Congratulations to Jason Sanford Brown on this first anniversary of the
It took courage and commitment to envision and implement a new, internet-
only haiku journal, and Jason has been rewarded for having both.
The first edition had four haiku contributors, all of them well-known and
respected. The fourth edition, posted in November, had 17 contributors,
and included some of the best haijin writing in English — established
masters, journeymen and new-comers. We thank Jason for this new
contribution to the haiku world and wish him and Roadrunner all the best.
Go, see what Jason has wrought, with a little help from his haijin friends.
Here are three poems by Michael Dylan Welch from the
premiere edition:
hummingbird at the window
–my blink
startles it away
a stack of unread books—
rain blows
against my lamp-lit window
cafeteria line–
the good-looking girl
looks at my plate
ancient mounds
imagining the builders
in their own language
rainy day
the left hand
muddy
potluck
robust bottle of wine at both of his websites — Marilyn Merlot.
He is definitely putting the X back into the Christmas season
with this display. Steve says “So how’s the wine? Good. Not great.
Fresh, forward blackberry and currant flavors dominate.” With its
relatively high price, it gets a B-/B+ from the professor. Go to his wine
a couple hours ago, but just went back and found it deleted:
Now I know what Jesus would drink.
You did say Magdalene Merlot, didn’t you?
first date
won’t be the last —
she likes the House Red
It’s not sweeps week, but Prof. Bainbridge is featuring a very
