Clerihews for Haiku Editors—Present
First published in Prune Juice #23, November 2017, on pages 53, 68, 86, 99, and 117. I originally wrote most of these clerihews in November and December of 2005, with additions in 2006, 2013, 2014, and 2017. See also “Clerihews for Haiku Editors—Past” and “Clerihews for Haiku Editors—And Then Some.” + +
Present Editors
Susan Antolin
keeps it goin’—
we’d be forlorn
without Acorn.
John Barlow
puts a carload
of ku into Snapshot—
he’s no crackpot.
Randy Brooks
publishes books;
haiku’s always in ’em,
seemingly ad infinitum.
Cherie Hunter Day
has her haiku say
in many different ways
setting journals ablaze.
Stanford R. Forrester
used to be a choirister;
now bottle rockets rise
over Connecticut skies.
Ferris Gilli
isn’t silly
’bout haiku—
that’s sure true.
LeRoy Gorman
is the foreman
of haiku as we know it
by every Canadian poet.
Lee Gurga
never wears fur ga-
loshes at work as a dentist
—it wouldn’t be centrist.
Steve Hodge
likes to lodge
in senryu lands
with both hands.
Jim Kacian
loves to vacation,
but to every distant nook
he takes his haiku notebook.
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy
surely is worthy,
choosing haiku to fit
into Blithe Spirit.
David McMurray
is in no hurray
to publish haiku
that’s just about you.
Scot Metz
seeks and getz
gendai ku
for you to chew.
Mr. Paul Miller
is a poetry pillar—
he’ll remember you
when editing ku.
Ban’ya Natsuishi,
it’s easy to see,
thinks the pope can fly
in the Ginyu sky.
Christopher Patchel
in his satchel
keeps a ku
just for you.
Matthew Paul
has it all—
quite a pedigree
in haiku poetry.
John Stevenson
reads a ton
of haiku every year
while drinking sake . . . or beer.
Ian Storr
loves to implore
that you write
with Presence in sight.
Alan Summers
never winters
on the Riviera—
no haiku there-a.
Michael Dylan Welch
has been heard to squelch
5-7-5s—
they give him hives.
Don Wentworth
loves to unearth
good short poems
on jeroboams.
Jeffrey Woodward’s
selecting words
for fine haibun
to make you swoon.
