Frogpond 45.2 - Book Reviews

Books Briefly Reviewed

Reviewed by James Schlett, Laurie D. Morrissey, Gary Hotham, Pippa Phillips, Kristen Lindquist, Jerome Berglund, and Tom Sacramona.

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Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku of Bill Pauly

Walking Uneven Ground: Selected Haiku of Bill Pauly edited by Randy and Shirley Brooks (Brooks Books, Taylorville, IL: 2021). 172 pages, 6.25" x 9.25". Hardcover clothbound. ISBN: 978-1-929820-22-4. $30 from www. brooksbookshaiku.com.

reviewed by Tom Sacramona

<Walking Uneven Ground - review by Tom Sacramona>
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Lips Licked Clean: Selected Haiku of Sugita Hisajo

Lips Licked Clean: Selected Haiku of Sugita Hisajo translated by Alice Wanderer (Red Moon Press, Winchester, VA: 2021). 152 pages, 4.25" x 6.5". Matte color cover, perfect softbound. ISBN: 978-1-947271-85-2. $20 from https://redmoonpress.com.

reviewed by Pippa Phillips

<Lips Licked Clean - review by Pippa Phillips>
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Long Rain

Long Rain haibun and tanka by Lenard D. Moore (Wet Cement Press, Berkeley, CA: 2021). 140 pages, 4.25" x 7". Matte color cover, perfect softbound. ISBN: 978-1-7324369-9-2. $14 from https://www.wetcementpress. com.

reviewed by Taofeek Ayeyemi

<Long Rain - review by Taofeek Ayeyemi>
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Edge of Suburbia

Edge of Suburbia haibun, haiku & monoku by Christopher Bays (Red Moon Press, Winchester, VA: 2021). 91 pages, 6" x 9". Glossy covers, perfect softbound. ISBN: 978-1-947271-82-1. $20 from https://redmoonpress.com.

reviewed by Jimmy Pappas

<Edge of Sububia - review by Jimmy Pappas>
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Rounded by the Sea

Rounded by the Sea haiku by Bill Cooper (Red Moon Press, Winchester, VA: 2022). Unpaginated, 4.25" x 6.5". Glossy covers, perfect softbound. ISBN: 978-1-947271-88-3. $20 from https://redmoonpress.com/.

reviewed by Jay Friedenberg

<Rounded by the Sea - review by Jay Friedenberg>
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Singing Waters: A Selection of Haiku, Senryu and Haibun

Singing Waters: A Selection of Haiku, Senryu and Haibun by Johnette Downing (buddha baby press, Windsor, CT: 2022). 89 pages, 5.5'' x 8''. Glossy covers, perfect softbound. ISBN: 978-1-7366037-5-8. $21 from from https://www.johnettedowning.com/.