Haiku Elvis: A Life in 17 Syllables (or Less)
Carlos Colón. Haiku Elvis: A Life in 17 Syllables (or Less). Abilene, TX: Laughing Cactus Press, 2013, 89 pp., perfect softbound, 5.5 x 8.5. ISBN 978-1-937905-23-1. US $16 postpaid, autographed from the author, 185 Lynn Ave., Shreveport, LA 71105.
Yay Words!
Aubrie Cox. Yay Words! <http://yaywords.wordpress.com/>: A Blog Review.
My Fukushima
Taro Aizu. My Fukushima (in French, English, and Japanese). Fueisha Press, 2014, 232 pp., hardcover, 5.5 x 8 inches. Available from the author for US$16 at aizu2013@dream.jp. Kindle edition (91 pp.) available from Amazon.com for US$6.
Symbiotic Poetry
Jane and Werner Reichhold. Symbiotic Poetry. Gualala, CA: AHA Books, 2014, 282 pp., perfect softbound, 7.5 x 9.25 inches. ISBN 978-1494422776. US$14 from online booksellers.
Briefly Reviewed
T.A. Carter. Hue, A Day at Butchart Gardens: A Haiku Primer. Lantzville, BC: Leaf Press, 2014, 52 pp., perfect softbound, 4.25 x 5 inches. ISBN 978-1-926655-69-7. US$12 @ www.leafpress.ca.
Robert Epstein. What My Niece Said in My Head. West Union, WV: Middle Island Press, 2014, 50 pp., stapled, 5 x 8 inches. No ISBN. http://www.middleislandpress.com
Elizabeth Searle Lamb (posthumous) and Miriam Sagan. Dream That is Not a Dream: A Conversation in Haiku. Miriam’s Well, 2014, 52 pp., perfect softbound, 6 x 7 inches. ISBN 978-1-893003-17-0. US$15 @ www.redmoonpress.com.
Francis Attard. Turn Up at the Shrine. Malta: Stone Curlew Publishing/Veritas Press, 2014, 112 pp., perfect softbound, 8.25 by 5.75 inches. ISBN: 978-99957-0-520-6. Private distribution by the author.
George Swede. Micro Haiku, Three to Nine Syllables. Toronto: Iņšpress, 2014, 108 pp., perfect softbound, 5.25 by 8.25 inches. ISBN 978-0-9881179-0-7. US$15 @ http://inspressnet.webs.com.
Lee Gurga and Scott Metz, eds. Haiku 2014. Lincoln, IL: Modern Haiku Press, 2014, unpag. (110 pp.), perfect softbound, 5.25 x 4 inches. ISBN 0-9741894-6-4. US$8 + postage from Modern Haiku Press, P.O. Box 68, Lincoln IL 62656 or www. modernhaiku.org.
Bill Cooper. Overtones. Winchester, VA: Redmoon Press, 2014, unpag. (62 pp.), perfect softbound, 4.25 x 6.5 inches. ISBN 978- 1-936848-28-7. US$12 from www.redmoonpress.com.
Jörgen Johansson. The Firefly’s Signature/ Eldflugans signatur. Winchester, VA: Redmoon Press, 2014, 54 pp., perfect softbound, 4.25 x 6.5 inches. ISBN 978-1-936848-29-4. US$12 from www.redmoonpress.com.
Madoka Mayuzumi, ed., Hiroaki and Nancy Sato, trans. So Happy to See Cherry Blossoms: Haiku from the Year of the Great Earthquake and Tsunami. Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2014, 119 pp., perfect softbound, 5.5 x 8 inches. ISBN 978-1-936848-30-0. US$12 from www.redmoonpress.com.
Roberta Beary, ed. fresh paint: towpath anthology 2015. Winchester, VA: Red Moon Press, 2014, unpag. (36 pp.), stapled softcover, 3.5 x 5 inches. ISBN 978-1-936848-31-7. US$5 + postage from the towpath haiku society c/o Lee Giesecke @ lee.g2013@verizon.net.
Marjorie Buettner. Some Measure of Existence (Collected haibun with introduction by Marian Olson). Red Wing, MN: Red Dragonfly Press, 2014, 83 pp., perfect softbound, 5.5 x 8.5 inches. ISBN 978-1-937693-52-7. US$15 from www.red dragonflypress.org.
Glenn G. Coats. Beyond the Muted Trees. Prospect, VA: Pineola Publishing, 2014, 97 pp., perfect softbound, 6 x 9 inches. ISBN 978-0615949864. US$8 from amazon.com/books.