Clerihews for Haiku Editors
—And Then Some

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.