Poet and publisher Dave Bonta spoke to me on the phone awhile back for his “Woodrat” podcast. He got me to talk about everything from how I handle submissions to tinywords, what my publishing philosophy is, why haiku is important, and what I learned from studying poetry with Louise Glück.… Story continues … “Woodrat Podcast 21: In which I talk about poetry and technology”
Tag: haiku
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.haiku column No. 1 – Haiku Society of America
Thanks to the internet, haiku is making a return to the kind of collaborative, interactive spirit out of which it originally emerged almost four centuries ago.
As the editor of tinywords, I’ve seen this kind of evolution emerge spontaneously on many occasions.… Story continues … “.haiku column No. 1 – Haiku Society of America”
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inside the tight curl
of the yucca leaf
a wood spiderhaiku published on A Handful of Stones, 19 August 2010 -
On haiku and micropoetry.
This essay is forthcoming as a broadsheet from Cross+Roads Press, and is based on an interview published on Basho’s Road in December, 2009.
For me, poetry is language under compression. And there’s no more compressed form than the very short poem.… Story continues … “On haiku and micropoetry.”
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A day in the life of a haiku editor.
The haiku and micropoetry journal I edit, tinywords, got 875 submissions in the course of 2 weeks for our upcoming summer issue. Since I expect I’ll be able to publish about 50 or 60 poems in this issue, that means the acceptance rate is going to be significantly less than 10%.… Story continues … “A day in the life of a haiku editor.”
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Sun CEO Departs in Geek Style, With a Haiku
Sun’s erstwhile CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced his retirement Wednesday night in a uniquely geeky way: With a haiku posted to Twitter.
Financial crisis
Stalled too many customers
CEO no moreSchwartz’s decision to announce his departure in the form of a short, Japanese lyric was, perhaps, a veiled jab at Sun’s new boss, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, a noted Japanophile who has spent years building a $200 million house, in the wealthy Silicon Valley suburb of Woodside, that’s said to be a replica of a 16th-century Japanese emperor’s castle.… Story continues … “Sun CEO Departs in Geek Style, With a Haiku”
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in conversation with norbert blei
… Story continues … “in conversation with norbert blei”From my own experience, and the experience of friends who had spent months to years to a lifetime devoted to little magazines and small presses, I knew in my bones that tinywords had become overwhelming. This stuff eats you alive. But I also knew, it’s damn hard to let go once you made your mark.
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Some haiku from November
after the last train a man works the floor polisher alone almost
snow calculus — the slow accumulation
of almost nothingturning the corner into the sudden warmth of sunlight
in a light rain
a woman pushes a shopping cart, singing “Wish You Were Here”new glasses: all of my mistakes now painfully clear
the wool smell
of grandfather’s army coat —
frost-tipped leaves(contributed to the 1,000 Verse Renga Project)
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My haiku in Heron’s Nest.
Calder sculpture;
a single brown leaf tumbling
from the skypublished in The Heron’s Nest VIII.2, June 2006
This is my first published haiku outside of tinywords.