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re-prize: Modern Haiku (Summer 1996)

By David A. Giacalone

Modern Haiku XXVII:2 (Summer 1996) was published long before HaikuEsq had read his first real haiku poetry.  As we said last month, he’s going through back issues to find haiku and senryu written by poets who later became members of our f/k/a Honored Guest family.

The following haiku (plus one senryu) were originally published in the Summer 1996 issue of Modern Haiku.  Except for the first one by Jim Kacian, this is the first appearance of each poem at f/k/a . . . . .

first autumn wind
not feeling the knife
slice my finger

..?. by Jim Kacian - Modern Haiku XXVII:2

underfoot–
snow that was part
of the wind

the work gloves off–
wind slips by
my fingers

rain softens
the paper bag–
softer air

she lifts her hands–
water splashes back
on water

window light in the mirror–
a gray hair
among the gray hairs

…. by Gary Hotham- Modern Haiku XXVII:2

fierce 
baby
ferret
conquers
October
leaves

my
ferret
Oscar
you
wild
jumpy
teen

his
dead
eyes
still
open
my
curious
ferret

… by David Lanoue - Modern Haiku XXVII:2
[follow the adventures of David's ferret in his novel Haiku Wars; see our post]

Barber’s ‘Adagio for Strings’
drove right past
the rest area

spring . . .
‘HAIKU 1′ parked
down by the pond

…. by Lee Gurga - Modern Haiku XXVII:2

barefoot
in Mohawk’s shallows
–prawn on my toes

insomnia–
the train tracks are silent
all night  long

…. by Yu Chang - Modern Haiku XXVII:2

bifocals
and magnifying glass
a coin with his birthdate

old slippers
the comfort
coming apart

calling in sick
her own cheerful-sounding
recorded voice

… by John Stevenson - Modern Haiku XXVII:2

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Full post as published by f/k/a . . . on February 08, 2009 (boomark / email).