Woodnotes #6 announced the inauguration of the Two Autumns Reading series, which soon became perhaps the key annual event for the Haiku Poets of Northern California. In this reading, four selected readers share their haiku and senryu, with their work commemorated in a special anthology. I was one of the four readers at the first reading, and this series has been a wonderful tradition, perhaps the longest-running haiku reading series outside of Japan. In this issue, as with issues before and after, haiku and senryu appeared together and are not segregated, empowering readers to decide for themselves whether particular poems might be one or the other, if they care to make the distinction. Another feature of this issue was a brief interview by Lequita Vance with Hiag Akmakjian regarding his book, Snow from a Bamboo Leaf: The Art of Haiku. In addition, Paul O. Williams provided a short essay, “Engineered Serendipity: Epistolary Haiku.”
Editors: vincent tripi and Paul O. Williams
Associate editor, typesetting, and layout: Michael Dylan Welch
Cover art: clipart
Interior art: Davina Kosh and Hiag Akmakjian
Pages 20
Haiku/Senryu 44
Essays 2
Reports 2
Mini-Reviews 1
Book Listings 12
Two Autumns Reading Series announcement
HPNC Elections announcement
Haiku and Senryu
Woodnotes (news)
“Snow from a Bamboo Leaf: The Art of Haiku” interview with Hiag Akmakjian by Lequita Vance [shown below]
Mini-Review by Paul O. Williams
On My Mind, an interview with Anita Virgil by vincent tripi
Book Listings by vincent tripi and Michael Dylan Welch
“Engineered Serendipity: Epistolary Haiku” essay by Paul O. Williams
Two Meeting Reports
After the storm
the child pulling a wagon
of rain
Marlina Rinzen
sidewalk sale—
wind twists a lifetime
guarantee tag
Tom Clausen
Plum rain—
the young prostitute
washes her underwear.
Pat Donegan
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