Summa Summarum

                      

                                               my friend the purist
                                               counts syllables
                                                on his fingers,
                                                forgetting to use them
                                                to write poetry

                                                         

                             too many books
                             my friend chides,
                             yet still he does not
                             hesitate to carry
                             them  for me

                                                  previously published in Simply Haiku

                                                                           photo taken and copyrighted by Isli Lazar

my view
from the highrise --
breathtaking!
but how I long for the taste
of a home-grown tomato

.

homesick
in this large city
far from home
the smell of smoke
in my smoke-free room

.

photo taken and copyrighted by Roberto

leaf raking --
six inches off
at the hairdresser's

,

previously published in Clouds Peak

image taken and copyrighted by Jade

the special way
he wears his hair –
autumn winds

.

first published in Clouds Peak

photo of my favourite lawyer taken by MamaG

endless planes to catch
people to meet, trains that
don’t stop moving –
this tanka composed
on hotel stationery

twelve rollercoaster months
of wild changes
my only wish
this new year
is the gift of boredom

my third business trip
in less than two months
through gritted teeth
I repeat my New Year’s resolution:
I will learn to love traveling

my suitcase
never quite unpacked
since this new job
my life a perpetual
Monday morning

.

all tanka previously published in Ribbons, Tanka Cafe, MET, and the Makata

photo of Torino Subway taken and copyrighted by Roberto

THE NEW ISSUE OF HAIKU REALITY IS OUT

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Contents

Haiku Contents

Essays, Criticisms, Analyses, Interviews...

• Geert Verbeke: Reflections...
• H. F. Noyes: Favourite Haiku
• Margaret Chula: Harmony: Poetry and a Bowl of Tea
• Lee Gurga: Juxtaposition
• Mohammed Fakhruddin: LAND AND SEA in Poetic Harmony
• Richard Powell: Still in the Stream
• Richard Powell: Wabi What?
• Bruce Ross: Sincerity and the Future of Haiku
• Lee Gurga: Toward an Aesthetic for English-Language Haiku
• Interview with David G Lanoue
• Interview with Max Verhart

Haiku Gallery

• Geert Verbeke
• Jadran Zalokar
• Aurora Antonovic 
• Robert Wilson 
• Gillena Cox
• Olga Hooper

Book Reviews

• Michael McClintock: David G Lanoue, Haiku Guy 
• Instead of a book review: Ikuyo Yoshimura, elephant's eyes
• Michael McClintock: David G Lanoue, Laughing Buddha
• Jadran Zalokar: Dušan Vidaković, From the Forsaken Shore
• Verica Živković: Milenko D. Čirovič Ljutički, The Embrace of Shadows
• Moma Dimić: Tatjana Stefanović, Zoran D. Živković, A Haiku Flower
• Charles Trumbull: Jianqing Zheng, The Porch, Delatascape & Found Haiku

Selected Haiku

• ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BEST HAIKU OF THE ISSUE
• Selected Haiku

http://www.geocities.com/ana_vazic/

Eseji, kritike, analize, intervjui...

• Miloš Crnjanski: Haikai
• Zen u umetnostima
• Geert Verbeke: Razmišljanja
• H. F. Noyes: Omiljeni haiku
• Lee Gurga: Jukstapozicija
• Mohammed Fakhrudin: Kopno i more u poetskoj harmoniji
• Margaret Chula: Harmonija: poezija i činija čaja
• Pavle Ađanski: Prema Šekspiru
• Saša Važić: Haiku u SCG (izmenjeno i dopunjeno)
• Richard Powell: Tišina potoka
• Richard Powell: Wabi šta?
• Bruce Ross: Iskrenost i budućnost haikua
• Lee Gurga: Put ka estetici...
• Intervju sa David Lanouem
• Intervju sa Max Verhartom

Recenzije knjiga

• David G Lanoeu, Haiku Guy: Michael McClintock
• David G Lanoue, Laughing Buddha: Michael McClintock
• Dušan Vidaković, S prebolene obale: Jadran Zalokar
• Milenko D. Ćirović Ljutički, U zagrljaju sjenki: Verica Živković
• Ljubomir Dragović, Dugo svitanje: Mileta Aćimović Ivkov, Dragan Jovanović Danilov, Vladimir Devide
• Tatjana Stefanović, Zoran D. Živković, Haiku cvet: Moma Dimić
• Boro Latinović, Splav plovi rekom: Živan Živković
• Jianqing Zheng, The Porch, Delatascape i Found Haiku: Charles Trumbull

YOUR FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HAIKU REALITY ARE MOST WELCOME!

THANK YOU!

VAŠA DALJA SARADNJA SA HAIKU STVARNOŠĆU NAM JE DRAGOCENA!

HVALA!

Saša Važić, editor (urednik)

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running
to the subway
this autumn morning
our uplifted faces
bathed in rain

.

should I accept
the job offer
in Rome this spring?
the Japanese maple undecided
which way to sway in the  wind

   

how did this start,
and how will it end?
this romance that grew out of nowhere—
the incessant pounding
of spring rains on the windows

   

tenderly he cares for me
while I am sick
this stormy Wednesday evening…
this man who loves me
better than he loves himself

.

tanka published in MET and the Makata

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photo taken and copyrighted by Stephane Beau

This collaboration with Jerry Dreesen appeared first in Simply Haiku

Time to take another small break

                

but only from this blog. I shall faithfully be posting at Magnapoets Japanese Form, and Magnapoets Free Verse and Form for the next few weeks.  Please come visit.

And for those of you who'd like to see your work in print in the new Magnapoets print publication, due out in December of this year, submission guidelines can be found here. I believe there's still a little bit of room and a little bit of time for a few more submissions, but openings are filling up fast, so don't delay your submissions.

As soon as I get caught up on editorial duties, I'll be back.

Photo copyrighted by K Froilan