Issue #3

Posted July 5, 2015

Featuring haiku by:
Maggie Irene, Peggy Trojan, Luke Arundel Crane, Sarah Clark Monagle, Kenneth Pobo, Brandon Campbell, Tierney Klein, Tammy T. Stone, Dan Campbell, Brian Gillikin, Elias Red, Peter L. Scacco, Sandra H. Bounds, Perry L. Powell, Max Christian Hansen, Dennis Herrell, Scott Wiggerman, Christopher Morgan, John Hawkhead, Glenn Halak, David M. Harris, Tamara De Dominicis, Dean Bowman, Cathy Bryant, Clarise Samuels, Wendy L. Schmidt, Fabio Sassi, Carl Scharwath, Bob Moreland, Heather M. Browne, Deborah Seewald, Brian Thorstenson, Robert Witmer, Manik Sharma, Doug V. D'Elia, R. M. Rousseau, Rebecca Kane.

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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 Maggie Irene Untitled Maggie Irene Untitled Maggie Irene Untitled Peggy Trojan Untitled Peggy Trojan Untitled Luke Arundel Crane Changing Places Sarah Clark Monagle Rain Still Kenneth Pobo Untitled Brandon Campbell Consistency of Being Away Tierney Klein Winter Green Tammy T. Stone Untitled Dan Campbell Untitled Brian Gillikin A Moment with a Broken Tourist Elias Red Untitled Peter L. Scacco Untitled Sandra H. Bounds Untitled Sandra H. Bounds Untitled Perry L. Powell Untitled Max Christian Hansen First Communion Dennis Herrell Deflect Scott Wiggerman Untitled Scott Wiggerman Untitled Christopher Morgan Untitled Christopher Morgan Untitled John Hawkhead Untitled
  5. Poems 26-50 Glenn Halak Untitled David M. Harris Untitled David M. Harris Untitled Tamara De Dominicis Confessions Dean Bowman Untitled Dean Bowman Untitled Dean Bowman Untitled Cathy Bryant Life in Measured Cups Clarise Samuels Green Apple on Newspaper Wendy L. Schmidt New World Fabio Sassi Paper Carl Scharwath Untitled Carl Scharwath Untitled Bob Moreland Untitled Bob Moreland Untitled Heather M. Browne Tea Deborah Seewald Untitled Brian Thorstenson Untitled Brian Thorstenson Untitled Robert Witmer Untitled Manik Sharma Untitled Doug V. D'Elia Untitled R. M. Rousseau Untitled R. M. Rousseau Untitled Rebecca Kane Old Treasures
  6. ONE
  7. MAGGIE IRENE UNTITLED WITH FRIENDS LIKE YOU, ROSE, THORNS ‘NEATH LUSCIOUS PETALS, WHO NEEDS ANEMONES?
  8. TWO
  9. MAGGIE IRENE UNTITLED MOTHER NATURE SPEAKS: CROCUS BREAK THROUGH SNOW, THEIR BLOOMS PUSH-UP-PURPLE GRINS.
  10. THREE
  11. MAGGIE IRENE UNTITLED STEEP DIVING BLUE HERON OFFERS A BREAKFASTING BASS LIFE IN A BETTER PLACE.
  12. FOUR
  13. PEGGY TROJAN UNTITLED MY MOTHER ON STEPS WATCHING FOR BLUEBIRDS SHE HEARS CALLS ME TO COME, SIT
  14. FIVE
  15. PEGGY TROJAN UNTITLED GIRL WELCOMES FRESH SNOW COVERING EVERYTHING WHITE SHE HAS NEW RED BOOTS
  16. SIX
  17. LUKE ARUNDEL CRANE CHANGING PLACES I’D SELL MY BODY PARTS AND HAIR FOR COLD HARD CASH THOUGH I’D RATHER TRADE
  18. SEVEN
  19. SARAH CLARK MONAGLE RAIN STILL LEAVES CHANGE BUT THE RAIN STILL SOUNDS GREEN
  20. EIGHT
  21. KENNETH POBO UNTITLED GERBERA DAISIES ALMOST HIDDEN BY THE SHED RED SUNS COMING UP
  22. NINE
  23. BRANDON CAMPBELL CONSISTENCY OF BEING AWAY LYRICS LIKE STREWN CARCASSES ON WINDOWPANE DREAM OF FLIGHT, BUT DECAY.
  24. TEN
  25. TIERNEY KLEIN WINTER GREEN I TRAMP IN THE WOODS. MOSS VEILS TREES LIKE SOFT VELVET-- LUSCIOUS COMFORTERS.
  26. ELEVEN
  27. TAMMY T. STONE UNTITLED EVER MOVING CLOUDS OBSCURE THE NIGHT OF FULL MOON STILL, DEEP MOODS SHIVER
  28. TWELVE
  29. DAN CAMPBELL UNTITLED SIX GRACEFUL SWANS SLOWLY GLIDE BY - BALLET SCHOOL WINDOW
  30. THIRTEEN
  31. BRIAN GILLIKIN A MOMENT WITH A BROKEN TOURIST HOSPITAL. ITALY. ESPRESSO DREGS AND TEARS AS NEARBY HER KNELL TOLLS.
  32. FOURTEEN
  33. ELIAS RED UNTITLED SPRING RAIN. DEAD AT FIRST BREATH. STILL, I MOURN HIS LIFE, THE DAYS HE DID NOT SEE.
  34. FIFTEEN
  35. PETER L. SCACCO UNTITLED PURPLE HYACINTHS STAGGER UP THROUGH THE WET SNOW — ICE DROPLETS FALLING.
  36. SIXTEEN
  37. SANDRA H. BOUNDS UNTITLED BLACK-EYED SUSANS SUMMER’S COMMON WILDFLOWER TOPAZ OF ROADSIDES
  38. SEVENTEEN
  39. SANDRA H. BOUNDS UNTITLED DOE, YEARLING, AND FAWN FEED FROM LADEN PEAR TREE THIEVES BID WELCOME
  40. EIGHTEEN
  41. PERRY L. POWELL UNTITLED WORK ETHIC― I PASS MY FATHER’S GRAVE AGAIN
  42. NINETEEN
  43. MAX CHRISTIAN HANSEN FIRST COMMUNION OUR FIRST COMMUNION: WE WATCH A DRAGONFLY LIGHT JUST BETWEEN OUR FEET
  44. TWENTY
  45. DENNIS HERRELL DEFLECT UMBRELLAS DEFLECT CRITICISM AND TROUBLES SOMETIMES EVEN RAIN
  46. TWENTY- ONE
  47. SCOTT WIGGERMAN UNTITLED CORONA OF PINK SHADOWS THE CREPE MYRTLES YOUR CRIED-OUT EYES
  48. TWENTY- TWO
  49. SCOTT WIGGERMAN UNTITLED PEPPERMINT STICKS AND OLD MEN WITH CANES BRITTLE SEASON
  50. TWENTY- THREE
  51. CHRISTOPHER MORGAN UNTITLED THE HAIKU IS THE VASE, THE EARTHQUAKE, AND THE ASHES ON THE FLOOR
  52. TWENTY- FOUR
  53. CHRISTOPHER MORGAN UNTITLED LIKE YOU I WHY: WHEN EVEN SCRAMBLED I’M GET ME YOU
  54. TWENTY- FIVE
  55. JOHN HAWKHEAD UNTITLED HER WORDS GROW SOFTER AS I CHOP THROUGH FIREWOOD BURYING THE HATCHET
  56. TWENTY- SIX
  57. GLENN HALAK UNTITLED THE MIDWIFE LEFT BEFORE DAWN MARS GLEAMED ON SCOURED TILES – EMPTY BIRD CAGE SWAYING AT AN OPEN WINDOW;
  58. TWENTY- SEVEN
  59. DAVID M. HARRIS UNTITLED LOVE POPS PAST FIFTY EASING PAINS IN OLDER JOINTS REVIVING OLD ACHES
  60. TWENTY- EIGHT
  61. DAVID M. HARRIS UNTITLED VASECTOMY SCAR ECHO OF AN OLD PROMISE AND NOW, A DAUGHTER
  62. TWENTY- NINE
  63. TAMARA DE DOMINICIS CONFESSIONS WHEN THE WIND WHISPERS ITS CONFESSIONS TO THE TREES, LEAVES FLUSH, SLOWLY SCARLET.
  64. THIRTY
  65. DEAN BOWMAN UNTITLED CROWDED MARKETPLACE WAVES OF BOBBING HEADS ROLL IN DROWNING ALL REASON
  66. THIRTY- ONE
  67. DEAN BOWMAN UNTITLED THEIR CUPPED HANDS EMPTY GRIME-STUNG EYES GROPE PASSERS BY SCARCITY IS KING
  68. THIRTY- TWO
  69. DEAN BOWMAN UNTITLED FATTY FISH SWIMMING BENEATH THE DEEPENING ICE HUNGER PANGS LINGER
  70. THIRTY- THREE
  71. CATHY BRYANT LIFE IN MEASURED CUPS HAIKU BOOK AND TEA - TASTED DREAMS, SIPS OF CLEAN THOUGHT: PUREST REFRESHMENT.
  72. THIRTY- FOUR
  73. CLARISE SAMUELS GREEN APPLE ON NEWSPAPER GREEN APPLE ON A NEWSPAPER; DUST FLOATING IN A SUNBEAM.
  74. THIRTY- FIVE
  75. WENDY L. SCHMIDT NEW WORLD INTRICATE SNOWFLAKES, WOVEN INTO A WHITE QUILT, CREATES A NEW WORLD.
  76. THIRTY- SIX
  77. FABIO SASSI PAPER THE SMELL OF PAPER LOST IN THE TOUCH SCREEN PAGES OF THE LAST DEVICE
  78. THIRTY- SEVEN
  79. CARL SCHARWATH UNTITLED SUMMER STORM APPROACHES HALYARDS ON THE FLAG POLE BEAT OUT HOLLOW NOTES
  80. THIRTY- EIGHT
  81. CARL SCHARWATH UNTITLED DUSTY WALKWAY AT THE FRONT DOORSTEP RECORDS MY HISTORY
  82. THIRTY- NINE
  83. BOB MORELAND UNTITLED BLACKEST SUMMER NIGHT CLEAR LAKE TREMOLO ECHOES LOON PAIR ROMANCING
  84. FORTY
  85. BOB MORELAND UNTITLED RISING CHORUS WANES EERIE SOUNDS IN UNISON CICADAS EMERGE
  86. FORTY- ONE
  87. HEATHER M. BROWNE TEA SHE DRANK EVENING TEA STARS IN CUP HER SWEETNESS MOON HER CREAM
  88. FORTY- TWO
  89. DEBORAH SEEWALD UNTITLED AUTUMN LEAF TWIRLING SWIFTLY DOWN THE LANE, BOUND TO DANCE BY THE NORTH WIND.
  90. FORTY- THREE
  91. BRIAN THORSTENSON UNTITLED ASPEN LEAVES SILVERED BY THE SLOW SUMMER BREEZE RINGING FULL CIRCLE
  92. FORTY- FOUR
  93. BRIAN THORSTENSON UNTITLED ONE LOON AT DOCKSIDE DIVES BELOW THE LAKES SURFACE BOBS BACK UP DISTANT
  94. FORTY- FIVE
  95. ROBERT WITMER UNTITLED NEWLYWEDS' TENT OUTSIDE ALL EARS A FAWN
  96. FORTY- SIX
  97. MANIK SHARMA UNTITLED MIDNIGHT, HALF-WAY THROUGH, CARESSING, HER SIDE OF THE BED
  98. FORTY- SEVEN
  99. DOUG V. D'ELIA UNTITLED LONG BRAIDED BEARDS GRUBBY WITH WISDOM ROOTS TO GATHER
  100. FORTY- EIGHT
  101. R. M. ROUSSEAU UNTITLED NORTH UNMARKED ON HIS MORAL COMPASS, THE NEEDLE SPINS
  102. FORTY- NINE
  103. R. M. ROUSSEAU UNTITLED SUMMER EVENING SWEET NECTARINE JUICES STAIN THE SKY
  104. FIFTY
  105. REBECCA KANE OLD TREASURES IN MY MOTHER'S ATTIC UNKNOWN ANCESTORS IN SEPIA SMILING AT ME