on the stop bank wandering with the shadows cast by clouds We walk beside the estuary taking photographs of bird life: shags, herons, ducks,...

Well what are we moaning about? We knew the forecast was poor. For goodness sake, it's not a tsunami! Think of Samoa—beautiful Samoa whe...

slightly scented short lived words and roses by Stanley Pelter. (George Mann Publications, Eaton, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 IES, UK. 2009...

. My fiancé kept a hand printing press in his bedroom. He was a printer by trade and bought the press to make extra money. Two nights a week...

. On my arrival the remnants of a party: balloons on the veranda, a piece of chocolate cake in the pantry, birthday cards on the dresser an...

Stone Leeks: More Haiku Stories by Ken Jones. (Pilgrim Press, Troedrhiwsebon, Cwmrheidol, Aberystwyth, SY23 3 NB, Wales. 2009). 96 pp. IS...

. Takeaway – a Collection of Haibun by Diana Webb (Hub Editions, Longholm, East Bank, Wingland, Sutton Bridge, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12...

When my uncle sailed on the Rangitata with the first echelon for Egypt, he left his farm in my parents' care. Their first task was to bu...

. The Longest Time: Haibun by Richard Straw (privately printed: 107 Mont de Sion Drive, Cary, NC 27513, USA. 2009). 21 x 14 cm chapbook, ob...

I swish back the curtains. There's a drowned cabbage-tree silhouetted against the sea-grey sky. Rain forms a mini-waterfall from each sw...

. The Canadian poets have arrived at the motel. They've been invited for a pot luck lunch to meet several New Zealand haiku poets. decor...

Four Tellings: A Trans-Tasman Haibun-Renga by Owen Bullock, Joanna Preston, Jeffrey Harpeng and Beverley George. Post Pressed, Queensland, ...

Click of the Box Brownie. In the photo I clutch Mum with one hand; my other holds a toy dog on wheels. . As if it were yesterday, I see Dad ...

. The Note-taking Habit Assistant Editor: Patricia Prime I have been turning the pages of a thick octavo notebook tied with rubber bands and...

A daughter-in-law brings spring flowers for us to take to the rest home. wrapped in damp tissue three purple irises on her night stand Molly...

Outside the village store we are accosted by two Maori men. One is quite handsome with a facial tattoo and hair in a topknot. He wears knee-...

. Patricia Prime Interviews Miriam Sagan Miriam Sagan was born in Manhattan, raised in New Jersey, and educated in Boston. She holds a B.A. ...