Clerihews for Haiku Editors
—And Then Some
First 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 Some
Melissa 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.
