Issue #4

Posted July 5, 2015

Featuring haiku by:
Ira Schaeffer, Deborah Guzzi, Lela Marie De La Garza, Nells Wasilewski, Denny E. Marshall, Pipzi Williams, Neil Ellman, M.J. Iuppa, Dennis Lowe, Michael Cantin, Charma, David Walter, David Kavanaugh, Lee Evans, Artie Fischer, Bryan Bridges, TJ Lyons, Bobby Aldridge, Cynthia Sharp, Melvina Germain, Katherine Osborne, David Galef, Paul Strohm, David Hutt, April Salzano, R K Chowdary, Melissa R. Patterson, W. Luther Jett, Judith Lechner, Eddie Jones, Alissa Oliverson, Patricia Pella, Genevieve Fitzgerald, Lea Booth, strugelje, A.J. Huffman, Graham Smith.

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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 Deborah Guzzi Untitled Deborah Guzzi Untitled Nells Wasilewski Untitled Nells Wasilewski Untitled Ira Schaeffer Sweaters in Florida Ira Schaeffer Incandescent Bulb Lela Marie De La Garza Sunset Haiku Denny E. Marshall The Return Pipzi Williams Untitled Neil Ellman Untitled Neil Ellman Untitled M.J. Iuppa Untitled M.J. Iuppa Untitled Dennis Lowe Untitled Cynthia Sharp For All the Flowers Charma Untitled David Walter Flirting with Sun David Kavanaugh Orchard Lee Evans Untitled Artie Fischer Untitled Bryan Bridges Spring TJ Lyons Untitled TJ Lyons Untitled Bobby Aldridge Untitled Michael Cantin A Simple Change of Clothes on a Winter Night
  5. Poems 26-50 Melvina Germain Untitled Melvina Germain Untitled Katherine Osborne Untitled Cynthia Sharp Untitled David Galef Interiority Paul Strohm Dreams David Hutt Untitled David Hutt Untitled April Salzano Untitled R K Chowdary Twilight Melissa R. Patterson Untitled W. Luther Jett Untitled Judith Lechner Untitled Eddie Jones Untitled Eddie Jones Untitled Alissa Oliverson Untitled Patricia Pella Starfish Genevieve Fitzgerald Untitled Genevieve Fitzgerald Untitled Lea Booth Fall River strugelje Goalie Highlights Dennis Lowe Untitled A.J. Huffman Beyond Eye's Lid Graham Smith Razor Waiting Graham Smith Literary Figure of Speech
  6. ONE
  7. DEBORAH GUZZI UNTITLED PINK PETALS COVER THE SILVER STRANDS OF HER HAIR – KNITTING NEEDLES CLICK
  8. TWO
  9. DEBORAH GUZZI UNTITLED GRAFFITI MARS THE GRANITE CLIFF’S FACE – ROADSIDE CROSS
  10. THREE
  11. NELLS WASILEWSKI UNTITLED SLEEPY FIELDS CONSUMED TREES GOBBLED BY CONCRETE SLABS JAWS OF PROGRESS
  12. FOUR
  13. NELLS WASILEWSKI UNTITLED INTOXICATION CANDLELIGHT AND CLASPED HANDS FLOAT IN MY WINE GLASS
  14. FIVE
  15. IRA SCHAEFFER SWEATERS IN FLORIDA MY MOTHER KNITTED COLORFUL ELABORATE DESIGNS— NOW FADED, UNWORN
  16. SIX
  17. IRA SCHAEFFER INCANDESCENT BULB FAREWELL, OLD NIGHTLIGHT, WARM LULLABY, TUNGSTEN GLOW. HELLO, DIM NEW WORLD
  18. SEVEN
  19. LELA MARIE DE LA GARZA SUNSET HAIKU CLOUDS WHIPPED INTO CREAM STREAKED WITH CHERRY, LIME, AND PEACH SWIRLING THROUGH AMBER WINE
  20. EIGHT
  21. DENNY E. MARSHALL THE RETURN ATLANTIS RETURNS LANDING IN CLOUDS AND LIGHT RAIN SLOW TEARS FROM THE SKY
  22. NINE
  23. PIPZI WILLIAMS UNTITLED AT LAST, THE RAIN STOPPED STOOD IN MY OWN REFLECTION SKY BENEATH MY FEET
  24. TEN
  25. NEIL ELLMAN UNTITLED CHAOTIC CLOUDS CRASHING STARS AND GALAXIES— THE UNIVERSE AT PEACE
  26. ELEVEN
  27. NEIL ELLMAN UNTITLED SUN LIKE A SPIDER SPINS SILK AROUND THE EARTH— MORNING’S GOLDEN DEW
  28. TWELVE
  29. M.J. IUPPA UNTITLED WALKING IN THE WOODS SUN DESCENDS IN SLATS OF LIGHT. INVISIBLE FENCE
  30. THIRTEEN
  31. M.J. IUPPA UNTITLED HAZY SUNSHINE TURNS ROILING FIELDS OF WINTER WHEAT INTO A GOLD RUSH
  32. FOURTEEN
  33. DENNIS LOWE UNTITLED MISTAKES WERE MADE AND WINTER PERSISTS, YET FLOWERS BLOOM IN MY MIND’S EYE
  34. FIFTEEN
  35. CYNTHIA SHARP FOR ALL THE FLOWERS THERE IS NOWHERE THAT I NEED TO BE ONLY THE DESIRE TO STAND OUT IN THE SUN
  36. SIXTEEN
  37. CHARMA UNTITLED OUR MOUTHS FULL THOUGHTS NEVER SURVIVE TO FEED THE POOR
  38. SEVENTEEN
  39. DAVID WALTER FLIRTING WITH SUN THAWED BY WARMING SUN WE FLIRT ON DAMP GRASS AND FEEL BUTTERFLIES DANCING
  40. EIGHTEEN
  41. DAVID KAVANAUGH ORCHARD LUSH PINK BLOSSOMS WILT AND FADE, MAKE WAY FOR A HARVEST OF GOLD AND GREEN
  42. NINETEEN
  43. Table of contents: poets and page numbers
  44. TWENTY
  45. ARTIE FISCHER UNTITLED DEAD COLD AND WET BIRD DECAYED THERE TWO WHOLE WEEKS FACE DOWN ON BRIGHT ROCKS
  46. TWENTY- ONE
  47. BRYAN BRIDGES SPRING BARE ELM TREE SHEDS HER WINTER BLANKET AND GROWS A ROBIN
  48. TWENTY- TWO
  49. TJ LYONS UNTITLED WAVES IN THE POOL A WOMAN LEAVES HER WOE THE CHILDREN SWALLOW AND FLOAT
  50. TWENTY- THREE
  51. TJ LYONS UNTITLED MISSING PARTS OF ME LIVE IN THE ABSENCE OF LEAVES BLOWING DOWN THE STREET
  52. TWENTY- FOUR
  53. BOBBY ALDRIDGE UNTITLED HORSEHIDE AND STRING, WRITHE EMPTY ON THE GRASSY FIELD. THE BALL IS LONG GONE
  54. TWENTY- FIVE
  55. MICHAEL CANTIN A SIMPLE CHANGE OF CLOTHES ON A WINTER NIGHT THIS NEW SKIN SUITS HER. SHE EMERGES BEAUTIFUL FROM HER CHRYSALIS.
  56. TWENTY- SIX
  57. MELVINA GERMAIN UNTITLED LACK OF MONEY KILLS WHILE FINANCIAL WIZARDS RULE, ROCKEFELLER LIVES
  58. TWENTY- SEVEN
  59. MELVINA GERMAIN UNTITLED TRY AND TRY AGAIN, FAILURE WROTE UPON HIS SOUL LINCOLN SUCCEEDED
  60. TWENTY- EIGHT
  61. KATHERINE OSBORNE UNTITLED I'VE GATHERED TREES BACK INTO MY MOUTH I HOPE YOU SEND SMALLER BIRDS
  62. TWENTY- NINE
  63. CYNTHIA SHARP UNTITLED NAPPING IN THE CLEAN LAUNDRY WISHING THERE HAD BEEN CHILDREN THE QUIET OF THE SNOW HAVING FALLEN
  64. THIRTY
  65. DAVID GALEF INTERIORITY THE LIONS IN ZOOS DREAM OF CAGES SO VAST THAT THEY INCLUDE JUNGLES
  66. THIRTY- ONE
  67. PAUL STROHM DREAMS THE DAY DREAM, THE FIT ARRANGEMENT OF INNER RHYMES ELABORATE TONES
  68. THIRTY- TWO
  69. DAVID HUTT UNTITLED YESTERDAY FACES SNORTING OFF THEIR HARDBACK BOOKS THE RESENTFUL DUST
  70. THIRTY- THREE
  71. DAVID HUTT UNTITLED WALKING IN PUDDLES TIME I HAVE AWAY FROM YOU LIKE SHARP TIPPED RAIN DROPS
  72. THIRTY- FOUR
  73. APRIL SALZANO UNTITLED AT THE END WE WILL SEE OUR IMAGES IN GLASS, REFLECTIONS CAST IN STONE
  74. THIRTY- FIVE
  75. R K CHOWDARY TWILIGHT LIGHT OF PARADISE SLOWLY DISAPPEARING THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF WEST
  76. THIRTY- SIX
  77. MELISSA R. PATTERSON UNTITLED FEBRUARY DAY FORBIDDEN LOVE ENCOURAGED… ONLY IN MY MIND
  78. THIRTY- SEVEN
  79. W. LUTHER JETT UNTITLED SNOW-COVERED BLOSSOMS OF YELLOW FORSYTHIA WINTER WILL NOT REST
  80. THIRTY- EIGHT
  81. JUDITH LECHNER UNTITLED ON THIS TWILIGHT SKY, HOKUSAI MIGHT HAVE PAINTED THOSE BLACK BIRDS FLYING
  82. THIRTY- NINE
  83. EDDIE JONES UNTITLED RAINY FRIDAY - THE SOUND OF UMBRELLAS STIRRING ICE
  84. FORTY
  85. EDDIE JONES UNTITLED WISHFUL THINKING - INTO THE WELL A TOSSED PEONY
  86. FORTY- ONE
  87. ALISSA OLIVERSON UNTITLED SILVER, SCALY FISH GLIDING, WEAVES THROUGH RIVER BED - SUN SHARPENS SHIMMER
  88. FORTY- TWO
  89. PATRICIA PELLA STARFISH STARFISH TUMBLING TO SHORE THE NIGHT SKY DIMS
  90. FORTY- THREE
  91. GENEVIEVE FITZGERALD UNTITLED MINNESOTA WIND BELLOWS HARD HUNGRY AS A TRAIN THAT WON’T STOP HERE
  92. FORTY- FOUR
  93. GENEVIEVE FITZGERALD UNTITLED VAPOROUS LONGING FROM THE DAY’S CREVICES SEEPS ELUDES EVICTION
  94. FORTY- FIVE
  95. LEA BOOTH FALL RIVER COLOR DRIFTING ON A LIQUID CANVAS - WIND GIVES FALL RIVER RECEIVES
  96. FORTY- SIX
  97. STRUGELJE GOALIE HIGHLIGHTS WE ONLY SEE YOU WHEN EVERYONE ELSE HAS FAILED YOU AGAINST THE WORLD
  98. FORTY- SEVEN
  99. DENNIS LOWE UNTITLED SLICING INTO GREEN; A SOFT, RIPE AVOCADO, THE LAST ONE FROM HOME
  100. FORTY- EIGHT
  101. A.J. HUFFMAN BEYOND EYE'S LID SHADOWS DRIP FROM CEILING FAN, MEMORIES OF INSOMNIA’S CURSE
  102. FORTY- NINE
  103. GRAHAM SMITH RAZOR WAITING WINTER TAP WATER SLOWLY WARMING, POURS ACROSS HIS SLEEPY FINGERS
  104. FIFTY
  105. GRAHAM SMITH LITERARY FIGURE OF SPEECH HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS THAT HE WAS HANGING IN THERE, WHICH WAS HOW THEY FOUND HIM