My Mouth a Constant Prayer

Angel C. Dye Runner-up in the 5th Annual Backbone Press Chapbook Contest.  Angel C. Dye  is a poet, scholar of African American Literature, and the author of BREATHE (Central Square Press). She has received fellowships from The Watering Hole and Furious Flower Poetry...

The Mana of Salt

D. Keali‘i MacKenzie Winner of the 5th Annual Backbone Press Chapbook Contest. Final Judge Khalisa Rae’s comments:The Mana of Salt is a beautifully executed chapbook with language that’s gripping and evocative. In many ways, the collection works as both a...

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...