Spring 2025
Conversation with
Lew Watts
The Spring 2025 issue features what might be the most dynamic form in contemporary poetry—the haibun. Developed by Basho in 17th-century Japan as a way to combine haiku with travel journals, the variations on the form have exploded in the English-language haiku community over the last few decades, revealing how important a sense of movement is to poetry. The issue features a conversation with haibun poet Lew Watts, along with a large selection of open poetry.
Haibun |
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| Roberta Beary | A Short History of the Birds and Bees | |
| Katie Beswick | What Did You Call Me? | |
| Tim Cremin | Act IV | |
| Amy Dougher-Solórzano | After the Overdose | |
| Seth Friedman | Trenches | |
| Engin Gülez | Absence | |
| Kat Lehmann | Category 5 | |
| Bob Lucky | At the Cemetery, the Church of St. James, Porto | |
| Annette Makino | Migration | |
| Hemat Malak | Aerodynamic Drag | |
| Tanya McDonald | Fourth of July | |
| Debra Murphy | Left Fielder | |
| Ginel Ople | What Remains True after the Golden Anniversary | |
| Lorraine A. Padden | Reading the Room | |
| J.B. Penname | Leprosy | |
| Carla Schwartz | Impact | |
| Alan Summers | The Moon Is in My Torch | |
| Namratha Varadharajan | Threadbare | |
| Lew Watts | Mannequin | |
| Michael Dylan Welch | Step Quota | |
| Valorie B. Woerdehoff | Clean-up on Aisle 4 | |
| Rich Youmans | Brain Teaser | |
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Open Poetry |
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| Kim Addonizio | Pima Canyon | |
| Nancy Beagle | Second Time Going | |
| Jim Burrows | The Elevator | |
| Susan Cohen | Self-Portrait Surrounded by Doves | |
| Arlene DeMaris | Seventeen | |
| Sonia Greenfield | Storage Spaces | |
| David Kirby | The Queen of Quirk Says Goodbye to Her Not-Me | |
| Lance Larsen | Why I Petted the Cat | |
| Michael Lavers | There Is a Fire | |
| Dominic Leading Fox | Down in the Gully | |
| Matt Mason | I Owe You a Poem | |
| Chelsea McClellan | Sestina Sophia | |
| Joseph Mills | Guttering | |
| Richard Prins | Natural History | |
| Kelly Sargent | Haiku and Senryu | |
| Prartho Sereno | Almost | |
| Carrie Shipers | Things I Found While Cleaning Out My Parents’ House | |
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Conversation |
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| Lew Watts | ||
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Cover Art |
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| Kimberly Kelly Santini (web) |
