Issue #10

Posted October 9, 2016

50 Haikus Issue #10 features poetry by: David Anthony Sam, Sandra Barnett, Gabriel Bates, Kelsey Candice, Erin Castaldi, Anna Cates, Lorraine Cipriano, Nicholas D’Angelo, Maria DePaul, Michael Flanagan, PM Flynn, Vien Lawrence Gabato, Susan Gentry, Kristyl Gravina, Mary Gunn, Jennifer Hambrick, Shasta Hatter, Cynthia Hilts, Lianne Kamp, Hilde Kiernan, Craig Kittner, Martin Knabe, Joseph J Kozma, Catherine LoFrumento, John MacDonald, Mandy Macdonald, Patrick Meighan, Bill Melton, Rene Mullen, Rachel Pond, Ann Randlette, Jackie Maugh Robinson, Fain Rutherford, Angela Sargent, Adam Sprague, Emily Strauss, Ashley Swanson, Cynthia A. Ventresca, JR Vork, Judith Walton, Helen May Williams, Dawn Wing, and Shannon Connor Winward.

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  1. 50 Haikus 50 poems by select poets
  2. 50 Haikus Volume 1 Issue 10 ISBN: 978-1-63275-079-2 Edited by Glenn Lyvers and April Zipser ©2016 Prolific Press Inc. All Rights Reserved; No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Published by Prolific Press Inc., Harborton VA
  3. Poems 1-25 February Haiku 4 Helen May Williams Fusion Angela Sargent Untitled Sandra Barnett Untitled Sandra Barnett Chronic Pain Adam Sprague Untitled Maria DePaul Exposed Rachel Pond Dune Fences Jackie Maugh Robinson Untitled Anna Cates Abandoned Road John MacDonald Serenity Rachel Pond Kindness Nicholas D’Angelo Untitled PM Flynn Mourning Haiku Cynthia Hilts Snow Banks Emily Strauss Drop Erin Castaldi Northern Lights Hilde Kiernan Spring Storm Bill Melton Jars of Sauerkraut Michael Flanagan In The Scutch Grass Hilde Kiernan Storm Front Patrick Meighan Tradition David Anthony Sam Friday Morning Craig Kittner Utah Haiku Fain Rutherford Teardrops Kristyl Gravina
  4. Poems 26-50 Veterans Bridge Catherine LoFrumento Untitled Jennifer Hambrick Cusp Shannon Connor Winward Spirits Fly Naked Joseph J Kozma Untitled Mary Gunn Home Erin Castaldi Unsound Spring: Scene One Cynthia A. Ventresca Unsound Spring: Scene Two Cynthia A. Ventresca Untitled Judith Walton Untitled JR Vork City Sunset Shasta Hatter Of Japanese Legend Lorraine Cipriano Secret Encounter Lorraine Cipriano Untitled Gabriel Bates Rainforest Mandy Macdonald Heartbeat Vien Lawrence Gabato Late Rene Mullen Fall Thoughts Susan Gentry School Supplies Candice Kelsey Winter Insects Lianne Kamp Thursday Coffee Break Ashley Swanson Platform Pigeon Dawn Wing 39 Martin Knabe Indigo Ladies Michael Flanagan Autumn Home Ann Randlette
  5. ONE
  6. HELEN MAY WILLIAMS FEBRUARY HAIKU 4 CHILL WIND BLOWS : DEW DROPS WAVE EXCAVATES GRAIN OF SAND LITTLE FLAME FLICKERS
  7. TWO
  8. ANGELA SARGENT FUSION ENGLISH WORD FUSIONS RECONFIGURE MIND TUNNELS WONJOYERFUL SPACE
  9. THREE
  10. SANDRA BARNETT UNTITLED HOT PINK CREPE MYRTLE FLOWERS SWAYED BY SULTRY WINDS – COTTON CLOTHES DRYING
  11. FOUR
  12. SANDRA BARNETT UNTITLED LADEN WITH FLOWERS THE ROSE OF SHARON BOWS TO THE GARDEN BUDDHA
  13. FIVE
  14. ADAM SPRAGUE CHRONIC PAIN HOLDING TOO MUCH PAIN, I STOOP, TRYING TO END IT, THEN STRAIGHTEN AGAIN.
  15. SIX
  16. MARIA DEPAUL UNTITLED A GULL CAWS IN FLIGHT THE ROLLING TIDE SEETHES FORWARD CRIES ECHO THE SURF
  17. SEVEN
  18. RACHEL POND EXPOSED DEEP, STEAMY EXHALES FINGERNAILS SKIMMING HIS FLESH RACY INTENTIONS
  19. EIGHT
  20. JACKIE MAUGH ROBINSON DUNE FENCES DUNE FENCES SAGGING ZIGZAGGING‒ CLOUD BANKS
  21. NINE
  22. ANNA CATES UNTITLED RUSTLING LEAVES PUMPKIN PIE WITH MOON DOLLOP
  23. TEN
  24. Table of contents: poets and page numbers
  25. ELEVEN
  26. RACHEL POND SERENITY EARLY MORNING STROLL IMMERSED IN SERENITY FRESH AIR FILLS HER LUNGS
  27. TWELVE
  28. NICHOLAS D’ANGELO KINDNESS KINDNESS LOST REMEMBER SHALLOW GRAVE
  29. THIRTEEN
  30. PM FLYNN UNTITLED A MORNING GLORY WRAPS ITS VINES AROUND A POST, PURPLE FLOWERS BLOOM
  31. FOURTEEN
  32. CYNTHIA HILTS MOURNING HAIKU BUSHES BLOOM ANEW BUTTERFLIES APPEAR BUT SOME BLACK MEN WILL STAY DEAD
  33. FIFTEEN
  34. EMILY STRAUSS SNOW BANKS RED SQUIRREL SCAMPERS DIGS INTO SNOW BANKS FACE FIRST NEW TUNNEL, COLD NOSE
  35. SIXTEEN
  36. ERIN CASTALDI DROP THIN EYELIDS REPEL SUSPICIOUS TIDE OF SUNSHINE BREACHING LASHES.
  37. SEVENTEEN
  38. HILDE KIERNAN NORTHERN LIGHTS NORTHERN LIGHTS STILL DANCE ABOVE SAND AND SALT- A DEAD WORLD
  39. EIGHTEEN
  40. BILL MELTON SPRING STORM A PEAL OF THUNDER AIR ELECTRIC AND ALIVE LEAVES BEGIN TO STIR
  41. NINETEEN
  42. MICHAEL FLANAGAN JARS OF SAUERKRAUT JARS OF SAUERKRAUT STILL IN THE OLD ROOT CELLAR-- IN THE AIR WILD ROSES
  43. TWENTY
  44. HILDE KIERNAN IN THE SCUTCH GRASS IN THE SCUTCH GRASS POISED, READY- AN AMBUSH OF CATS
  45. TWENTY- ONE
  46. PATRICK MEIGHAN STORM FRONT STORM FRONT EVERYTHING BLOWING AROUND LIKE JAZZ
  47. TWENTY- TWO
  48. DAVID ANTHONY SAM TRADITION THE GINKGO WAVES LEAVES LIKE THE GEISHA WITH HER FANS. COY, THE FLESH IS SWEET.
  49. TWENTY- THREE
  50. CRAIG KITTNER FRIDAY MORNING FIRST BLUSH OF COLOR PEACH SKY PEEKS THROUGH MAGNOLIA HUMMINGBIRD ARRIVES
  51. TWENTY- FOUR
  52. FAIN RUTHERFORD UTAH HAIKU FULVOUS CANYON WALLS, DROP-DEAD VERTICAL AND SMOOTH, LIKE WIRE-SLICED CHEDDAR.
  53. TWENTY- FIVE
  54. KRISTYL GRAVINA TEARDROPS YOUR LIPS QUIVERING AS TEAR DROPS SILENTLY FALL IN THE SALTY SEA
  55. TWENTY- SIX
  56. CATHERINE LOFRUMENTO VETERANS BRIDGE VETERANS BRIDGE A WEEPING WILLOW FLOWS INTO STILL RIVER
  57. TWENTY- SEVEN
  58. JENNIFER HAMBRICK UNTITLED DISTANT THUNDER NEW NEIGHBORS MOVING IN
  59. TWENTY- EIGHT
  60. SHANNON CONNOR WINWARD CUSP INFANT DAUGHTER SLEEPING A STILL POND BEFORE THE PEBBLE DROPS
  61. TWENTY- NINE
  62. JOSEPH J KOZMA SPIRITS FLY NAKED SPIRITS FLY NAKED CAMELS MARCHING ON THE ROAD CARAVANS ARE LOST.
  63. THIRTY
  64. MARY GUNN UNTITLED A RECOGNIZABLE TUNE WAFTING DOWN THE STAIRS— YELLOW TULIPS
  65. THIRTY- ONE
  66. ERIN CASTALDI HOME ON THE EVE OF OUR FIRST HOME PURCHASE A SHOOTING STAR.
  67. THIRTY- TWO
  68. CYNTHIA A. VENTRESCA UNSOUND SPRING: SCENE ONE LEGIONS OF DANDELIONS TRAMPLE DOWN A SLOPE; STRANGLES WINTER IN ITS FINAL WORDS.
  69. THIRTY- THREE
  70. CYNTHIA A. VENTRESCA UNSOUND SPRING: SCENE TWO CHERRY TREE UNDRESSED BY AN UNWELCOME WIND; BENEATH HER WHITE FLOWERS WEEP.
  71. THIRTY- FOUR
  72. JUDITH WALTON UNTITLED CROWDS GONE THE COSTUMED MAN WALKS HOME SPARE CHANGE IN HIS POCKETS
  73. THIRTY- FIVE
  74. JR VORK UNTITLED NIGHT STORM SEDUCTIVE— PERSIMMON
  75. THIRTY- SIX
  76. SHASTA HATTER CITY SUNSET GOLDEN, ORANGE THREADS ON FLOATING GRAY CLOUDS SUNSET HOVERING.
  77. THIRTY- SEVEN
  78. LORRAINE CIPRIANO OF JAPANESE LEGEND RED STRING CONNECTS US DETERMINES SUCH TIMELESS LOVE OUR CRISSCROSSED STORIES
  79. THIRTY- EIGHT
  80. LORRAINE CIPRIANO SECRET ENCOUNTER TIGHT SILK CHEONGSAM DRESS DRAGON TEXTURE COVERS HER REFLECTS BOLD SPIRIT
  81. THIRTY- NINE
  82. GABRIEL BATES UNTITLED OUTLINING DUST ON MY GRANDFATHER'S URN THE PETRIFIED MOTH
  83. FORTY
  84. MANDY MACDONALD RAINFOREST TOO QUIET RIVERS PENSIVE WITH DESIRE LOST DAPPLED LIGHT
  85. FORTY- ONE
  86. VIEN LAWRENCE GABATO HEARTBEAT THE HEART BEATS OF LOVE WITH MURMURS OF EXCITEMENT THE PUREST OF CARE
  87. FORTY- TWO
  88. RENE MULLEN LATE FIFTEEN MINUTES LATE SHE PONDERS HER CHOICE OF MAN NOBODY KNOWS HIS ANGST
  89. FORTY- THREE
  90. SUSAN GENTRY FALL THOUGHTS RED-YELLOW FALL LEAVES DROP ON VACANT PARK BENCHES AUTUMN NOSTALGIA
  91. FORTY- FOUR
  92. CANDICE KELSEY SCHOOL SUPPLIES YOUR FATHER FORGOT SO I GO OUT LATE AT NIGHT THE MOON UNDERSTANDS
  93. FORTY- FIVE
  94. LIANNE KAMP WINTER INSECTS WHITE CATERPILLARS SWELL ON BROWN PICKET FENCES GROWING FAT ON SNOW
  95. FORTY- SIX
  96. ASHLEY SWANSON THURSDAY COFFEE BREAK THE FALL CHILL PAINTS DEATH SMOOTH ESSENCE OF FOREIGN LANDS BEAN BLOOD IN A MUG
  97. FORTY- SEVEN
  98. DAWN WING PLATFORM PIGEON ONE-FOOTED PIGEON LIMPING ALONG TRAIN PLATFORM PECKING AT REFUSE
  99. FORTY- EIGHT
  100. MARTIN KNABE 39 A LITTLE BLACK DRESS AND PALE LEGS ON THE ASPHALT. HER SHOES ARE MISSING.
  101. FORTY- NINE
  102. MICHAEL FLANAGAN INDIGO LADIES INDIGO LADIES DANCE ON THE WINDOW SILL HOLLYHOCKS
  103. FIFTY
  104. ANN RANDLETTE AUTUMN HOME RAIN SPATTERED SIDEWALKS BLACK ANTS WRITING THEIR WAY HOME I WALK ON THE LAWN.
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