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353D14b90aa52bdcf6bb5943e1 1 2 big sky The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2006 Jim Kacian ✧ Editor-in-Chief Ernest J. Berry ✧ Randy M. Brooks Dee Evetts ✧ Maureen Gorman Carolyn Hall ✧ Martin Lucas Peggy Willis Lyles3 ✧ Kohjin Sakamoto George Swede ✧ Max Verhart big sky: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2006 © 2007 by Jim Kacian for Red Moon Press All Rights Reserved ISBN 1-893959-60-0 Red Moon Press P. O. Box 2461 Winchester VA 22604-1661 USA www.redmoonpress.com All work published in by permission of the individual authors or their accredited agents. Special thanks to Neca Stoller and A. C. Missias for help in the preparation of this volume. Cover painting: Dan Namingha, Cloud Formations 1999, 44'" x 40", acrylic on canvas. Collection of the artist. Used with permission. rmp o 4 contents foreword 6 haiku / senryu 9 linked forms 93 essays 111 index of authors 197 acknowledgments 199 sources 200 the5 RMA editorial staff 201 the RMA process 202 foreword Two trends are worth noting as The Red Moon Anthology begins its second decade of offering the best haiku published in English from around the world. They are notable in that neither was apparent when the series was first conceived in 1996. The first is the quality of English-language haiku being written in non-English countries. Some of these poems are, of course, translations, but many are original in English. This speaks to the rise of English as the truly international language of haiku, a position it seems unlikely to relinquish in the immediate future. Poets from 16 countries are represented in this series, and another dozen countries were represented in nomination. While the dominance of any language in the world market place of poetry will create some problems, it is also true that certain advantages accrue, and English-language haiku seems the immediate beneficiary of today’s situation. The second is the vast improvement of the haiku now to be found on the web. Early websites which published and taught haiku were uneven at best, and it was with reluctance that we might direct interested students to them. Today there is a plethora of quality sites, a situation borne out by the many poems included in this volume which originated online. This majority is, too, a first for this series, and a circumstance likely to become more, rather than less, the case in the future. Jim Kacian Editor-in-Chief 6 big sky 7 8 haiku / senryu 9 10 Fay Aoyagi ✧ United States winter roses — I am tired of reading between the lines first dandelions — a boy insists he is invisible 11 The Red Moon Dave Bacharach ✧ United States bank withdrawal — an empty candy dish on the counter Annie Bachini ✧ England lurching to a halt — the weight of the bus inside my body 12 Anthology 2006 Jerry Ball ✧ United States cold morning the shape of the knife remains in the butter Michael Bangerter ✧ England stepping back from the elephant god, I tread on someone’s foot 13 The Red Moon Francine Banwarth ✧ United States autumn sunset . she lowers the silk into the dye Collin Barber ✧ United States Indian summer a bottle cap replaces the missing pawn 14 Anthology 2006 John Barlow ✧ England the piano hammers barely moving . night snow Janelle Barrera ✧ United States evening rain . the new phone book without his name 15 The Red Moon Jack Barry ✧ United States skipping stones speaking of people no longer here Nara Bauer ✧ United States mountain pass — each valley a different shade of spring 16 Anthology 2006 Roberta Beary ✧ United States mother’s day a nurse unties the restraints funeral home here too she straightens his tie 17 The Red Moon Ernest J. Berry ✧ New Zealand mountain pass headlights on the edge of a thunderhead contractions — the darkness between stars 18 Anthology 2006 Cathy Drinkwater Better ✧ United States snowy day breaking the crust of the still-warm bread Jason Sanford Brown ✧ United States vanishing point a rock in my shoe 19 The Red Moon Pamela Brown ✧ England midwinter the coldness of the iron latch Helen Buckingham ✧ England Indian summer another half-cup left in the flask 20 Anthology 2006 Marjorie Buettner ✧ United States early autumn boats tied to the dock rocking out of rhythm Darrell Byrd ✧ United States morning fog — the dog keeps some slack in his leash 21 The Red Moon R. P. Carter ✧ Canada boys in the park win the war in Iraq Margaret Chula ✧ United States not seeing it til darkness fills the pond the white carp 22 Anthology 2006 Yu Chang ✧ United States Christmas party an old friend empties my wine glass small town my accent starts a conversation starlit sky are you sure we are alone 23 The Red Moon Tom Clausen ✧ United States behind the wheel — yet another of his personalities Kathy Lippard Cobb ✧ United States fog and stone . I release your ashes to the tide 24 Anthology 2006 Timothy Collinson ✧ England morning frost a surveillance camera turns on its post Ellen Compton ✧ United States unsplit chopsticks the fish stares back from the bento 25 The Red Moon Katherine Cudney ✧ United States nameless stream I vaguely remember my father’s face DeVar Dahl ✧ Canada a bare space under the willow overdue books 26 Anthology 2006 Anne LB Davidson ✧ United States doctor’s waiting room I weed out expired coupons Cherie Hunter Day ✧ United States his sermon on redemption — winter rain 27 The Red Moon Kristen Deming ✧ United States December 1st — shape of the envelopes changing Connie Donleycott ✧ United States November rain . embracing the weight of my sister’s urn 28 Anthology 2006 George G. Dorsty ✧ United States a year later — even her leaving has left Curtis Dunlap ✧ United States after the burial . my father’s smile on so many faces 29 The Red Moon Carrie Etter ✧ United States we talk about having children — Indian summer Dee Evetts ✧ United States dessert menu the hairs on her arm touch mine 30 Anthology 2006 Kaj Falkman ✧ Sweden Along the slalom slope a sudden trail of cow smell Raoul Fernandes ✧ Canada nothing to say — our breaths cooling tea 31 The Red Moon Laryalee Fraser ✧ Canada northern lights . the distance between words Jack Galmitz ✧ United States My life Belongs to everything: Beyond the Milky Way 32 Anthology 2006 D. Claire Gallagher ✧ United States jet lag — escalator teeth from the nether world the dark folds of a greening mountain — my sister’s diary locked 33 The Red Moon Brenda J. Gannam ✧ United States pelvic exam done my doctor talks to his clipboard Garry Gay ✧ United States A secret I never wanted to keep — empty greenhouse 34 Anthology 2006 Ferris Gilli ✧ United States morning gossip the robin tugs hard at a worm Irene Golas ✧ Canada thinning the carrots . still thinking about the child miscarried 35 The Red Moon Ann K. Goldring ✧ Canada skinny dippers the moon’s path broken like laughter LeRoy Gorman ✧ Canada appointment calendar a coffee ring joins one day to the next 36 Anthology 2006 Caroline Gourlay ✧ England evening firelight drawing the dark corners into the room fogbound road — walking on the inside of the inside world all those things I wish now I’d asked you — snow falling 37 The Red Moon Sari Grandstaff ✧ United States his hand on my thigh — I miss the next joke Paul Grant ✧ England winter — your words in little clouds 38 Anthology 2006 Lee Gurga ✧ United States night on the town — how beautiful the girl my wife finds fault with Timothy Hawkes ✧ England winter rain . the light from the flower shop 39 The Red Moon Carolyn Hall ✧ United States circle of pines God absent from the wedding vows so suddenly winter baby teeth at the bottom of the button jar her clingy skirt the static between us 40 Anthology 2006 Robert Hecht ✧ United States garden store Buddhas sit according to price Thomas Heffernan ✧ United States equinox kayak paddling two sides of dusk 41 The Red Moon Keith Heiberg ✧ United States he speaks of her in the present tense frost on the vodka bottle Christopher Herold ✧ United States baton raised . a moth spirals into the silence 42 Anthology 2006 Ed Higgins ✧ United States divorce final the double twist of a Möbius strip Mark Hollingsworth ✧ United States around the campfire one line apiece we tell Dad’s joke 43 The Red Moon Anne Homan ✧ United States grandma’s advice on selecting a bra buds of lilac Gary Hotham ✧ United States among the splashes — a toy bucket of ocean dumped back in 44 Anthology 2006 Keiko Izawa ✧ Japan poppy garden . in and out of the flowers the child’s red cap Kevin James ✧ United States darkness — between the folded hands of the priest 45 The Red Moon Jörgen Johansson ✧ Sweden evening beach . finishing someone else’s sandcastle PMF Johnson ✧ United States the war on the tv in the background 46 Anthology 2006 doris kasson ✧ United States at the foot of the climbing rock — mom Earl Keener ✧ United States long day the dog’s chain wrapped around the tree 47 The Red Moon Jim Kacian ✧ United States dusklight — I read her poem differently camping along one star then many pleasantly drunk . fireflies come out of the moon 48 Anthology 2006 Bill Kenney ✧ United States spring morning the thrust of roots through a sidewalk Michael Ketchek ✧ United States Olympics the same wind in all the flags 49 The Red Moon Larry Kimmel ✧ United States in the hush of the woods — something she isn’t telling Marcus Larsson ✧ Sweden winter beach your wish to be sure before we tell others 50 Anthology 2006 Daniel Liebert ✧ United States signing my name over and over, I being to disappear Darrell Lindsey ✧ United States day moon a girl with dog tags skipping rope 51 The Red Moon Burnell Lippy ✧ United States after-hours hearing the Coke at each bend in the machine warmth of the ejected video winter solitude 52 Anthology 2006 Peggy Willis Lyles ✧ United States no ketchup — I wish things had gone the other way Myron Lysenko ✧ United States country town a railway station without tracks 53 The Red Moon paul m.
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