butterflies under glass

Carolyn Hall butterflies under glass concerns a closely examined life. Hall faces daily trials with clarity, wit, and wisdom. She urges readers to seek technical support in nature and human nature. Her haiku are endlessly fresh and never boilerplate. Carolyn...

The White Buffalo

Chad Lee Robinson The White Buffalo celebrates the land of the Lakota. Not only its rugged terrain but a life lived in harmony with the horse and with the buffalo. There is grief too for the loss of this majesty. Each haiku is a gem: polished and focused. Chad Lee...

Shifting Light

Hannah Mahoney These skillfully crafted haiku are the product of sensitive observation of nature and of human relationships. Each poem is the distillation of a moment of sharp perception and is presented in a way that is suggestive rather than telling. On the whole,...

Miles Deep In A Drum Solo

Cherie Hunter Day A stunning collection that presents an expansive view of the haiku form. With subject matter ranging from natural images of redwoods and patterns of sand on the beach to bank balances, privacy settings, and unused data, these poems challenge the...

my hands full of light

Gideon Young The poems in Gideon Young’s debut collection my hands full of light showcase grace and honesty that compel the reader to keep reading. Gideon Young is the author of the haiku collection my hands full of light (Backbone Press, 2021). He is a member of the...

The Years That Went Missing

Susan Antolin In The Years That Went Missing, Susan Antolin digs deeply into herself and her experience to carry readers through life’s seasons. Each poem contributes its own narrative tension as the book explores an undercurrent of medical and personal...