• far from failed_haiku

    It has been a couple of months since the one of a kind haikai journal shut its doors. I have noticed it to be the fate of several journals these days, and wonder if it has to do with editor-burnout. One does get exhausted with taking care of life while at the same time running…

  • Solstice tears

    Winter seems to run into swings and with the spring solstice so close by, my mind goes back a few months ago, to the longest night of the year. Now, I hear and watch news and feel that the night keeps going on and on. The night that humanity is under, keeps spreading its ink.…

  •  I’m so excited to be counted among the writers to present at the Morningside After Dark series, on January 31st 2022. But nervous as well, just look at the lineup!  This event was to be held in person but then the omicron variant struck and now we have an opportunity for even more people to…

  • Waylaid … or not.

    Life has this way with people. You are walking along happy with yourself, with your company, the skies are blue or exactly how you want it. And then… Bam! Dark clouds roll in and it pours or forest fires or some such. But that is no excuse for not moving on. So to all my…

  • Poetry Pea Journal Autumn 2021 is out!

     I am beyond thrilled! My haiku appears in the Poetry Pea Journal (Autumn 2021 issue). The list of haijin in this journal is phenomenal. It is a veritable list of who’s who of English haiku today.  And the haiku! So beautiful, some of them would make your heart sing or give you goosebumps.  Find it…