Modern English Tanka Press titles published from May 2009 to May 2010 were exhibited, by invitation, at the venerable Poets House facility and library in New York City. This year's Poets House Showcase aims to include all of the year's new poetry and poetry-related books, chapbooks, and multimedia titles published in the United States. Over 2,000 books were in last year's exhibit, representing close to 600 publishers—commercial, university, independent, small, and micro-presses.
• Books are organized by publisher and displayed face-forward.
• Books are exposed to national prize and library acquisition committees.
• Books are listed in Poet House's online Directory of American Poetry Books, the country's most complete bibliographic resource for contemporary poetry books.
• After the Showcase, all titles are incorporated into Poets House's 50,000-volume, noncirculating poetry library.

MET Press titles exhibited: A Poetic Guide to an Ancient Capital: Aizu Yaichi and the City of Nara by Michael F. Marra; Home to Ballygunge: Kolkata Tanka by William Hart; Peeling an Orange: Haiku by Peggy Heinrich; Elvis in Black Leather by Alexis Rotella; Black Jack Judy and the Crisco Kids: Bronx Memories, by Alexis Rotella; Sailor in the Rain and Other Poems by Denis M. Garrison; Hidden River: Haiku by Denis M. Garrison; Fire Blossoms : The Birth of Haiku Noir by Denis M. Garrison; The Breath of Surrender: A Collection of Recovery-Oriented Haiku Edited by Robert Epstein; The Time of This World: 100 tanka from 13 collections by Kawano Yūko, selected by Oshima Shiyo, translated by Amelia Fielden & Saeko Ogi; Where We Go: haiku and tanka sequences and other concise imaginings by Jean LeBlanc; Double Take: Response Tanka by Sonja Arntzen and Naomi Beth Wakan; Take Five: Best Contemporary Tanka (Vols. One & Two) edited by M. Kei, et. al.; Modern Haiga 2009 edited by Liam Wilkinson, et. al.; and periodicals: Ambrosia: Journal of Fine Haiku, No. 4, Summer 2009; Atlas Poetica: A Journal of Poetry of Place in Modern English Tanka No. 4, Autumn 2009; Concise Delight: Magazine of Short Verse Nos. 1 & 2, 2009; Modern English Tanka Vol. 3, No. 4, Summer 2009; Modern Haibun & Tanka Prose Nos. 1 & 2, 2009; Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu and Kyoka No. 2, Summer 2009.

Above and following are photographs from the exhibit taken by Jean LeBlanc, author of Where We Go: haiku and tanka sequences and other concise imaginings, a collection published by MET Press. All photographs © 2010 by Jean LeBlanc and used by permission.