Clerihews for Haiku Editors—And Then SomeFirst published in Prune Juice #24, Spring 2018, on pages 17, 42, 61, and 93. I originally wrote these
clerihews in November of 2017. One addition here, for Michael Ketchek, was published in Prune Juice #26, November 2018, page 67. See also “Clerihews
for Haiku Editors—Past” and “Clerihews
for Haiku Editors—Present.” + + And Then SomeMelissa Allen reads by the gallon all the ku she can find of any new kind. Fay Aoyagi sure isn’t braggy about implications in her haiku translations. Johannes S. H. Bjerg is not from Luxembourg— it’s from Denmark he writes haiku that excites. Allan Burns never returns a good nature ku as long as it’s true. Beate Conrad follows no fad in publishing some ku in Chrysanthemum. Angelee Deodhar looks wide and far across the seas for haibun journeys. Josh Hockensmith loves to find the pith in every haiku poem —they’re never below ’im. Michael Ketchek says what the heck— and will now correspond on haiku for Frogpond. Anatoly Kudryavitsky always finds that its key to be objective in making ku effective. Bob Lucky is really plucky— he’s never doon with haibun. Paul MacNeil loves to conceal his intuition in juxtaposition. Scott Mason makes his base in The Heron’s Nest —it’s the best. Mike Montreuil sure isn’t coy about getting haiku work into every nook and cirque. Peter Newton likes to have fun taking ku from the herds for Tinywords. Nicole Pakan is more than a fan of Daily Haiku— she’s an editor too. Kathe Palka is like a falcon soaring online skies for poems to minimize. Linda Papanicolaou will never disavow good photography in haiga iconography. Patrick M. Pilarski always likes to see the best haiku poetry in Edmonton, not Calgary. Patricia Prime abrogates rhyme in her sacred duty to find haiku beauty. Kala Ramesh likes to thresh through Indian haiku for you to read through. Ray Rasmusssen loves the discussin’ of haibun virtues that you can choose. Michael Rehling isn’t ailing— he takes senryu for Failed Haiku. Philip Rowland isn’t from Poland— he’s a Brit in Japan and a haiku fan. Brendan Slater’s an accelerator of modern haiku— that’s what he do. Susumu Takiguchi likes to get smoochie with neo-classical ku to read when you’re blue. Christine L. Villa likes to spill a lot of haiku-o into video. Robin White’s quite alright editing ku for Akitsu. Billie Wilson stakes her position on haiku theory in ways that are cheery. Sheila Windsor always begins her poems with images, with which she’s a whizz. |