From HNA Conference Anthologies
It has been my privilege to edit and design all of the anthologies for the biennial Haiku North America conferences, an event I cofounded in 1991, and to publish each of these books with my press, Press Here. The following are all my poems from these anthologies, most recent first, including a new poem for the 2015 anthology, Fire in the Treetops, that celebrated HNA’s twenty-fifth anniversary. I missed three of these conferences (1995, 1997, and 2007), but the anthologies did include my poems for 1997 and 2007 because I had originally expected to attend. For sample poems by numerous other contributors to these anthologies, see the Haiku North America section of the Press Here page. You can also see photos of the 2009 conference that took place in Ottawa, Ontario, in album one, album two, and album three. Also see photos from the 2011 conference in Seattle, Washington in albums one, two, three, four, and five. See also my Photographs page for additional HNA photo albums.
2023 — Cincinnati, Ohio
failing light . . .
you ask me again
what I’m reading
2019 — Winston-Salem, North Carolina
end of the year—
the swing’s muddy underside
reflected in a puddle +
2017 — Santa Fe, New Mexico
woods walk—
I catch the cobwebs
that miss my son
2015 — Schenectady, New York
pumpkin weigh-in . . .
the judge’s motion
to lift off hands
2013 — Long Beach, California
a hand sticking out
from the balcony below . . .
small rain
2011 — Seattle
a show of hands
in the jury room . . .
winter light
2009 — Ottawa
Valentine’s Day—
a few clicks
of the swans’ beaks
2007 — Winston-Salem, North Carolina
fading sunset—
still the shine
on high-tension wires
2005 — Port Townsend, Washington
afternoon hike—
the pussy willows dwindling
from my handful
there, under the awning,
the man who stole
my parking space
2003 — New York
spring thaw—
the old scarecrow
a little taller
2001 — Boston
sidewalk sale—
a corner bent over
in the used paperback
1999 — Chicago
summer solstice—
a rack full of hats
at the barbershop
1997 — Portland, Oregon
landing swallow—
the ship’s chain
dips slightly
1993 — San Francisco
low summer sun—
the shadow of an earring
on your cheek
1991 — San Francisco
old folks’ home—
the square of light
crosses the room
