Issue #1

Posted July 5, 2015

Featuring haiku by:
Devrie Paradowski, Mariya Koleva, J.A. Roberts, Alessandra Bava, Ross McCooey, Christopher Kenneth Hanson, BM Ward, Biff Rushton, Colin W Campbell, Melissa Anne Walker, Mike Perkins, Alan Summers, Bill W. Melton, Nancy May, Mary Gunn, Stacey Mann, Jesus Chameleon, Ray Scanlon, Eric G. Müller, 2WonJ, Risa Denenberg, J.C. Elkin, Stewart C Baker, Matt Kolbet, Laurie Kolp, David Williams, Marie Lecrivain, Paul Hellweg, Mauricio Gonzalez, Mahima Giri, Rose Mary Boehm, Audrey Samuelson, Mark L. Volz, Shirley Russak Wachtel, Tyson West, K.A. Cummings.

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  1. 50 Haikus
  2. 50 Haikus 50 poems by select poets Prolific Press
  3. 50 Haikus ©2014 Prolific Press www.50Haikus.com Printed in the USA Distributed in the USA, Canada and Europe All Rights Reserved. No portions of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any manner without the express permission of Prolific Press.
  4. Poems 1-25 Devrie Paradowski Recital Ross McCooey Veins Mariya Koleva Untitled J.A. Roberts Woodpecker Tapping Alessandra Bava Untitled Christopher Kenneth Hanson A Deer Scene B.M. Ward Untitled Biff Rushton Song Of The Muse Colin W. Campbell Light Wind In Tall Grass Melissa Anne Walker Fever Mariya Koleva Untitled Mike Perkins Ice Dragon Alan Summers Untitled Bill W. Melton Reflection Alessandra Bava Untitled Nancy May Untitled Stacey Mann I-95 Mary Gunn Untitled Jesus Chameleon Untitled Ray Scanlon Shape-Shifter Eric G. Müller Untitled 2WonJ Shutting Down Risa Denenberg Rain J.C. Elkin Untitled Stewart C. Baker Untitled
  5. Poems 26-50 Matt Kolbet Winter's Flower Laurie Kolp Untitled David Williams Revelation Marie Lecrivain Untitled Paul Hellweg Untitled Mariya Koleva Untitled BM Ward Untitled Bill W. Melton Memory Ii Stacey Mann Denouncing Winter Eric G. Müller Untitled J.C. Elkin Untitled Laurie Kolp Untitled K. A. Cummings Untitled Mauricio Gonzalez Autumn David Williams Scent Mahima Giri Untitled Rose Mary Boehm Untitled Audrey Samuelson Untitled Mark L. Volz Red Haiku Melissa Anne Walker Transparent Heart Shirley Russak Wachtel Untitled Shirley Russak Wachtel Untitled Tyson West Squash Flowering K.A. Cummings Untitled Rose Mary Boehm Untitled
  6. ONE
  7. DEVRIE PARADOWSKI RECITAL WHAT STUNNING ASCENT. SUCH AURAL LIFT: THE LAST NOTE PLAYED INCORRECTLY.
  8. TWO
  9. ROSS MCCOOEY VEINS VEINS OF WATER DRAW COUNTLESS PORTRAITS FROM AN EAGER SPRING.
  10. THREE
  11. MARIYA KOLEVA UNTITLED FORGIVE THE RAIN THAT FALLS OVER THE SEA BUT NOT ON YOUR THIRSTY FIELD.
  12. FOUR
  13. J.A. ROBERTS WOODPECKER TAPPING WOODPECKER TAPPING SOMEWHERE AMONG THE PINE TREES STELLAR JAY SCOLDING
  14. FIVE
  15. ALESSANDRA BAVA UNTITLED I RUB MY HANDS ON ROBINS’ BREASTS TO WARM DEAR OLD WINTER’S FROSTED BLUE LIPS.
  16. SIX
  17. CHRISTOPHER KENNETH HANSON A DEER SCENE IN THE STILL OF GRASS A BROWN BUCK KNEELS FOR REST HIS HORNS WEAVE THROUGH BRANCH.
  18. SEVEN
  19. B.M. WARD UNTITLED FIELDS OVERFLOW FROM A PASSING RAIN- A THOUSAND BIRDS SWIM
  20. EIGHT
  21. BIFF RUSHTON SONG OF THE MUSE SONG FELL FROM HIS LIPS ~ AND LANDED UPON HER SKIN ~ WHERE HE LONGED TO BE
  22. NINE
  23. COLIN W. CAMPBELL LIGHT WIND IN TALL GRASS LIGHT WIND IN TALL GRASS HEAVY SEEDS ON SLENDER STEMS NOW GREEN TURNING GOLD
  24. TEN
  25. MELISSA ANNE WALKER FEVER MY DELICIOUS SKIN RHYTHM ON PERFUMED VELVET FEVERISH BEAUTY
  26. ELEVEN
  27. MARIYA KOLEVA UNTITLED NO DOUBT IN HER HEART BUT THE PURE STIFLING COLD OF RED EXASPERATION.
  28. TWELVE
  29. MIKE PERKINS ICE DRAGON LIKE AN ICE DRAGON ALONE ON THE WHITE HIGHWAY A WINTER RUNNER
  30. THIRTEEN
  31. ALAN SUMMERS UNTITLED WORKING THE ICE CREAM WE WALK ALL THE WAY BACK TO YESTERDAY
  32. FOURTEEN
  33. BILL W. MELTON REFLECTION RAZOR IN MY HAND THE FACE IN THE MIRROR IS THAT OF MY FATHER
  34. FIFTEEN
  35. ALESSANDRA BAVA UNTITLED WINTER HAS COME WITH WHITE SPEED. THE RABBITS SLEEP IN DARK HOLES. I CRAVE NEW WARMTH.
  36. SIXTEEN
  37. NANCY MAY UNTITLED SNOWY FOOTPRINTS SITTING IN THE COLISEUM MOTHER’S SMILE
  38. SEVENTEEN
  39. STACEY MANN I-95 SHE LAUGHS AS THE BEE WHIRLY-GIGS PAST THE HALF- HEARTED WINDOW STUCK
  40. EIGHTEEN
  41. MARY GUNN UNTITLED TREES IN THEIR WINTER NAKEDNESS REVEALING BIRDS' OLD NESTS
  42. NINETEEN
  43. Table of contents: poets and page numbers
  44. TWENTY
  45. RAY SCANLON SHAPE-SHIFTER WOMAN WINTER-WRAPPED SCURRIES SWAYING ON SEA LEGS A PENGUIN IN BLACK SPANDEX AND PINK
  46. TWENTY- ONE
  47. ERIC G. MÜLLER UNTITLED HE FOLDS HIS GLASSES PUTS THEM DOWN AND TURNS OFF LAMP SINKS INTO DARK HOLE
  48. TWENTY- TWO
  49. 2WONJ SHUTTING DOWN FOUR WHITE WALLS AND LIGHT SHINING DOWN, TIRED SOUL THINKS OF ENDLESS QUIET.
  50. TWENTY- THREE
  51. RISA DENENBERG RAIN I DREAM IN HAIKU AS IT TAPS AT MY WINDOW IN TART SYLLABLES.
  52. TWENTY- FOUR
  53. J.C. ELKIN UNTITLED LONE SWAN, HALF A HEART FORSAKEN DOWN IN THE BOG WINTER HEARTLESS AS DEATH
  54. TWENTY- FIVE
  55. Table of contents: poets and page numbers
  56. TWENTY- SIX
  57. MATT KOLBET WINTER'S FLOWER WINTER GROWS WHITE BLOOMS IN THE SKY, A BATTLE OF SMOKE, SNOW AND SHIVERS.
  58. TWENTY- SEVEN
  59. LAURIE KOLP UNTITLED MARCH WINDS~ SPIDER BREAKS FROM WEAVING AND SWINGS
  60. TWENTY- EIGHT
  61. DAVID WILLIAMS REVELATION AS THE SNOW CLEARS HEADSTONES ARE UNCOVERED… THE DEAD COME TO LIFE
  62. TWENTY- NINE
  63. MARIE LECRIVAIN UNTITLED WARM HANDS CRADLE MY HEART A LOTUS BLOOMS
  64. THIRTY
  65. PAUL HELLWEG UNTITLED RICE FIELD HARVEST TIME LANDSCAPE AMBIGUITY LESSONS FOR THE HEART
  66. THIRTY- ONE
  67. MARIYA KOLEVA UNTITLED ABANDONED FIELDS WHERE ONLY WINDS AND THORNS WILL RIDE HOST THE SILENT RAIN
  68. THIRTY- TWO
  69. B.M. WARD UNTITLED A FIELD OF MOTIONLESS WINDMILLS- SUN SETS GENTLY TO THEIR BACKS
  70. THIRTY- THREE
  71. BILL W. MELTON MEMORY II PAIN CUTS LIKE A KNIFE AND REMINDS ME THAT I HAVE FORGOTTEN TO FORGET
  72. THIRTY- FOUR
  73. STACEY MANN DENOUNCING WINTER THE TREES QUIETLY DISSEMINATE OPINION IN JOYFUL CARTWHEELS
  74. THIRTY- FIVE
  75. ERIC G. MÜLLER UNTITLED IN FAILURE WE FALL WAKING UP TO OUR OWN PAIN RISE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
  76. THIRTY- SIX
  77. J.C. ELKIN UNTITLED SALMON SKY SHOT BLUE SPARKS MORNING WITH SURPRISE VISUAL CAFFEINE
  78. THIRTY- SEVEN
  79. LAURIE KOLP UNTITLED BODY SURFING~ CHILD’S HAND ON PREGNANT BELLY RIDES THE WAVES
  80. THIRTY- EIGHT
  81. K.A. CUMMINGS UNTITLED OLD MEMORIES FLASH OF LIGHTNING LEAVES YOU BLACK AND WHITE
  82. THIRTY- NINE
  83. MAURICIO GONZALEZ AUTUMN THE YELLOW LEAVES FALL AND SLOWLY FILL THE SPACE, WHERE THE SHADE USED TO BE
  84. FORTY
  85. DAVID WILLIAMS SCENT HIDING BEHIND BUSHES YELLOW WITH BLACK STRIPES… A TIGER LILY
  86. FORTY- ONE
  87. MAHIMA GIRI UNTITLED DARK BRANCHED SILHOUETTES PLAY HIDE AND SEEK WITH THE MOON LANTERN TO THE EARTH
  88. FORTY- TWO
  89. ROSE MARY BOEHM UNTITLED SHIFTING, SEARCHING IN LAYERS OF VIRTUAL ORE— THE DATA MINERS
  90. FORTY- THREE
  91. AUDREY SAMUELSON UNTITLED FIREFLIES IN A JAR CONSTANTLY MOVING NEVER PROGRESSING
  92. FORTY- FOUR
  93. MARK L. VOLZ RED HAIKU MOSCOW IN THE SPRING RED SQUARE GOOSE STEP, SHARPLY RIGGED MILITARY ROW
  94. FORTY- FIVE
  95. MELISSA ANNE WALKER TRANSPARENT HEART YOUR TRANSPARENCY UNDER THE MOON'S BRIGHTEST LIGHT MAKES MY HEART QUIVER
  96. FORTY- SIX
  97. SHIRLEY RUSSAK WACHTEL UNTITLED APRIL’S RISE REVEALS CHERRY BLOSSOMS’ SPLATTERED EYES IN STONE’S LONG WHITE FACE
  98. FORTY- SEVEN
  99. SHIRLEY RUSSAK WACHTEL UNTITLED GINGER INCENSE SPEAKS AIR BUBBLES CATCHING MOMENTS WHICH WORDS CANNOT HOLD
  100. FORTY- EIGHT
  101. TYSON WEST SQUASH FLOWERING AWAITING FIRST FROST BRIGHT SQUASH BLOSSOMS BREATH GOLDEN BEES BRUSH YOUR GREY LOCKS
  102. FORTY- NINE
  103. K.A. CUMMINGS UNTITLED AUTUMN NIGHT HANDS REACHING DOWN FOR WATER SCOOP UP THE MOON
  104. FIFTY
  105. ROSE MARY BOEHM UNTITLED FROM THE TIME THEY MET HE HAD EYES ONLY FOR THE BEAUTY HE SAW WHEN SHE HELD UP THE MIRROR.