on the drifted snow 3:1, 29
Winter night — / a sound behind the wainscot / of wood being gnawed. 3:3, 7
Wisps of river mist … / a wren answers the singing / of the rising sun 5:2, 15
Words that Come from Within, by Gishka Van Ree [review] 8:2, 44
Wrapped in a blanket / on the bare island of sand; / all night, the moon 1:2, 9
Writes, “The wild geese / are arriving in the marsh — / come and see, — Peace” 7:2, 21
Writing Haiku from Photographs, by Robert Novak [review] 8:2, 45

Spinelli, Jerry
Early cicada / under a bush and singing — / tramp stops to listen … 1:1, 37 (r)
Flitting grasshopper / going your way on a jump — / do you ever walk? 1:1, 37 (r)
Hear that mockingbird / perched in the peach tree singing. / Isn’t he sleepy? 1:1, 37 (r)
Tall Golden Gate Bridge — / spanning from shore to shore. / Yes, Seagulls fly high. 1:1, 37 (r)
You, road runner, clown / racing cars down a dirt road. / Can a rabbit laugh? 1:1, 37 (r)

Spriggs, Ruby
The white rock / Its reflection / Eternally moving 10:1, 41

Squires, Bonnie
After November rain — / on the old tree stump / orange mushrooms 4:1, 40
Dark rocks crumbling, / slowly washing down hillside / into greying pond. 5:1, 18
Dawn, seen from a plane — / a paint-brush line of crimson / speeds around the globe 1:4, 7
In this age of Aquarius / rivers harbor everything / but fish. 1:3, 30
Maple wings / whizzing past the car window / getting there faster 4:3, 48
Poetry reading — / at the rear a small boy / munching crackers 5:3, 35
Speaker droning on — / floral centerpiece / withering [concrete haiku] 3:2, 33

Stackpole, Virginia
Heat wave: / opening its beak … the crow / makes no sound. 6:3, 40
New England blizzard; / now only the fog horn — / coming through the snow. 6:1, 21
On the beach dunes / tall sea grass … growing / through its shadow. 8:4, 29
With autumn gusts — / that old hornet’s nest / piece by piece. 5:3, 26
With every wind gust … / from icebound weeping willows — / soft ringing sounds. 5:2, 42

Stallings, Emma F.
Beyond Angel’s Gate / curving shore lines flickering / on and on and on. 1:3, 16
Bonfires on the beach / every wave spilling silver … / grunion run tonight. 1:4, 31
Gusty winter rain / men steer black silk umbrellas / past other men’s fee. 1:2, 4
Leaden winter skies … / a gold-breasted finch flashing / in the bare fig tree. 1:2, 12
Old comedian / watering the potted palms / farewell performance. 1:4, 11
On picnic tables / eucalyptus leaves rustle … / chill November wind. 1:4, 12
On the barren land, / those aging tobacco barns, / fields of wild mustard. 2:2, 27
Suddenly alone … / snow flurry at my bus stop / hurries me homeward. 2:1, 38
Tenement doorway: / white plastic funeral spray, / and it, too, rented. 1:3, 16
Twin chimneys standing / in ashes and daffodils … / cellar heaped with snow. 2:1, 27

Staples, Angela
The breeze on my back, / snowflakes hitting my face, / the cold icy streets. 6:2, 22
The breeze on your back, / snowflakes hitting your face, / the cold icy streets. 5:2, 20

Stedman, Anne Bradstreet
At dusk the muskrat / In the still shining river / Cuts a moving vee. 7:4, 33
At last, that freshness, / That jingling in the young night — / The frogs of springtime! 10:2, 29
Circled by his arm, / the child on the soldier’s knee / fingers on a cartridge. 8:4, 32
No sound, no ripple. / White in the liquid sunset / The heron stands tall 9:3, 36
The meadows shimmer. / Dogs under the dark hemlock / lie stretched on bare ground. 8:4, 35

Stefanile, Selma
late bittersweet / silence / between us 10:2, 41
the bluejay / darts from the pine / leading the snow 10:2, 10

Stegner, Wallace
a little grinning idol / of old ivory — / the Chinese cook [found haiku] 4:1, 33
a pine top shakes / to the impetuous landing / of a jay … [found haiku] 4:1, 33
A robin cocks his head / to the underground noise / of a worm on the lawn [found haiku] 4:1, 33
a waiting silence — / the mournful sound of a night-wind / under the eaves … [found haiku] 4:1, 30
His eyes were stretched wide, / like those of a man trying to see / in the dark … [found haiku] 4:1, 30
Smell of woodsmoke / and steam, the air still cringed / from the whistle blast! [found haiku] 4:1, 30
This house creeks and shifts / in the dark. It is even / older than I am. [found haiku] 4:1, 30
to help him plant and prune / and prop and espalier / his Burbank fruit freaks. [found haiku] 4:1, 30
Step on the Rain, by Raymond Roseliep [book note] 8:4, 47; 9:3, 34; 10:1, 42

Stewart, Roberta
A burro dozing — / the fresh picked cholla flower / on his old straw hat. 2:3, 6
A canyon wind / ruffles the raven’s feathers, / gray evening skies. 6:3, 29
A child’s beach ball / rolling in the surf, / evening fog. 7:2, 14
A nest in the vines, / white jasmine petals falling / on three small white eggs. 2:2, 15
A roadrunner / streaks through the chaparral — / that rattling sound! 5:2, 40
A waning moon / over orange and lemon groves, / smudge pots smoking. 5:1, 29
After the husking: / the cool river cove / skinny-dipping 6:3, 29
Ants marching / across the kitchen sink, / the sound of thunder. 3:2, 19
Bells tinkling; / below the saffron robes / those big Army shoes! 4:1, 34
Bitter morning — / off to school / his overcoat too small! 2:1, 19
Black pellets / in the new bean patch, / that goat again! 3:2, 19
Bread in the oven — / the hired man lays down his axe / and inhales. 5:1, 29
Bulldozers fashion / the mesa to man’s desire … / Hawks and ravens gorge. 1:2, 14
Candles flickering … / pigeons wing across / the stained glass windows 10:2, 9
Children / taking off their shoes: / the new hall carpet 10:3, 41
Cold gray mountains, / the shadow of a kit fox / in a world of stars. 6:1, 17
Country auction … / the blue gingham doll / with shoe button eyes. 6:2, 14
Crackle of dry grasses — / the curling tip / of the vulture’s wing. 2:4, 37
Day of the blessing: / flowered and beribboned / the animals pass by. 4:1, 34
Deep in the forest / a patch of sunlight: / the yellow warbler. 2:2, 11
Desert spring — / in the pink verbena / a lizard’s green eyes. 4:2, 21
Distant earthquake — / once again grandmother’s rocker / rocking … rocking … 1:3, 16
Down river … / echo of horses’ hoofs / from the covered bridge 8:1, 20
Dusting the books, / finding one on sex / I haven’t read … 6:1, 40
Eucalyptus trees / bending in winter rains — / a crow’s call on the wind. 3:1, 34
Evening — / the fish crows flying home / to the palisades. 4:3, 38
Fire on the mountain, / in and out of smoke clouds: / the August moon. 6:3, 5
Fresh green cacti shoots — / almost missing / the baby iguana. 2:2, 26
Greedy for the crab, / the sandpiper / gets his feet wet. 5:1, 29
Here by the old wash / making camp … / the smell of mesquite. 6:1, 17
Horsechestnuts hanging / on the bare branches — / goggle — eyed raccoons. 2:1, 23
Hot summer haze / over the empty beach; / red tides rolling. 5:2, 40
Katchina dolls … / choosing at last, the one / with blue feathers. 6:1, 17
Lugging their buckets / the children returning / with blueberry faces. 2:3, 6
Mending by the fire — / turning a pocket: / a four-leaf clover. 3:3, 7
Midnight clatter, / white face of the opossum / in the shadows. 4:3, 38
Midnight train passing, / lights from the windows / turn the berries red. 3:2, 19
Midnight voices, / the grove workers tending / the smudge pots. 3:3, 7
“Mojave” [sequence] 6:1, 17
Morning fogs lifting, / swimming with the pintails / a young snow goose … 4:2, 21
Off these western shores / fountains spray the winter air: / gray whales swimming south. 3:1, 34
Old Cinder alley: / an ox beetle walking / over broken glass 10:3, 26
Old homestead, / squash blossoms climbing / the wood pile 9:3, 21
On the garden wall, / the meadowlark whistling / over the jet’s whine. 2:2, 26
On the sunlit cliffs, / white sea fogs drifting / through the Torrey Pines. 3:1, 34
One by one / white pelicans gliding down / to the sand bar … 4:3, 38
Only her foot-tracks / showing this morning: / little white cat. 3:1, 40
Outside the hogan, / smoke from her pipe drifts / through the silence 7:3, 32
Over the burrows / of squirrels and cotton-tails, / black gleaming asphalt. 1:3, 40
Over the moonlit grass, / the shadow of a cat / walking on the roof. 6:1, 17
Rainbow colors / clinking in our Mason jars — / agates at low tide. 3:1, 34
Rumps of the horses / against the red sunset; / the feed trough. 5:2, 40
Sailing home through fog — / the barking / of the sea lions. 2:3, 38
Sea shell hunting — / a child’s voice on the wind / blows this way … 6:1, 17
Small grimy hands, / a fistful of weed flowers / for the robin’s grave 7:3, 32
Sound of creek water, / the black Angus bull / leading the way … 6:2, 14
Still dark — / hearing the horses whinny / from a distant beach. 5:3, 30
Sudden downpour, / the monkey rattles / his tin cup 7:3, 32
Sultry evening — / in and out of the screen door, / the cat and the moths. 3:3, 7
Summer rain, / a strange bird with red feet / walks on the wet grass. 6:2, 14
Sunset … / gull shadows / over the fishing nets 7:4, 33
Sunset on the beach — / gulls strutting pigeon-toed / among the beer cans. 2:4, 21
Supper-time / the crunch of oyster shells / on the old swamp path … 7:2, 14
The earthquake … / and still the Paloverde / yellowing the mist. 7:2, 14
The gull helps himself / from the bait bucket … / old men swapping tales. 6:3, 29
The heat beats down; / a horned toad skitters / over a lava rock. 6:1, 17
The old man / scarred with cancer, / setting out his lily bulbs. 2:1, 19
The old pelican / awakes and stretches his wings: / the fisherman’s horn. 2:4, 21
The winter blanket, / pulling it back and forth: / the old couple 10:3, 7
The young retriever / brings in the rain / and a duck feather 9:3, 40
Under the Tiffany lamp, / a woman reading / the tarot cards. 5:3, 30
Vesper bells, / still some rice on the stones, / pigeons pecking … 6:2, 14
Waking in the night; / the old tree-house creaking / in the winter winds. 4:1, 34
Walking on the beach — / from the moonlit dunes, / scent of bayberry. 4:3, 38
Windows open / to the desert night: / someone’s cat on my bed 9:2, 52
Workmen tearing down / the old fishing pier, / the gulls’ shrill cries … 6:2, 5

Stewart, Teresa
Crystal and so clear! / Shining through the darkest night, / Heaven’s happy stars. 7:1, 22
Stilled Wind, by Geraldine Clinton Little [book note] 9:1, 60; 9:3, 34; 10:1, 42

Stimson, Miriam Mansfield
A hummingbird stops / at the trumpet vine’s flower / to refuel. 4:3, 15
Apples harvested / old Vermont farmer / kicks through the dead leaves 10:1, 55
Around his car / weeds / make a tuff 10:3, 17
“Florida Panhandle” [sequence] 4:3, 29
Frail fronds of sea oats / along the crests of the dunes / bend in the breeze. 4:3, 29
Night … you … / far away in time and space / keeping me awake. 7:4, 20
Staring at me / a sand crab plays possum / in the hollow of the dune. 4:3, 29
Stopping by Woods: A Haiku Calendar for Winter, by Richard Elser [book note] 7:1, 47
Storm of Stars: The Collected Poems and Essays of Clement Hoyt [book note] 7:3, 47

Stowman, Annette Burr
clogged with relics / an old man’s jangling key-ring / wears out his pockets 9:3, 27
on All Souls’ Eve / floodlighted / cathedral gargoyles 10:2, 45
watching each movement / of her handicapped daughter / in the choir, singing 10:1, 49

Strahm, Faron
Around goes the clock, / all day long, tick-tock-, tick-tock, / it is time to plant. 8:1, 22
Strange Mutations in the Manner of Haiku, by Adam Gillon [book note] 4:1, 47; 4:2, 47

Streif, Jan S.
giraffe / / above the zoo walls / the flowering trees! 6:2, 17
Lonely night: — / the elephant / tugs at his chain. 1:4, 44 (r)
Lovely little girl / wearing her new Sunday dress — / a spring butterfly! 1:4, 44 (r)
Silence, broken by itself … / night’s crystal air / beginning to thaw. 2:4, 12
Stepping tie to tie: / at last, reaching the tunnel’s mouth … / looking through its eye! 2:3, 41
The unsteady song / of a single cricket / … autumn stars! 7:3, 33
This mountain: — / even at its summit / there is no moon. 2:4, 12
When nothing else — / summer night / crickets 6:3, 6

Streif, Mary
Butterflies / caught by / the wind. 6:3, 41

Streit, Mary Alice
Fire burning brightly, / making shadows on the wall, / with a lazy glow. 7:2, 22

Stubbe, Anne
Sunrise — / a nursing colt / pursues his shadow 8:1, 13
Studies in English Haiku, by Atsuo Nakagawa [book note] 7:4, 45

Sujû
A spider’s web — / one strand of it goes across / the front of a lily. 4:1, 45 (r)
The girl cutting reeds / turns her face toward the sky / and combs out her hair. 4:1, 45 (r)
Sun in His Belly, by Raymond Roseliep [book note] 8:2, 47

Suraci, Anthony
A boy looks back / as morning-glories sway / in the autumn wind 8:1, 4
A late surfer / poised in thundering waters — / crescent moon 9:2, 31
A swimmer’s arms / lifting above whitecaps — / crescent moon 8:4, 16
A tiny seed / falls into the boy’s hand — / sequoia shade 9:1, 57
Along deep snowbanks / shadows rise with the jogger / to the top of the hill 8:3, 16
Caterpillar / shutting out the universe — / morning glory 10:3, 25
In the autumn dusk / a stranger at the grave; / the full moon 8:3, 16
My shadow alone / enters the locked door — / winter wind 9:1, 57
No one to see the moon / this wintry night: / a sudden snowball 8:3, 16
Ocean and dunes / swelling up with dawn — / lingering moon 8:4, 16
On the path / making way for each — / jogger and rabbit 9:1, 22
Only half the scarecrow / is covered with snow — / gibbous moon 8:4, 16
Out of the summer night / lightning / zigzags with the rabbit 8:3, 5
Shovelling the walk / and following the snowy earth; / the crescent moon 6:3, 39
Spring morning breeze: / shadows of cherry blossoms / fall into the grave 10:3, 17
Spring night: / a dog’s bark / stirs up thunder 8:3, 16
Summer coolness: / in the scarecrow’s shadow / a crow sits on a cornstalk 9:1, 56
Summer morning / the hen raises its leg / in a slow cluck 9:1, 22
Summer stillness: / the whiskers of a mouse / twitch in the dawn 7:4, 5, 31
The casket’s shadow / is lowered into the grave first; / autumn sun 9:2, 41
The crescent moon: / out of the mist / surf — thundering in 8:1, 5
The full moon moves / Out of the mist below the bridge / the face of a stranger 9:2, 4
The hawk only circles / and yellow chicks / disappear into the hen 8:4, 7
The lowering shadow / on the hill / soon covers the sky 6:3, 39
The old man’s last breath: / a window rattles / in the autumn storm 8:1, 20
The unfilled grave; / a morning-glory / in the setting sun 7:4, 31
This brook so swollen — / the jogger slows down / from rock to rock 9:1, 13
Thundering waters / … a surfer poised; / the crescent moon 7:4, 31
Where the wind gusts / at the other side of the lake — / the cry of a loon 9:2, 23
Winding around the bend / a brook … cloud-laden / with the dawn 8:3, 16
Winter night; / shirts on the line / no longer flap 9:1, 10
Winter’s edge / and the jogger bent; / the crescent moon 8:3, 16

Surowiec, Frederick
Dull — / the eyes of the dead fish / lying on wet sand 4:1, 23

Svoboda, Alva, Jr.
a place to walk now / between starved weeds just hiding / their first small yellow. 7:4, 23
around that yucca / wrestling with the winter winds; / weeds hold tight to sand 7:1, 23
butterfly wing-shard / flutters unattached now in / the least evening breeze. 6:3, 23
finished singing now, / old birds meet the night bravely / but for one last squawk. 6:3, 23
into the fire; / a wood flute in splinters silent / and the memories … 7:1, 23
Old checker players, / their brows folding over / in the noonday heat. 7:2, 23
Stinkbug in turned earth / rolls under my stick-shovel, / nudges my thumbtip. 7:3, 23
touching that dust-beam / with a breath, just as I wake — / flecks of sun dancing down. 7:2, 23

Swanson, Gary B.
“Haiku in the High School “[essay] 7:3, 21

Swede, George
A distant wolf howls: / around the cabin the moon gleam / of icicles 10:1, 36
A fat mosquito / on the window — the dawn light / through my blood 10:2, 55 (r)
A sunbeam / through the knothole in the fence / betrays the spider’s web 8:3, 5
After I step / through the moonbeam — / I do it again 10:3, 51 (r)
After the storm / the old scarecrow / hunchbacked with snow 9:3, 35
August heat: / the old orange cat sits up and licks the sun / from its tail 8:4, 36
Autumn dawn: / the empty pillow / glows white 10:3, 55
Beach voyeur: / on his reflecting glasses / two setting suns 10:3, 51 (r)
Behind me / on the trail-jagged holes / in the morning mist 9:1, 55
Deep snow / following in my footsteps — / winter twilight 10:2, 51
During the argument / our son at the open window / listens to crickets 10:2, 46 (r)
From the lily pad / a frog gazes / into itself 9:3, 8
“Haiku and the New Technology” [essay] 9:1, 50
Ice fishing: / stuck to the bottom of the pail — / the pickerel’s eye 10:1, 59
In the howling wind / under the full moon — / a snowman, headless 8:3, 6
In the mist / among the trees-old women / stooped over mushrooms 9:1, 54
In the pool / below the thundering falls — / a frog gazes 9:2, 52
Long after / the leaping buck — the quiver / of the fencepost 9:1, 58
Mingling / with the bird songs — / our dawn cries 10:2, 55 (r)
My stomach growls: / the old tomcat opens / his one yellow eye 10:2, 55 (r)
Out house path: / squatting in a moonbeam — / a fat frog 10:1, 37
Sharply into focus the blur of my existence 10:2, 55 (r)
Spring night: / by the marsh a frog leaps / through moonbeams 10:2, 29
Spring thaw wings beating inside my skull 10:3, 51 (r)
Statues in the park: / the raised hand of the war hero / fills with snow 10:3, 51 (r)
still on the bookshelf / the mother-in-law’s finger line / through the dust 9:1, 31
Swinging on the hanger / her white summer dress; / wind chimes 10:3, 54
The dawn brightens — / slowly “Hotel” “Hotel” / fades from the wall 9:3, 35
The marsh grass / ringed with ice the wind / through my mother’s white hair 10:2, 46 (r)
The open mouths / of my two sons — soundless / above the waves 8:3, 37
Windless summer day: / the gentle tug of the current / on the fishing pole 10:3, 51 (r)
Winter sunset: / in the park an old man / with a very long shadow 9:3, 53

Swickard, Laura
Clouds — little puffs / of magic, floating freely / on wind dreams. 9:2, 45

Swist, Wally
an old man / at the magazine stand, squints / at the shuffling of shoes 10:1, 49
rising / above the reeds / — fishing rods 10:1, 9
Sad faces stare, / out of the diner’s greasy window — / a pay phone rings 9:1, 33
windy morning: / a retarded man / rolls his head 10:3, 54
Symphony of Seasons, by John J. Mahoney [book note] 2:3, 47, 2:4, 47

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