Postscripts: Volume 1

Description

Postscripts: Volume 1 gathers in a single volume the complete Postscripts series (2008 – 2017). Inaugurated as a tribute to recently deceased contributors to the haiku cause, the series ran to 23 volumes, to which two volumes never before published have been appended to bring the total here to 25. Featuring brief biographical sketches of the included poets, and a selection of 19 of each poet’s best and most representative haiku as selected and arranged by editor Jim Kacian. Many of the covers, reproduced in full color, employ the work of well-known nature photographer Tony Sweet.

Poets include Tony Quagliano, Wim Lofvers, Lorraine Ellis Harr, Marianne Bluger, Francine Porad, L A Davidson, Robert Major, Kay F Anderson, William J Higginson, W F van der Molen, Darko Plažanin, James Kirkup, Paul O Williams, Günter Klinge, D Claire Gallagher, Vladimir Devidé, Peggy Willis Lyles, H F Noyes, Janice M Bostok, Bart Mesotten, Laurie W Stoelting, Martin Lucas, Robert Mainone, Max Verhart, and Marlene Mountain.

the deafer I get
the better I hear them
the deceased

hoe dover ik word
hoe beter ik ze versta
de gestorvenen

— Wim Lovfers


in the dark lobby
of the residential hotel
a feeling of autumn

— L. A. Davidson


the blood of my shadow poured up the steps

— James Kirkup


Indian summer
a turtle on a turtle
on a rock

— Peggy Willis Lyles


my haplogroup
shows the sponge gene —
distant lightning

— Robert Mainone

ISBN: 978-1-958408-60-5
Pages: 260
Size: 6″ x 9″
Binding: perfect softbound
Year Published: 2025