* Isa Kocher was born in Hudson River Valley in New York State. He has degrees in anthropology, linguistics, and applied linguistics and is a former Fulbright Fellow. He is currently living in Oman and has lived in the Middle East since 1986. His adopted son is Kurdish. Isa is a photographer, free lance journalist, PR for NGOs, translator, editor and writing teacher. He holds dual Swiss-US citizen.
Val Magnuson (USA)
lost tooth
jaguar will not fit
under my pillow
John Mazurek (Canada)
When it's frosty we
can hear skaters zoom by
as ice crackles.
Ottawa's "Winterlude"
finds lots of folks laughing at
snow and ice sculptures.
Every "Winterlude"
we have a silly bed race
on the Rideau canal!
Shigeki Matsumura (Japan)
Heiwa towa
Haikyo no kototo
yatto shiri
(from Asahi senryu)
in English:
Iraqi postwar
Peace
means ruins,
I see at last.
Kitsune Miko (Sandy Vrooman) (USA)
Brushing across my senses
You awaken the words
That still dwell within
Terry Phillips (USA) *
See the s w
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Hiding the leaves of autumn
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copyright Terry Phillips 2004
* Terry Phillips lives in the hills of East Tennessee. He is a fifty-year-old musician, who enjoys spending time with his family, and hiking in the beautiful Smoky Mountains. Terry likes all forms of haiku, but most enjoys working with the 5-7-5 line breaks. He says he likes working within its limitations, yet expressing all that's needed, which in turn exceeds the form's limitations for him. Terry also likes to experiment with haiku as a form of "computer art".
