upside down: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2023, edited by Jim Kacian and the Red Moon Editorial Staff

Description

The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku each year assembles the finest haiku and related forms published around the world into a single book. This volume, twenty-eighth in the most honored series in the history of English-language haiku, comprises 146 poems (haiku and senryu), 21 linked forms (haibun, renku, rengay and sequences), and 6 critical pieces on the reading, writing and study of the genre.

acoustic guitar
a wordless old and new
testament
     — Randy M. Brooks (United States)

                    stretching
                    the truth
                    relaxed fit
                         — LeRoy Gorman (Canada)

          railroad tracks —
          married but not
          to each other
               — Ravi Kiran (India)

closed casket
the questions I should
have asked
     — John Pappas (United States)

                    Ramadan —
                    stray cats follow
                    a group of tourists
                         — Claire Thom (Scotland/Spain)

          morning moon
          the leftover drop of milk
          rolls down her breast
               — Eugeniusz Zacharski (Poland)

ISBN: 978-1-958408-37-7
Pages: 208
Size: 5.5″ x 8.25″
Binding: perfect softbound
Year Published: 2024