Haiku Harvest

Haiku Harvest - ISSN: 1557-7619 (Digital) - Volume 1, Number 2 - Summer 2000

Editor: Denis Michel Garrison

The Vol. 1, No. 2 Summer 2000 Issue [ISSN: 1558-9862 (Print)] is archived in the California State Library's American Haiku Archive.
HAIKU
Elizabeth St Jacques
sunrise ...; perfect stitches; campfire
Charles V. Hayden
Raindrops on window
Kenneth Pobo
Sun, you have a fall; Behind the sneezeweed; On a pontoon boat
Brian Gierat
around the bridge; night fishing -; private pond; full moon -; a raven paces; radio static -;
vacant beach -; collapsed pier -; at the zoo
Jim Heskin
In morning lake mist; From end to end, what; Winter remembered -; lilacs last not long -;
During noonday nap,
Denis Garrison
my pregnant daughter; this field was empty; this cool gusty day; forsythia and;
out in today's trash; from around the world
Stephanie Hanson
arachnid silk threads; under hazy moon; hanging upside down; a clouded blue sky;
rocky mountain trek; pond stillness broken
Kevin Smith
nothing but net; cell phone; a fresh shirt
Frank Haataja
a picnic destroyed; seen through walls of glass

TANKA
Deirdre Grimes
spring light; each night; that childish night
Stephanie Hanson
sun warm on her face; cold wind blows outside; thundering showers

H A I K U

ELIZABETH ST JACQUES

sunrise . . .
the pond slowly fills
with lotus blooms

perfect stitches
in soft wet sand
gull tracks

campfire
on the darkened beach
scent of roasting fish

Copyright © 2000 by Elizabeth St Jacques

About the Poet
Elizabeth St Jacques' reviews, articles, and poetry have been published internationally, included in a number of anthologies and websites. Over the years, she has judged numerous poetry competitions and served as Poetry Editor of Canadian Writer's Journal, Contributing Editor with Small Press Review, and a Book Review Editor with Albatross (Romania). Presently, she serves as Associate Editor of Sijo West. Elizabeth's book reviews have appeared in Canadian Book Review Annual, Canadian Author, Atlantic Books Today, Freelance, Haiku Canada, Frogpond, Albatross, among others. Author of eight books, two of which are award-winners, her poetry has earned numerous awards. Editor of Poetry In The Light, which features Oriental poetry, related essays, articles, and reviews in the English language by world acclaimed poets. (See also Elizabeth's biography at her excellent website.)
Website: Poetry In The Light.
E-Mail: esj@sympatico.ca

CHARLES V. HAYDEN

Raindrops on window
The distant moan of thunder
An approaching storm

Copyright © 2000 by Charles V. Hayden

About the Poet
Charles V. Hayden (b. 10/11/54) was born in St. Louis, Missouri but grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois, which is about 3 miles from St. Louis. He became a Christian at the age of 12 and joined the Seventh Day Adventist Church. He was educated at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and Glen Oaks Community College in Centreville, Michigan, where he was a music major. He is currently taking classes in computer applications and is in the process of making a career change. He has had his poems published in Proud, Feelings, Poetic Page, Riverrun, and Templar Phoenix Literary Review magazines. He welcomes all comments and can be reached at Charlessongs@webtv.net
E-Mail: Charlessongs@webtv.net

KENNETH POBO

Sun, you have a fall
engagement on a stage of
hyacinth bean pods

Behind the sneezeweed,
lavender arms of phlox,
folded

On a pontoon boat
life is open water
lilies

Copyright © 2000 by Kenneth Pobo

About the Poet
Kenneth Pobo grew up in Illinois. He likes sixties pop music and gardening. His work appears in: Indiana Review, Orbis, The Fiddlehead, Southern Ocean Review, ForPoetry, Templar Phoenix Literary Review, and elsewhere.
His new online chapbook, "Open to All", is at The 2River View.
E-Mail: kgpobo@enter.net

BRIAN GIERAT

around the bridge
river and fog
connect

night fishing -
my long cast bait
shatters the moon

private pond -
a crayfish waving claws
in my shadow

full moon -
keeping pace with me
all the way home

a raven paces
the prison yard fence
uncaged

radio static -
in my rearview mirror
lightning flickers

vacant beach -
a hermit crab and I
not so alone

collapsed pier -
there, then not there,
with every swell

at the zoo
schoolchildren distracted
by a chipmunk

Copyright © 2000 by Brian Gierat

About the Poet
Brian Gierat is a microbiologist at Chicago's Mt. Sinai Hospital. He was 'bitten by the poetry bug' at age fifteen in a high school English class and has been writing ever since. Some of Brian's current work can be seen in the upcoming June and July 2000 issues of The Heron's Nest.
E-Mail: bigcarp@ameritech.net

J. D. HESKIN

In morning lake mist,
One cannot see the duck's wake.
I'll stay until noon.

From end to end, what
is beauty to me is
another giraffe.

Winter remembered --
its bitterness recalled time
when books burned brightly.

Lilacs last not long --
A week or two, they are gone.
But worth waiting for.

During noonday nap,
I see Mount Fuji again.
My favorite chair.

Copyright © 2000 by J. D. Heskin

About the Poet
J.D. Heskin makes his home in Duluth, Minnesota along with his wife, K. T., and a rat terrier named Hedda.
He has writing credits in such literary magaziness as North Coast Review, Artword Quarterly and The Poets Page.
Lately J. D. has been submitting to E-zines and has been accepted in Snakeskin and others.
E-Mail: Blueforks@aol.com

DENIS GARRISON

my pregnant daughter
walking in her peach orchard
beautiful in bloom

this field was empty
now knee-deep and wind-waving ...
quail burst into flight

this cool gusty day
yellow crocus petals fly
to the street below

forsythia and
daffodils crowd the roadsides --
Maryland yellow!

out in today's trash
broken exercise machine
box crutches came in

from around the world
found amongst the millions
these lovely poems

Copyright © 2000 by Denis Garrison

About the Poet
Denis M. Garrison lives in Monkton, Maryland in the U.S.A.
His biography is available at his Poetry Page.
E-Mail: denismgarrison@yahoo.com

STEPHANIE HANSON

arachnid silk threads
concealing trapdoor spider
beetle unaware

under hazy moon
sharing delicious kisses
lunar eclipse lips

hanging upside down
in cool darkness of the cave
gathering bats roost

a clouded blue sky
above the far mountain tops
late summer is near

rocky mountain trek
heavy saddle leather scent
of early summer

pond stillness broken
a single black water bug
glides on the surface

Copyright © 2000 by Stephanie Hanson

About the Poet
Stephanie Hanson was born and raised in Texas. She lives in Smithville, Texas with her husband and two children. Writing poetry is a favorite pastime. She likes to try all forms of poetry writing. The eastern poetry forms are some of her favorites. Along with cinquains, she enjoys creating haiku and tanka.
E-Mail: shanson@smithsys.net

KEVIN SMITH

nothing but net
the crowd goes wild
the ... alarm buzzes

cell phone
eye pencil
coffee cup
knees against the wheel

a fresh dress shirt
for my ten o'clock
spring in Memphis

Copyright © 2000 by Kevin Smith

About the Poet
Kevin Smith is a law professor at The University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. Although he has written extensively on law-related topics, he began writing haiku in April 2000.
E-Mail: ksmith@memphis.edu

FRANK HAATAJA

a picnic destroyed
the people driven away
an army of ants

seen through walls of glass
through a maze of plastic ferns
my fish swims away

Copyright © 2000 by Frank Haataja

About the Poet
Frank Haataja lives in Holyoke, Minnesota. He is 19 years old and studying journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. Frank enjoys almost all kinds of writing. He has been published numerous times as a newspaper columnist, but Haiku Harvest is the first publication of any kind to post his poetry. Frank welcomes all comments and can be reached at F_Haataja@yahoo.com.
E-Mail: F_Haataja@yahoo.com

T A N K A

DEIRDRE GRIMES

spring light
your arm heavy across my body
i can't breathe
but i need your warm breath
on my skin

each night
we fall asleep
wrapped in each other
the scent and your body heat
are my lullaby

that childish night
the lake full of stars
holding you
in the freezing water
endings hung in the air

Copyright © 2000 by Deirdre Grimes

About the Poet
Deirdre Grimes is an art graduate and mother. Her work has been published in several journals, both on-line and on paper, Burning Bush, American Tanka, and Aha! Poetry, to name a few. She is a member of Killaloe Writer's Group. Deirdre is currently working on publishing a book of prose work.
E-Mail: dee.grimes@killaloe.ie

STEPHANIE HANSON

sun warm on her face
hot breeze whips auburn hair as
sweat trickles blushed cheek
forehand swing from opponent
as her backhand wins the match

cold wind blows outside
frigid gusts shaking the trees
consuming midnight
wanting to be that blanket
wrapping around you tonight

thundering showers
pounding the winter evening
soaking all outside
you enter the room smiling
bringing me hot chocolate

Copyright © 2000 by Stephanie Hanson

About the Poet
Stephanie Hanson was born and raised in Texas. She lives in Smithville, Texas with her husband and two children. Writing poetry is a favorite pastime. She likes to try all forms of poetry writing. The eastern poetry forms are some of her favorites. Along with cinquains, she enjoys creating haiku and tanka.
E-Mail: shanson@smithsys.net

Copyright © 2000-2001 by Denis M. Garrison.