Frogpond 34.3 • Autumn 2011 (pdf) - Haiku Society of America

descriptive eventually become appreciated.
Mosier, Paul. Reflections on Initiation. Smashwords E-Book,
2011, 15 pp. PDF. No ISNB or ASIN, 3.25 USD < www.smashwords.com/books/view/79030>.
The E-publisher’s blurb states:
This is a collection of haiku penned during three years of
maturation in graduate school. Read moving words expressing
the costs and benefits of choosing one’s path in life.
An unusual theme for a collection. Too bad the haiku don’t
live up to the hype. The 120 or so pieces have the signature
of a novice: morning sun / promising great light / on winter
fields; lofty summit / an idle ascent / frustrated descent; gecko
on the rock / his head against the sun / a breeze saunters.
Mosier needs to learn that readers don’t like being told what
to feel; that implying works better than stating.
Ross, Bruce (ed.). scent of pine: A Maine Haiku Anthology.
Bangor, ME: Tancho Press, 2011, 58 pp., perfect softbound,
5.5 x 8.5. ISBN: 978-0-9837141-0-1, 14.95 USD, Suite 127, 499
Broadway, Bangor, ME 04401. In his informative intro, Ross
describes how he was inspired by Thoreau’s The Maine Woods
to gather the haiku of the eighteen Maine poets included in
this anthology, many of whom are well-known to readers of
Frogpond. Each poet is represented by from three to six haiku
for a total of seventy-nine. Almost all deal with Maine’s natural
world and almost all generate ripples of association with
the wonders described by Thoreau.
Verhart, John & Verhart, Max. Oh broer / Oh Brother.
Hertogenbosch, Netherlands: ‘t schrijverke, unpag.,
sewn, 4 x 5.5. ISBN: 978-94-90697-00-5, no price, . This booklet is a reprint of the four-part
haibun by Max that appeared in the 2010 Spring/Summer issue
of Frogpond (33:2) about the last two years of the relationship
with his older brother, John, who had lung cancer. It is also
more, containing six illustrations (lino cuts by John that also
appear in miniature on the cover) plus three more haiku as
well as a six-line poem. It will resonate for anyone who has
lost someone significant.
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