Commentary
The following essays and commentary by various writers discuss poems and other writing by Michael Dylan Welch. If you have any additional comments or questions, please contact Michael Dylan Welch. See also the Blurbs, Interviews, and Videos pages. + +
2023 Fujisan Tanka Contest — by Aya Yuhki
2023 Trailblazer Award — by Hemapriya Chellappan, Kat Lehmann, Shloka Shankar, Richa Sharma, and Robin Smith
14 or 15 Combs — by William J. Higginson
Aichi Prefecture Board of Education Award — by Kōko Katō
An Appreciation — by Laurie W. Stoelting
Becoming a Haiku Poet Review — review by kjmunro
Best Anthology, 2010 Merit Book Awards — by Mike Dillon
Carpe Diem Haiku Kai — by Kristjaan Panneman (Chèvrefeuille)
Distant Train Sound: Michael Dylan Welch’s Haiku — by Sina Sanjari
Fig Newtons: Senryu to Go Review — review by Kay F. Anderson
Fire in the Treetops Review — review by Vicki McCullough
Footsteps in the Fog — review by Tom Lynch
From How to Haiku / Writing Haiku — by Bruce Ross
Haiku Classic 1 — by Dhugal Lindsay (Mainichi)
Haiku Classic 2 — by Dhugal Lindsay (Mainichi)
Haiku Classic 3 — by Dhugal Lindsay (Mainichi)
Haiku Classic 4 — by Dhugal Lindsay (Mainichi)
Haiku Revisited — by Robert Lee Brewer (Writer’s Digest blog)
Heirloom Bowl — by David Cashman
High Note — by Sandra Simpson
Home for Christmas — Michael Dylan Welch
Home for Christmas: An Appreciation of English Haiku — by Emiko Miyashita
Inner Silence / Silenzio Interiore — by Nicholas Klacsanzky
International Women’s Haiku Festival — by Jennifer Hambrick
Issa Explored — by Donna Fuchsluger
Juxtaposé: Michael Dylan Welch and Bashō — by Mark Brooks
The Light in the Darkness — by Ruth Yarrow
Magnetic Paper Clips — by Michael McClintock and Johnye Strickland
Meteor Shower — by Cyril Childs and Jerry Kilbride
Michael Dylan Welch — by Claudia Brefeld (in German)
Michael Dylan Welch’s Frisbee — by Nicholas Klacsanzky and five other writers
Michael Dylan Welch’s Scattered Petals — by Nicholas Klacsanzky
Moonless Night — by Cyndi Myers
NeverEnding Story — by Chen-ou Liu
Nine Words — by Tracy Koretsky
Notes from Michael Dylan Welch’s “Haiku Targets” Workshop — by Mark Danowsky
On Michael Dylan Welch — by Cor van den Heuvel
On Writing Haiku in English — review by Paul Griffiths (of Becoming a Haiku Poet)
Poetry That Heals — by Naomi Beth Wakan (commentary on eight poems)
Summer Sunlight — by Amelia Fielden
Swallows, Ships, and Childhood Desk Drawers — by Peter Yovu
Tanka Take Home: 30 March 2022 — Triveni Haikai India Community
Teeth Marks — by Charlotte Digregorio
Three Senryu — by Tom Lynch and Paul O. Williams
Tokutomi Contest Commentary — by Patricia Donegan, Shokan Tadashi Kondō, and Emiko Miyashita
Toll Booth Lit for Christmas — by Paul Miller
Toll Booth Lit for Christmas — by Karen Sohne and Bill Pauly
Triveni Spotlight: 5 August 2022 — by Billie Dee
Triveni Spotlight: 5 September 2024 — by Amoolya Kamalnath
Triveni Spotlight: 5 October 2024 — by Rupa Anand
Two Tanka — by Jane Wilson
The Website that has Influenced My Writing the Most — by Nicholas Klacsanzky
What Is Haiku? — by Corine Timmer
Winter Squall — by Ferris Gilli
Yellowing Maple — by Marcyn Del Clements and Seren Fargo
Geppo Commentaries
The following commentaries, in alphabetical order, are from various issues of Geppo journal, where each poem was selected for special commendation. Earlier commentaries to be added.
Clatter of China — by Emiko Miyashita, Beverly Acuff Momoi, and Patricia J. Machmiller, Joan Zimmerman (2021)
Cupcake Papers — by Patricia J. Machmiller, Joan Zimmerman, and Emiko Miyashita (2017)
Dripping Azaleas — by Emiko Miyashita, Patricia J. Machmiller, and Linda Papanicolaou (2019)
First Day of the Year — by Patricia J. Machmiller, Emiko Miyashita, and Beverly Momoi (2018)
Ice in the Water Bottle — by Emiko Miyashita, Linda Papanicolaou, and Patricia J. Machmiller (2019)
Ice Storm — by Emiko Miyashita, H. Philip Hsieh, and Patricia J. Machmiller (2021)
Lighthouse Shadow — by Emiko Miyashita, Patricia J. Machmiller, and Hiroyuki Murakami (2020)
Plum Tree’s Blossom — by Emiko Miyashita, Michele Root-Bernstein, and Patricia J. Machmiller (2021)
Silent Hospice — by Roger Abe, Patricia J. Machmiller, and Emiko Miyashita (2024)
Summer’s End — by Patricia J. Machmiller, Emiko Miyashita, and Kyle Sullivan (2018)
Tilted Lamp — by Emiko Miyashita, Patricia J. Machmiller, and Neal Whitman (2020)
Windshield Wipers — by Patricia J. Machmiller, Deborah P Kolodji, and Emiko Miyashita (2018)
Global Haiku Traditions
The following essays are from the Global Haiku Traditions program at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. The university maintains a “Haiku Writer Profile” about Michael Dylan Welch.
Michael Dylan Welch’s Contributions to Haiku — by James Brett
Michael Dylan Welch’s Haiku — by Molly McLinden
Michael Dylan Welch: Haiku and Photography — by Gia Drouzas
Michael Dylan Welch’s Haiku: Human Nature and Mother Nature — by Alyson Ludek
Michael Dylan Welch’s Haiku — by Tammy Wright
A Comparison: Michael Dylan Welch and Lee Gurga — by James Brett