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more treats from dust of summers

By David A. Giacalone

We promised you yet more of the “best” haiku and senryu published in 2007, as selected by the Editorial Staff of Red Moon Press, and presented in ?dust of summers: RMA 2007?.

?dust of summers: The 2007 Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku,? edited by Jim Kacian and the Red Moon Editorial Staff, Red Moon Press, Winchester, VA, USA, 172 pages, ISBN: 1-978-893959-68-2, $16.95; see cover)

So, without further fuss, here are a dozen one-breath poems (out of the 154 included in RMA 2007), which were written by f/k/a’s Honored Guest Poets:

hospice
my father slips out
of the conversatio

after hours
the grief counsellor
loosens his tie

first crocus
I make a promise
I can’t keep

…………………….. by Tom Painting in ?dust of summers: RMA 2007?
orig. pub. “after hours” - Modern Haiku 38:2
“first crocus” - 5th Shiki Kukai Poets’ Haiku Contest 2007
“hospice” - Modern Haiku 38:3

calling home–
the color of mother’s voice
before her words

………………… by Hilary Tann, in ?dust of summers: RMA 2007?
orig. pub. The Heron’s Nest IX:4

cloud-free dawn . . .
the dent in the fender
holds its darkness

………………………………. by George Swede in ?dust of summers: RMA 2007?
orig. pub. Acorn 18

after the funeral
the weight of potato salad
on a spork

…………….. by Andrew Riutta in ?dust of summers: RMA 2007?
orig. pub. Frogpond XXX:2

spring sleet
mother describes
the night I was born

…………………… by Ed Markowski in ?dust of summers: RMA 2007?
orig. pub. RAW NerVZ :4

blue butterfly
I keep coming back
to the same place

…………. by Peggy Willis Lyles in ?dust of summers: RMA 2007?
orig. pub. Chrysanthemum 2

she thought we should have sex but nothing fancy autumn rain

……………. by Lee Gurga in ?dust of summers: RMA 2007?
- orig. pub. Modern Haiku 38:2

fading contrail
I put off
returning Dad’s call

clear winter sky
she answers my call
before the first ring

………… by Carolyn Hall in ?dust of summers: RMA 2007?
- orig. pub. - “fading contrail” - Modern Haiku 38:1
“clear winter sky” -Modern Haiku 38:2

breakup–
my daughter’s voice cracks
across two continents

………………… by Roberta Beary in ?dust of summers: RMA 2007?
- orig. pub. Frogpond XXX:2

Full post as published by f/k/a . . . on February 07, 2008 (boomark / email).