"Poetry is one of the oldest, most widespread and yet most secret means of renewal known to human culture. It is the most essential way of prizing single words and the immemorial heritage that is language. With poetry, science and magic are mixed; we put runes under a microscope. A poem is a fish that has swallowed a ring of many meanings, leaping from the belly of a lake to flash for an instant in the sun.

"In recent years, I have found myself drawn to the Japanese tanka form, and have developed my own version of it, in English, through practice rather than theory. I say 'my own...

In Owen Bullock’s second haiku sequence with Recent Work Press, he explores the wisdom garnered from his period as a care worker for the elderly in New Zealand. These haiku display the riches of Bullock’s keen sense of observation married with his ability to get to the essence of any subject with his deft use of this most precise of Japanese forms.

118 haiku in Scots by haiku master John McDonald with transcreations in Irish by Gabriel Rosenstock. Raw, real, disturbing and beautiful, these haiku are ..".an invitation to see more clearly, to hear more sharply, to feel more soulfully. If we have at all those eyes to see and those ears to hear they wake us up, not only to taste the language, but to hear the music of wonder. These verbal explosions echo in the chambers of wisdom." Alan Titley (Writer & scholar, Professor Emeritus of Modern Irish, UCC)

A literary vision quest in space & time coming from the mind of a high school student. All poetry written from 9th through 12th grade blended with an emotive exhilarating score of rhyme nuanced by an organized touch of romance.

In haiku, Dale has expressed his artistic talent in perhaps the most disciplined of written forms. With great economy of words, the writer of haiku is challenged to express concepts and insight as seen in everyday observations. In his work, Dale skillfully points out from the commonplace that which one may have missed and then makes application to life.

"A Green Beret warrior with whom I served, Dale Hanson has truly lived the Way of the Samurai. His Haiku verses offer metaphoric glimpses, brilliant momentary visions that flashed in my mind like summer lightning. Sometimes...

Ron C. Moss's collection of exceptionally wrought haiku, tanka, and haibun in his new collection 'Bushfire Moon' offer elegantly recorded experiences of his long service in volunteer firefighting and rescue in Tasmania..

This is the second in the series of poetry collections that began with -September. Once again, adapting the Japanese tanka form, Quentin S. Crisp presents a poetic and aphoristic journal of season, mood, observation and introspection. Both a scrapbook of a writer's working process and a marshalling of new combinations of subject matter through an update of old forms, October is a further attempt by the author to close the gap between the time-taking, record-keeping distance of the written word and the immediacy of the living moment.

Like Water is a collection of haiku (traditional style) originally written in Spanish and now translated into English. The book is divided into four sections: Water ( ), Nature ( ), Life ( ) and Writing ( ). It has forty-nine haiku accompanied by fifty-three full color images: photographs by the author, illustrations by Andy Castillo (www.andycastillo.com); and Japanese calligraphy (Shodo) by Elena "Hikari" from Shodo Creativo www.shodocreativo.com. It also has a translated haiku (written in beautiful Japanese calligraphy) by Akiko Harimoto "Soja."

In this first of three volumes, Yendor D. Wolf introduces the world as seen by a martial artist living in the City for the first time. Each haiku zooms in on delightfully, and easily missed, details in the vast metropolis. Wolf provides the reader with a puzzle piece, a fragment of beauty that possesses meaning.

Throughout, Wolf sheds light on his hopes, fears, and thoughts as he answers the age old question: "Was this a good idea?"

Such light that breaks through

These streets, roads, and avenues

Let it shine on me

In this collection of 30 haiku, Debbie Strange reflects on the change of seasons in Canada. Her delicate haiku are presented in calligraphy by JS Graustein, with each poem written in Carolingian hand before digitizing.

an'ya, Principal Editor of cattails, says: ..".Debbie's work reflects her natural personality and exuberance for nature. A Year Unfolding is a fine collection..." Mike Rehling, past officer of the United Haiku and Tanka Society, says: ..".Her delicate insights into every facet of life are wonderful examples of the form..."

How to Write a Haiku provides a concise introduction to the art of the haiku and takes the beginner through the process of capturing the fleeting moment or a high point of experience. This practical guide gives examples of haiku newly translated from the Japanese, as well as original haiku in English, and illustrates how the raw material of experience and recollection can be shaped into both formal and informal versions of the traditional haiku.

Quiet Song From Yesterday is a collection of haiku; composed of five sections, each section is a composition of distilled expeditions into the seasons and nature of our world. Meditative in essence, Quiet Songs From Yesterday emboldens the reader to lay aside the freneticism of their lives; the works helping transport the reader through an appreciation of the subtle and ultimately finite interactions of the myriad participants in the theatre of...

A stunning collection of haiku from prizewinning Nepalese haikuist Janak Sapkota. These gem-like texts are charged with a mystery that cannot be faked, a mystery that is evoked and perceived through the poet's relationship with the living earth and the spirit of nature itself. Long Days of Rain brings the moisture of true haiku to a genre which too easily slips into the aridity of jokey cleverness.

The Den of Lost Hours is written by Aaron Brindle.

The English haiku, senryū and free verse poetry of a young writer, collected together over a decade from the original time of writing.

This book is the first product of the ongoing collaboration between artist Ross McKessock and haikuist Gabriel Rosenstock. Inspired by the image of Orpheus in the underworld, Rosenstock has composed a haiku rensaku in response to an audio recording of McKessock duetting with wheezing buses, heckling onlookers, and the ambient sounds of Oxford in an underpass sandwiched between City Council offices and the ongoing construction of a new shopping centre. McKessock has, in turn, illustrated the haiku sequence with his photographs of the site.

Harmony and Light is a beautiful book of haiku and photography with the intention of lifting up its readers to a place of joy, contentment, and self-reflection. Experiencing the light in the world and allowing one's mood to lift is another goal of this collection of affirmation haiku, nature photography, and meditations. The haiku and photography are carefully aligned to sync poetry with nature's elements. This one-of-a-kind haiku/meditation/journal book has been carefully compiled to represent earth, air, water, and fire: earth's ruling elements. To extend its purpose, this book...