Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Little Muddy















milkweed spills its silk -
abandoned shacks, the barn, a loo
recall a time before
















dust and grease, the sticky clay
a drilling rig's relentless motion






on the longest day; the heat of the sun















the Little Muddy is dappled
while sunset tints the twilight, too
as for the mayflies' fall
so begins the sparrow's reign









The World's Largest Buffalo




















drought-
this light through the clouds
casts no shadow






hold on tight
and lean into the wheel-
wind from the south





ominous clouds-
the world's largest buffalo
come face to face






Monday, May 21, 2012




new moon
choosing one book
before I go





Wednesday, May 9, 2012

May 2012 Dottie Dot Awards




















Dottie, the mascot and editor-in-chief of the Haiku Bandit Society, has determined the three best Moon Viewing Party poems for the month of May, 2012.

Forthwith, here, in order of their appearance, are the recipients of this month's Dottie Dot Awards!


To view previous month's winners click here.








milk moon
my bare feet on this
wood floor

Angie Werren










super moon
pulling ordinary people
out of bed

Peter Newton









not even a glimpse
of the super moon
persistent rain

sprite






Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Little Book of Yotsumonos
















Darlington Richards, publishers of Journal of Renga & Renku,
are pleased to announce the launch of

the Little Book of Yotsumonos

Purchase: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/darlingtonrichards

John Carley’s recently-designed four-verse renku format is represented by 60 poems, wherein Carley collaborates with such well-known haikai poets as Hortensia Anderson, Lorin Ford, Carole MacRury, Sandra Simpson, William Sorlien and Sheila Windsor, together with an introduction to the form.

“I have always been impressed by John Carley’s knowledge of Japanese linked verse… It is my sincere hope that this new form of linked verse will take root.” —Nobuyuki Yuasa, Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University, and translator of Basho’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Penguin Classics, 1966).

“the Little Book of Yotsumonos opens up a world of poetic possibility, sourced by the old, both the Chinese and Japanese poetic traditions, yet fresh and original… I suspect few will be able to read this book without wanting to try and compose a yotsumono themselves.” —Sonja Arntzen, Emeritus Professor of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto, and translator of The Kagero Diary and Ikkyu and the Crazy Cloud Anthology.

Purchase: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/darlingtonrichards


Norman Darlington
Moira Richards
Darlington Richards Press
http://darlingtonrichards.com