Photograph by Cindy Zackowitz
SOME RECENTLY-PUBLISHED WORK
Our purpose in sharing recently-published work is twofold: we want to keep the website evolving; and we want newcomers to haiku to learn about some of the journals publishing English-language haiku today, and give a few examples of the haiku they are publishing. We hope this encourages readers to subscribe to, or order sample copies from, one or more of these journals. I read somewhere that the single most important thing a poet can do (besides write poetry) is to buy books of poetry and subscribe to poetry journals. This is because most of these publications are efforts of love, not profit, and our support ensures that poetry will continue to be published and read.
Cindy Zackowitz
Billie Wilson
biting cold--
moonlight on the nail heads
of the old fence
The Heron's Nest IX:3 (2007)
a new coolness--
a bird flies toward
a hole in the clouds
The Heron's Nest IX:3 (2007)
birch seeds tumble
from the laundry bin—
end of the day
The Heron's Nest IX:1 (2007)
rest stop —
sparrows pick the
insects
from a semi’s grill
The Heron's Nest VIII:4 (2006)
new coolness —
the mushroom’s
steep tilt
The Heron's Nest VIII:3 (2006)
a pair of hens
peer through the fence—
apple blossoms
The Heron's Nest VIII:3 (2006)
whale watching—
a distant cloud rains
into the sea
The Heron's Nest VIII:2 (2006)
a mosquito
caught in my hair—
scent of pine
The Heron's Nest VIII:2 (2006)
first warm day—
torn caution tape
at the trailhead
The Heron's Nest VII:3 (2005)
new warmth—
the ruffled feathers
of the raven’s throat
The Heron's Nest VII:3 (2005)
sultry day—
one green berry
among the red
The Heron's Nest VII:4 (2005)
through my earmuffs—
the sound of a
spring bird
The Heron's Nest VII:2 (2005)
what the raven
has to say about them—
snow clouds
The Heron's Nest VII:1 (2005)
a spider crawls
from the bonsai pot—
cello notes
The Heron's Nest VI:10 (2004)
wild flowers
I brush the mosquitoes
from the camera lens
The Heron's Nest VI:9 (2004)
summer solstice—
insect eggs swelling
in the alder leaves
The Heron's Nest VI:8 (2004)
night heat—
the rising scent
of mosquito repellant
The Heron's Nest VI:8 (2004)
overnight rain—
the scent of orange blossoms
in a desert town
The Heron's Nest VI:6 (2004)
a puddle over
the tops of my shoes—
spring morning
Acorn 13 (2004)
the man buying charcoal
smells of barbecue—
hazy moon
Acorn 13 (2004)
just as I decide
what kind of bird it is
its call
The Heron's Nest VI:7 (2004)
empty park bench
the color of driftwood—
storm warning
Shinzounokodou 2 (2004)
dog days—
the hill carried away
a truck at a time
Acorn 12 (2004)
moonlit
walk—
my shadow slips through
a chainlink fence
Acorn 12 (2004)
scattered
sun—
one chickadee louder
than the rest
The Heron's Nest VI:4 (2004)
spring
equinox—
the sun shines through
an onion skin
The Heron's Nest VI:5 (2004)
cloud
shadows—
an eagle picks over
what the tide left
Acorn IV:1 (2004)
faded totem
pole—
the frog's mouth
filled with snow
The Heron's Nest IV:2 (2004)
winter
doldrums—
my own footprints lead me
into the woods
The Heron's Nest IV:2 (2004)
wind from a raven's wing
brushes my arm
shadows on snow
Acorn 22 (2009)
sudden chill
from across the lake
another loon
The Heron's Nest XI:1 (2009)
heat lightning
a beggar outside Starbucks
shakes his cup at me
The Heron's Nest XI:1 (2009)
taxes due
a few more minutes of daylight
on the snowdrops
Upstate Dim Sum 2008/II (Guest Poet)
last light
wicker baskets
of nectarines
Upstate Dim Sum 2008/II (Guest Poet)
anniversary--
small craft warnings
on the radio
Upstate Dim Sum 2008/II (Guest Poet)
to-do list done
the day softens
into dusk
Upstate Dim Sum 2008/II (Guest Poet); white lies: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, Red Moon Press, (2008);
wind chill
the priest lifts her arms
to bless the fleet
Upstate Dim Sum 2008/II (Guest Poet)
a long wait
in this small cold room
bright calendar garden
Upstate Dim Sum 2008/II (Guest Poet)
vesper chimes
the purpling hush
of twilight
Acorn 21 (2008)
a raven hunkers
on a flickering streetlamp
winter rain
Acorn 21 (2008)
cloud-covered moon
something rustles
in the underbrush
Mariposa19 (2008)
rattlesnake country--
shadows of stormclouds
darken the foothills
Mariposa19 (2008)
ancient petroglyphs--
this great wind
through canyon pines
Mariposa18 (2008)
the sidewalk ends
at a high stone wall
dandelions
The Heron's Nest X:2 (2008)
pale moon the thinning of days into winter
Acorn 20 (2008); Moonlight Changing Direction (HPNC Two Autumns Press, 2008 - Guest Reader)
spring meadow--
she's perfectly content
with three-leaf clovers
Mariposa18 (2008)
power outage--
the wind shifts snow
from drift to drift
Road to the North website (2008)
first warm day
we check the mountainside
for wild goats
The Heron's Nest X:1 (2008)
mountaintop
rising above the fogbank
winter moon
Modern Haiku 39:2 (2008)
more war dead--
an uprooted tree
rides the stormtide
The Heron's Nest X:1 (2008); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008
journey's end
far off in the blue distance
dark clouds
tempes libre/free times (February 2008)
avalanche warning--
how very still
this winter night
Boston Haiku Society News (January 2008); tempes libre/free times (January 2008)
ice moon--
a berry branch
forced into bloom
Boston Haiku Society News (January 2008); tempes libre/free times (February 2008)
an old woman
with a lost look in her eyes--
chilled wind
tempes libre/free times (March 2008)
woodsmoke and fog
along the river bank
three trails meet
tempes libre/free times (March 2008)
searcher's call
the lost child's name--
streetlamps veiled with rain
tempes libre/free times (March 2008)
cold sun--
cheers from the stadium
reach Main Street
Boston Haiku Society News (January 2008)
first frost--
a blue heron naps
in the old-growth spruce
South by Southeast 14:3 (2007), an Editor's Choice
our dusty truck--
an Amish man walks barefoot
across the village green
tempes libre/free times (November 2007)
moonless sky--
a neighbor's porch light
guides me home
Mariposa17 (2007)
retreating glacier--
how long since we've heard
the black wolf's song
Modern Haiku 38:1 (2007); echoes 1, Red Moon Press, (2007); dust of summers: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku, Red Moon Press, (2007); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008); Moonlight Changing Direction (HPNC Two Autumns Press, 2008 - Guest Reader)
first violets--
it's already tomorrow
where he lives
Mariposa16 (2007)
Valentine's morning--
returning redpolls
alight on fresh snow
Honorable Mention, 2006 HPNC San Francisco International Competition Awards; Mariposa16 (2007)
rush hour--
spring snow covers
the roadside memorial
The Heron's Nest IX:1 (2007)
leaves turned gold--
he still knows all the words
to that old love song
Frogpond XXX:1 (2007); Moonlight Changing Direction (HPNC Two Autumns Press, 2008 - Guest Reader)
winter wind--
a cradlesong sung
in an ancient tongue
(2006 Readers' Choice Poem of the Year, The Heron's Nest VIII:4 (2006); The Heron's Nest Award VIII:4 (2006); Modern Haiku 38:3 (2007) (review of the annual anthology); echoes 1, Red Moon Press (2007); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008
more gray in my hair--
the faint scent of mimosa
sweetens the breeze
The Heron's Nest IX:2 (2007); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008
sky-blue sky
the robin scatters
lilac rain
The Haiku Society of America Newsletter XXII:2 (2007)
from deep in the forest
a haunting birdsong
sung just once
The Heron's Nest VIII:4 (2006)
overdue hunters--
the Coast Guard cutter's wake
reaches shore
Mariposa15 (2006)
that whale I could have touched
surfaces again
in my mind
Mariposa 15 (2006); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008
cold moon
a stray dog roams
the village street
The Heron's Nest VIII:3 (2006); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008
autumn chill—
I watch his plane lift
toward a sky without stars
Hermitage Vol. III (2006)
letter from the war zone—
leaves shift
against the brick wall
Hermitage Vol. III (2006); big sky, The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku (2006); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008
early light--
a spill of nasturtiums
down the stone wall
Snapshots #12 (2006); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
spring day--
the pup brings a different stick
from the thicket
Snapshots #12 (2006); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008); Moonlight Changing Direction (HPNC Two Autumns Press, 2008 - Guest Reader)
fruit stand apples--
the rich smell of horses
on my hands
to find the words, HSA Northwest Region Members' Anthology(2000); Raku Teapot: Haiku (Raku Teapot Press, 2003); Moonlight Changing Direction (HPNC Two Autumns Press, 2008 - Guest Reader)
Valentine's Day—
he tells me I'm number one
on his speed dial
Frogpond XXIX:1 (2006); big sky, The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku (2006); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
long dry spell—
horses in the paddock
swish each other's flies
Hermitage Vol. III (2006); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
spring breeze—
did all the birds of morning
choose these trees?
Hermitage Vol. III (2006)
remnants of a dream
come and go—
thin moon
Hermitage Vol. III (2006)
this luminous world
between twilight and nightfall
I pause on my way
Hummingbird XVII:1 (2006)
wind in the pines
telling it
just like it is
Bottle Rockets 8:1 (2006)
desert heat
tourists haggle the price
of handwoven baskets
Bottle Rockets 8:1 (2006)
hotel courtyard—
we enjoy the evening songs
of their nuisance birds
The Haiku Society of America Newsletter XXI:2 (2006)
unanswered mail—
a pelting rain
flattens the pansies
The Heron's Nest VIII:2 (2006); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
summer solstice—
his bookmark an inch from the end
of War and Peace
South by Southeast 13:2 (2006)
the campfire dies—
just a low lapping
from the incoming tide
South by Southeast 13:2 (2006)
that long-ago kiss—
and still Orion strides
the winter sky
tempes libre/free times (2005)
a long way from home—
the steady thump of raindrops
on skunk cabbage
Mariposa14 (2006)
sun tea darkens—
bees in the hollyhocks
all afternoon
Acorn 16 (2006); A Loose Thread: Selected poems from 10 years of Acorn, with commentary (Acorn Supplement #5, 2008); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
late night rain—
he reads to me from the book
I read to him
Mayfly #40 (2005); big sky, The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku (2006)
nearly dark—
snow deepens
on the baseball field
Acorn 15 (2005)
62 candles—
such beautiful memories
of things I regret
Frogpond XXVIII:1 (2005); inside the mirror, The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku (2005)
moonrise—
the scent of windfall apples
on the wind
Mayfly #40 (2005); haiku on the wind f/k/a (formerly known as) website (September 2006); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
swing shift
scattered through the parking lot
leaves from distant trees
Mariposa13 (2005)
winter storm—
three people in the checkout line
buying daffodils
Acorn 15 (2005)
lost talisman—
only a quarter moon
lights the garden
Hummingbird XVI:1 (2005)
strawberry wine—
a bumblebee
tips wild clover
The Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar 2006, Runner-up for July; fish in love, HSA Members' Anthology 2006
deer tracks
through the meadowsweet—
first frost
Mariposa13 (2005)
Honorable Mention, Basho 360th Anniversary Contest, MIE Times, September 2004
a squabble of jays—
he shovels my bootprints
off the sidewalk
The Heron's Nest VII:4 (2005)
sea fog—
a buddha-shaped stone
revealed at low tide
solares hill; key-ku: haiku of the keys (December 30, 2005), Lee Gurga, editor
overdue rain—
someone's "I love you"
in the spruce pollen
The Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar 2006, Runner-up for May
record heat—
a moth the color of heather
on the heather
The Heron's Nest VII:2 (2005)
southbound geese—
the last of the sun
tints the treetops
Hermitage Vol. II (2005)
darkening sky—
a stray cat pauses
at the edge of my path
Hermitage Vol. II (2005)
coffee brewing—
a faintly-blue heron
through the foglift
Hermitage Vol. II (2005)
noonday sun—
the town's old carillon
takes its time
Hermitage Vol. II (2005)
new moon—
mallards float shoreward
with the tide
Modern Haiku 36:1 (2005)
prairie dusk—
the rustle of field mice
wintering in
The Snapshot Press Haiku Calendar 2004, Winner for December
cold wind—
tattering clouds
let out some sky
Acorn 13 (2004); haiku on the wind f/k/a (formerly known as) website (September 2006)
chilly evening—
the wine full of summer
in a far country
Mariposa11 (2004); loose change, Haiku Society of America Members' Anthology 2005; South by Southeast 13:1 (2006), in review of loose change; Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008); Moonlight Changing Direction (HPNC Two Autumns Press, 2008 - Guest Reader)
no wind today—
the cottonwoods
speak in chickadee
The Heron's Nest VI:3 (2004);
haiku on the wind f/k/a (formerly known as) website (September 2006)
another scorcher—
the muddy river's
slow flow
Acorn 13 (2004)
Monday again—
folks in the latte line
praise this morning's moon
Mariposa 11 (2004)
missing you—
the farrier's hands
calm the brood mare
Frogpond XXVII:2 (2004)
warm beer--
heat lightning flickers
beyond the outfield
Frogpond XXVII:2 (2004)
same old argument—
she pulls silk
from the sweetcorn
Mayfly #37 (2004)
evening calm—
a kayak glides the moonpath
to midlake
Hermitage Vol. 1 (2004)
slack tide—
a picket from someone's fence
drifts past our boat
Mariposa 10 (2004)
summer's end—
one more pretty stone
for her fairy house
Mariposa 10 (2004)
huddled sparrows—
the spring green
of winter wheat
Shinzounokodou 1 (2004); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
lonely today—
I search the hollow
for first violets
Modern Haiku 35:1 (2004)
breathing space—
the deepening pink
of alpenglow
The Haiku Society of America Newsletter XIX:1 (2004)
leaves crunch on the path—
my memory of the pine
becomes the pine
South by Southeast 11:1 (2004)
for years to come
the flowers he planted
along the narrow road
Hermitage Vol. 1 (2004); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
no wind tonight
across this reach of prairie
all those stars
Highly Commended, The BHS James W. Hackett International Haiku Award Competition 2001; Blithe Spirit, Journal of the British Haiku Society, 12:2 (2002); tempes libre/free times (2003); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
the snow deepens--
she leaves our atlas open
to her homeland
Mariposa 9 (2003); A New Resonance 3: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, Red Moon Press, 2003 [first line: "deepening snow"]; tempes libre/free times website (2003); Road to the North website (May 2008); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008); Moonlight Changing Direction (HPNC Two Autumns Press, 2008 - Guest Reader)
trail's end--
the taste of wild onion
still sharp on my tongue
The Heron's Nest (September 2005); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
his letter arrives--
the sound of rain
in the cornfield
The Heron's Nest VII:4 (2005); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
supper cooking--
a wind with storm in it
comes through the wheat
The Heron's Nest (August 2003); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008); Moonlight Changing Direction (HPNC Two Autumns Press, 2008 - Guest Reader);
Modern Haiku 40:1, review, 144 (2009)
storm clouds roil
across the prairie--
she marks her place
The Heron's Nest (June 2003); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
pink lemonade--
the taffeta rustle
of cottonwoods
South by Southeast 11:1 (2004); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008
choosing a melon--
a song so old
I forget why I cry
Frogpond XXV:3 (2002); Frogpond XXVI:1 (Re-Readings, 2003); A New Resonance 3: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, Red Moon Press, 2003; Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008); Moonlight Changing Direction (HPNC Two Autumns Press, 2008 - Guest Reader); Frogpond 32:1, review, 86 (2009)
first warm day--
park pigeons shuffle slightly
to let us through
Ray's Web, Honorable Mention, Spring Kukai (2002); World Haiku Review (2002); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
the wind storm has passed—
once more the songs of sparrows
in the pines
Haiku Harvest; haiku on the wind f/k/a (formerly known as) website (September 2006)
wind-rippled pond—
bright whirligigs twirl
in all directions
Haiku Harvest; haiku on the wind f/k/a (formerly known as) website (September 2006)
freezing wind—
the body-builder pumps gas
in a muscle shirt
First Prize, The Gerald Brady Award for Senryu (2001); Frogpond XXV:1 (2002); A New Resonance 3: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, Red Moon Press, 2003; haiku on the wind f/k/a (formerly known as) Website (September 2006); Tobacco Road Poet, Daily Haiku (12/19/2007);
shelling peas--
now and then from the meadow
cow bells
Acorn 6 (2001); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
quiet house--
our chess game
where we left it
Haiku Light [edited Web journal: Poetry in the Light] (2001); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (May 27-31, 2002);A New Resonance 3: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, Red Moon Press, 2003; f/k/a (formerly known as) website; Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
mud-spattered pickup--
four dogs watch
the tavern door
The Heron's Nest III:2 (2001); Mann Library's Daily Haiku (May 27-31, 2002);Mann Library's Daily Haiku (Featured Poet, June 2008)
Mark's Bio:
I began my haiku journey in the mid-1980s, reading a slight poem about a cat in a sunbeam in the pages of the Disney Channel Magazine. I loved the simplicity of the captured image and soon began trying to write my own, having my first haiku published in Wide Open Magazine in 1987. As I submitted more regularly to the haiku journals, I read them and appreciated the work of other poets, soon corresponding with many that I admired, such as Matthew Louviere, and Vincent Tripi.
I remained busy in the haiku community, publishing often in many journals, books, and newsletters, both in the U.S., and abroad. I was honored to become the first Alaska Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America, soon joined by fellow Alaska poets and friends Billie Wilson and Cindy Zackowitz. In 2002 I suffered a personal tragedy and felt it necessary to withdraw from the public arena, handing over the HSA reins to Billie and Cindy, and ceasing my haiku activity altogether.
At the end of 2006, my Internet wanderings led me to a site called Second Life, a graphics-driven, avatar-featured chat community. I began to learn that within SL there was a vibrant arts and literary community, but virtually nothing in the way of haiku. As I explored the SL options, I began to realize that owning a piece of "real estate" was the way to go. But what to build there? Years before, my friend and fellow poet Robert Henry Poulin had hit upon the idea of a place of gathering and haiku reflection which he called Shin Tao, conferring upon me an honorary doctorate of the same. I wondered if I could bring this notion into Second Life, and over the next several months I did so, creating building and bringing my own haiku there, establishing connections with other poets, and so the Shin Tao Haiku Retreat was born, soon growing into a thriving part of the literary and arts community in Second Life, featuring a virtual haiku library, gallery of my own work, meditation rooms, Shinto shrine, weekly haiku workshops, special events, and more.
The result of this new creative surge was a rekindled love of and fascination with haiku, other poetry, Japanese-Asian culture, a sharing of haiku and ideas with very wonderful poets and friends, and a profound realization of my place as poet in the grand scheme of things. I am slowly rebuilding my connections with the haiku community at large, and am very grateful to Billie and Cindy for welcoming me back with open arms. I have come home.
Mark Arvid White - aka DanteOsaka Deschanel
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overturned shell
of a desert tortoise --
the plunk of rain
Modern Haiku, Summer 1988
middle of the lake --
just big enough for its tree
the island
Frogpond, Summer 1994
small boy's grimace --
fish slime no longer
on the fish
Modern Haiku, Winter/Spring1988
home from the vet's...
in the silence, clutching
the empty leash
Haiku Headlines, August 1990, First Place
after his dance
lifeless on a wall peg
the marionette
Haiku Headlines, March 1992
in a stalled car
at the forest's edge
the silence
Haiku Quarterly, Winter 1990/1991, Best of Issue
the antique shop --
shelved next to St. Francis
the smiling Buddha
Japanophile, Winter 1997
fresh fallen snow --
footprints leading away
from the grave
Woodnotes, August 1995, Best of Issue
walking home late
I stop, shivering ...
northern lights
Haiku Poets of Northern California Anthology 1994
at the funeral --
for the first time her cold hands
unwarmed by his touch
Haiku Poets of Northern California Anthology 1992
Glacier Bay --
into the stillness
the whale's tail
Haiku Moment: An Anthology of Contemporary North American Haiku, edited by Bruce Ross (Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1993)
cold grey beach
the oil-soaked cormorant
preens and preens
Modern Haiku, Summer 1996
how can I take you
outside, dear bug, if you
won't stay on the paper?
Japanophile, Fall 1997
the falling snow --
after making love
the conversation drifts
Woodnotes, Winter 1995
last house on the left --
that unmanicured lawn
where butterflies come
Frogpond, August 1998
the old broom
sweeping up a pile
of its own straw
Haiku Headlines, January 2000
