August 2021
In This Issue
Quick Links: Articles, Book Reviews • Encore Articles • Haibun • Linked Haibun • Haiga • Tanka Prose • From the cho Team
Articles & Book Reviews
Featured Writer: Keith Polette
Book Review: Bar Resbel by Bouwe Brouwer
Reviewed by Patricia Prime
Book Review: Joyride by Jennifer Hambrick
Reviewed by Rich Youmans
Book Review: Altitude by Gerry Jacobson
Reviewed by Patricia Prime
Encore Articles
Encore Selections, by Ray Rasmussen, Encore Editor
Saying Less to Mean More, by Lew Watts
The Segue in Tanka Prose , by Jeffrey Woodward
Haibun
Jenny Ward Angyal, Sketches from Life
Debbi Antebi, Becoming
Debbi Antebi, Lullaby
Marilyn Ashbaugh, A Kind of Hush
Joanna Ashwell, Stepping Stones
Taofeek Ayeyemi, Lockdown
Stuart Bartow, Auguries
Peggy Hale Bilbro, Acid Rain
Peggy Hale Bilbro, Endings
John Budan, Heirloom
Pris Campbell, Missteps
Matthew Caretti, Pennsylvania Dutch
Matthew Caretti, The Tao of Jack
Anna Cates, Fibonacci Haibun
Margaret Chula, At Home on the Playa
Glenn G. Coats, Carbon Copy
Sue Dawes, Buried in Meaning
Cherie Hunter Day, Among the Wild Irises of July
Cherie Hunter Day, Pussycat, pussycat, I love you. Yes, I do…
Martin Duguay, Old Spice
Baisali Chatterjee Dutt, Flamenco
Judson Evans, The Fabric
Claire Everett, Portal
Colleen M. Farrelly, Shipping Out
Donna Fleischer, Last of August, 2020
Mark A. Forrester, Ascent
John Hawkhead, Terminus
John Hawkhead, Twisted Branches
Scott Holmes, The Diagnosis
Ruth Holzer, Wonder
Marilyn Humbert, Changing Seasons
Susan King, The Beast Within
Kristen Lindquist, Compatibility
Kristen Lindquist, The Way In
Bob Lucky, One evening
Bob Lucky, Public Market
Doris Lynch, Continuum
Dorothy Mahoney, from the depths
Marietta McGregor, Ghosting
Lori A Minor, Midnight Radio
Lori A Minor, Quiet Things
Stephen Nelson, Just Once, Japan
Peter Newton, Contemplation
Peter Newton, Interior Landscaping
Bernadette Ni Riada, Suddenly, One Summer
Sean O’Connor, Daily Bread
Sean O’Connor, Secrets
Pravat Kumar Padhy, The Emojis Speak
Tom Painting, Hindsight
Joan Prefontaine, Laughingstock
Geethanjali Rajan, A Tincture in Ether
Kala Ramesh, Untitled Quartet
Dian Duchin Reed, What’s in a Name?
Cherie Renae, Seated Meditation
Bryan Rickert, Boogeyman
Andrew Riutta, He Who Knows Nothing Lasts
Andrew Riutta, Spring Sunshine
Barbara Sabol, Jigsaw
Barbara Sabol, Turn
Jacob D. Salzer, Night Shift
Adelaide B. Shaw, Position Available
Lew Watts, Anonymous
Diana Webb, Sanctuaries
John Zheng, A Moment of One’s Own
Linked Haibun
Tanya McDonald and Lew Watts, Whitecaps
Haiga
Haiga Gallery 17.2
Haiga Showcase: Erica Blizzard
Haiga Showcase: Anannya Dasgupta
Haiga Showcase: Amrutha Prabhu
Tanka Prose
Mary Frederick Ahearn, Grandmother
Jenny Ward Angyal, Bread of Life
Jenny Ward Angyal, Dust to Dust
Gavin Austin, Surrender
Gavin Austin, Unvoiced
Maxianne Berger, Fencers on a Tightrope
John Budan, Bathtime
Pris Campbell, Changes
Richard Grahn, Adjustment Disorder
Scott Hicks, On the Bajada
Marilyn Humbert, Haven
Gerry Jacobson, One of My Nine
Roger Jones, My College Desk
Liz Lanigan, In Sight
Gary LeBel, red sumac
Chen-ou Liu, An Illegal Alien
Bob Lucky, Accounting
Bob Lucky, Matador
Carol Raisfeld, In Real Time
Carol Raisfeld, Masculine Mystique
Kala Ramesh, Tracing River Kaveri
Adelaide B. Shaw, Whispers
Madhu Singh, Monsoon Song
Madhu Singh, Poornima
Tom Staudt, Easy
Charles D. Tarlton, In the “Cove” of the Cove
Charles D. Tarlton, My Dream Dancer in the Mirror En Pointe
Geoffrey Winch, Mood Music
John Zheng, Thanksgiving
From the cho Team
Tish Davis, Fireflies
Terri L. French, Lift
Jim Kacian, the godless month
Ron C. Moss, From One Heart
Patricia Prime, Paihia Fair
Ray Rasmussen, Quest
Rich Youmans, Buds