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Haiga by Pamela A Babusci
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Bona M Santos, Michele L Harvey, Elmedin Kadric
Wendy Toth Notarnicola, Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, Bisshie
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Laurie D Morrissey, Pamela A Babusci, Christine Eales
Meg Arnot, Bill Cooper, Alex Fyffe, Benedict Grant, Nancy Shires
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Jeannie Martin, Samo Kreutz, Kristen Lindquist, John Hawkhead
Robert Piotrowski, Goran Gatalica, S.M. Kozubek, Paul Murray
Mark Miller, Hemapriya Chellappan, Adrian Bouter, Adam T Arn
Frank Yanni, Valentina Ranaldi-Adams, Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
Tia Haynes, B.A. France, Ryland Shengzhi Li, Norman Silver
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*errata ~ the following haiku was erroneously attributed to another poet in the Winter 2020 issue. It was written by Chad Lee Robinson ...
the porch pulling away
more and more
cricket song
SPRING 2021
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Sandi Pray, Earl Livings, Mary Stevens, Barbara Ungar
Pat Davis, Neal Whitman, Jackie Chou, Adrian Bouter
Brad Bennett, Michael Baeyens, John Hawkhead, Barbara Tate
Ronald K Craig, Edward J Rielly, Roberta Beach Jacobson
David Gale, GRIX, Randall Herman, Laurie D Morrissey
Kristen Lindquist, Sharon Rhutasel-Jones, Ingrid Baluchi
Bill Cooper, Roy Duffield, Meg Arnot, Rebecca Lilly, Diana Webb
Benedict Grant, Goran Gatalica, Dave Read, Adjei Agyei-Baah
Ben Gaa, Bryan Rickert, Richard Bruns, Lenard D Moore
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Christine Eales, Suraj Nanu, Jimmy Pappas, Bona M Santos
Norman Silver, Bisshie, Silk, Srinidhi Senthil, Joshua Gage
Stephen S Power, Nisha Raviprasad, Veronika Zora Novak
Rise Daniels, Bob Redmond, Derek Sprecksel, John J Dunphy
Duro Jaiye, Louisa Howerow, Ryland Shengzhi Li, Robert Davey
Luminita Suse, Adam T Arn, Reka Nyitrai, Billy Antonio
Matt Olechnowicz, Alex Fyffe, Michele L Harvey, Kath Abela Wilson
Pamela A Babusci
SUMMER 2021
Limited Copies Available
Agnes Eva Savich, Michele L Harvey
Robert Piotrowski, Nancy Shires, Hemapriya Chellappan
Brad Bennett, Jay Friedenberg, Elaine Wilburt, Bill Cooper
Pamela A Babusci, Evelyn Lang, Terri L French
Aidan Coleman, Nicholas M Sola, Mantas Stockus, GRIX
Robert Kingston, Ben Gaa, Nathanael Tico, Kristen Lindquist
Bryan Rickert, Veronika Zora Novak, Laurie D Morrissey
Roberta Beach Jacobson, Jo Balistreri, Derek Sprecksel
Alan S Bridges, Diana Webb, Bob Redmond, Mark Miller
Rich Schilling, Bisshie, Mike Stinson, Ingrid Baluchi
Ngo Binh Anh Khoa, Tom Clausen, Benedict Grant
Jackie Chou, Pat Davis, Michael Baeyens, Roger Moffitt
Lysa Collins, Debbie Strange, Kelley Jean White, Christina Chin
Lisa Anne Johnson, Srinidhi Senthil, Adjei Agyei-Baah
Susan Farner, Meg Arnot, John Hawkhead, Richard Matta
Erin Castaldi, Lee Hudspeth, Richa Sharma, Adrian Bouter
Ronald K Craig, Tim Gardiner, Jamie Wimberly
Peter Newton, Bona M Santos, Duro Jaiye, Jeff Hoagland
Christine Eales, Srinivasa Rao Sambangi, Gabriela Popa
Michael Battisto, Meik Blottenberger, Tomislav Sjekloca
Sharon Rhutasel-Jones, Christopher Peys, Charles Harmon
B A France, Kath Abela Wilson, Deborah P Kolodji
Milan Rajkumar, David Kawika Eyre, Ryland Shengzhi Li
Jeannie Martin, Minal Sarosh, Deborah A Bennett, Tia Haynes
Janice Doppler, Cole Eubanks, Chad Lee Robinson
Stephen Toft, David Oates, Lisa Espenmiller, Neal Whitman
Note the new reading periods
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Winter '21 Issue ... closed
Spring '22 Issue ... January 2022
Summer '22 Issue ... April 2022
Fall '22 Issue ... July 2022
FALL 2021
Limited copies available
Please note the following one line haiku is attributed
to Alan S Bridges ...
sunrise the underbellies of geese in formation
Kat Lehmann, Terri L French, Alexis Rotella, James Schlett
Luke Levi, Adam T Arn, Ryland Shengzhi Li, David Watts
Judith Hishikawa, Michele L Harvey, Erin Castaldi, Neena Singh
Sandi Pray, Debbie Olson, Karin Hedetniemi, Pamela A Babusci
Michael Ketchek, Roger Dutcher, Mark Hitri, Joe Sabastian
Adjei Agyei-Baah, Joanna Ashwell, Frank Hooven, Manoj Sharma
Pravat Kumar Padhy, David Gale, Debbie Strange, Brad Bennett
Pat Davis, Michael Henry Lee, Stuart Bartow, Benedict Grant
Joshua Michael Stewart, Claire Vogel Camargo, Lisa Espenmiller
Joseph P Wechselberger, Michael J Galko, B A France, GRIX
Tom Clausen, Bryan Rickert, Scott Wiggerman, Joshua St. Claire
Nancy Shires, Hifsa Ashraf, Marilyn Ashbaugh, Laurie D Morrissey Chad Lee Robinson, Ben Gaa, Jeff Hoagland, Peter Jastermsky
Sharon Rhutasel-Jones, Veronika Zora Novak, Leonard Green
Shir Haberman, Kristen Lindquist, Adrian Bouter, Gordon Brown
Kelly Sargent, Jeannie Martin, Duro Jaiye, Gary Hotham
Pippa Phillips, Diana Webb, Edward J Rielly, Kathryn Bold
Bill Cooper, Priya Narayanan, paul m, Peter Newton, Meg Arnot
Susan Aurinko, Ngo Binh Anh Khoa, Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
Mike Stinson, Mona Bedi, Joan Chaput, Joanna Ashwell
Rise Daniels, Lysa Collins, Tom Sacramona, Lenard D Moore
Tony Williams, Kevin Browne, Robert Kingston, Christopher Peys
Mary Stevens, Marilyn Humbert, Nathaneal Tico, Gary Hittmeyer
Janice Doppler, Michael Morell, Noel King, Agnes Eva Savich
Elizabeth Gold, Emily Jo Scalzo, Robert Piotrowski, Ingrid Baluchi
Mark Miller, Michael Battisto, Jamie Wimberly, John Hawkhead
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