2015 Haiku Year-in-Review

Posted on January 1, 2016 • Words by Christine Byl, Beth Feldman Brandt, Pepper Trail, Brian Orth, & Erin Hollowell • Art by Elizabeth Bradfield

Editor’s Note: On Electricity and the Contrapuntal Poem Waves, currents, the movement of time and actions. 2015 was charged with many moments that felt big. Here, those currents surge up into poems, assert their energy, spark memory. Looking at the submissions for this year’s haiku, the conversation among the stories and issues—from natural disasters to climate change talks to the refugee crisis to Black Lives Matter and broader questions of social justice and responsibility—began to …

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2014 Haiku Year-in-Review

Posted on January 1, 2015 • Words by Dave Bonta, Melissa Fite Johnson, Sarah Martinez-Helfman, Maureen Doallas, Peter Kline, & Pepper Trail • Art by Elizabeth Bradfield

The annual Haiku Year-In-Review (HYIR) celebrates, examines, and honors the past year in poetry and art.

Meet the Poets: A group that spans the continent, a group that loves poetry and works as teachers, naturalists, and advocates. We asked them to tell us about themselves, and to also look back on 2014 and share their most memorable moment, be it personal or public.

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