Delighted to be notified that my haiku was placed Third in this year’s Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Award, a contest run by the Modern Haiku journal. You can see all the winning poems on the MH Facebook page, scroll down to June 1.
no headstone –
the rosemary finds
its shape
Sandra Simpson
Two senryu appear in the latest edition of Failed Haiku (#66) – this issue’s contents comprise poems that had been rejected by another journal/editor. Cute theme. Read the issue here (opens as a pdf).
abortion clinic —
red tulips
in reception
Helen Ogden
morning coffee
we listen to a robin
instead of each other
Kristen Lindquist
walking group –
someone new puts
their foot in it
Sandra Simpson
And it’s a fond farewell to much-loved The Heron’s Nest associate editor Scott Mason, being replaced by Tom Painting. The Nest has impeccable taste in its editors! Scott has a rich writing life of his own so hopefully his decision to step away means he has more wonderful work in the wings.
breath, a collection of haiku 