Read Issue 22.2
New haibun, tanka prose, haiga, book reviews, and articles, including an interview with Alan Peat. Featured Writer: Sean O’Connor.
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The latest edition of the annual print anthology features state-of-the-art haibun, tanka prose, and haiga, as well as a special section devoted to critical essays about haibun.
Featured Writer
Sean O’Connor reflects on the art of writing haibun: “To understand and write haibun well we need to be clear about how the haiku form works…”
Featured Haibun
“Epiphany” by Taofeek Ayeyemi: “a city dips its root in the belly of the universe. like a spider, it traverses landscapes with its web…
Featured Tanka Prose
“Scheherazade” by Cynthia Bale: “Decades ago on my morning commute, deep in untreated PTSD, I had an overwhelming urge to floor the gas pedal…”
Haiga Showcase
Louise Hopewell takes the paintings of her “poppa,” Peter Ward, and creates haiga to honor his memory