Get your copy of Don’t Write About The Moon :)
So, my book is now available! You can find all the information about it here on my website :). I received two fantastic submissions in response to my call on…
Oops. I Did It! A Book-long Tanka Sequence.
It started with a joke in a direct message… Why not write a book-length tanka sequence? Why not write a book-length tanka novel? Exactly, why not? There isn’t really any…
Of Course, The Tissues In the Backpack Are Always Deep Down At the Bottom, Below Anything Else
To the unyielding man who has no words,not for closeness, not for a journeyto the rugged rocky coast:the hydrangea in two colours. What is it that separates us,and what keeps…
Oración de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
I I slowly emptymy mug of mint tea,disillusioned,following the waves of the cedar—a violent rain can’t promise the sound that water makeson varying surfacesof distinct objects—I too am herea variable…
Tanka, Or Not A Tanka, That’s Not The Question.
Revisiting Jane Reichhold’s take on tanka. I wish we’d go back to that, and even further, as we’re writing tanka in English, and the English language is rich in its…
A Mess.
Waiting forthe full hour’s news,all frayed—the bookmarksin my bullet journal. I want to pray,not to someone, or something—it’s my state of mindto ask and ask,just that. The consequencesof mankind,taken as…
Makoto
In future, I’ll sign my poems with ‘Makoto’. Masses of water,falling till it hitsand flows all over,out ofthe body. —Makoto Makoto means truth, sincerity, faithfulness, integrity, honesty, reality, devotion. Just…
Cutouts, Collages, Shahai
the sycamore treeshining after heavy rain—the galaxy with the naked eye Wrapped in joy, close to homein the last autumn evenings—Found.Found.Remembered. a beautiful rosethe trail leads youthrough wassailingto the starry…
This Trust
The thing with trees isThey remind me of hugging . . .Arms branch out,The leaves breathe onto my skinIn the heat of a forest of small noises:We are the centreAnd…
Review of landmark status woman
I’m delighted to share the following review by Pippa Phillips of my book landmark status woman, which Alan Summers has accepted for publication in Pan Haiku Review Issue 5! Pippa…
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pi & anne 