One-Line Haiku

A one-line haiku I wrote from 2019 from the journal Under The Basho has been selected by two haiku/contemporary/experimental haiku legends, Lee Gurga and Scott Metz from the journal is/let who is also an editor of Modern Haiku Press for Haiku 2020, to be published by this summer. A hundred poets will be featured in this upcoming issue and I can’t believe I’m one of them. Awe, shocked and extremely honored is the very least I can express on how this feels to me. Special thanks to Lee, Scott and Johannes S.H. Bjerg for accepting my work below:



spring mushroom a rabbit hole to sink my teeth into



Publishing Credit: Under The Basho 2019


Direct link:

https://www.underthebasho.com/archives/utb-2019/one-line-haiku/2584-fractled.html

Direct link to Modern Haiku Press (TBA)

One-Line Haiku

I’m always honored & thrilled to be part of a hallowed haiku journal such as Hedgerow. The editor Caroline Skanne is not only a brilliant haiku writer but’s a very kind soul as well with great insight. A great part of why I submit to journals is mainly for the editors feedback and there are a handful of editors who has been very vital to my haiku journey who also have been a great inspiration and a pillar of support during the good or dire times. Hedgerow also has some of the best writers in the haiku/tanka world. 

day by day drifting apart more snow 

Publishing  Credits: Hedgerow issue #130 2020 

Direct Link:

https://hedgerowhaiku.com/

Haiku/Senryu

Cattails has always been a great journal with amazing haiku that I often refer to for inspiration and the editors are very knowledgeable and kind. Many thanks to Geethanjali Rajan not only for her haiku advice but for her compassion during the passing of Rachel Sutcliffe & Martha Magenta. This particular issue is dedicated to the great Martha Magenta who was also a member of “The Haiku Nook” that was disbanded after the fall of Google Plus. R.I.P. Martha and forever thanks for sending me the invite to the Nook.

Haiku:

salmon run—
a bear sinks its teeth
into rainbows

Senryu:

office meeting
only the free food
sounds special

Note* The original Senryu accepted was:

office meeting
only the free food
sounds official

I didn’t get a notice why there was a change nor did I emailed the senryu editor about it. Rather, I let it be because the revision is interesting and adds another layer added to the poem.

Publishing Credits: Cattails April 2020 Issue

Direct Link:
http://www.cattailsjournal.com/issues/cattailsAPRIL2020.pdf

Haiku

With a huge list of amazing haijins always, It’s an honor to be a part of the Journal Akitsu Quarterly. What also attracts me to this journal is their artwork.

first rain –

the spurt of spring

buried in slush

spring bloom

empty clam shells

surround the lake

summer run

schools of tarpon

slap the moon 

Publishing Credits: Akitsu Quarterly Summer 2020 issue 

Direct Link:

http://www.wildgraces.com/Akitsu-Quarterly.html