Ambrosia Journal of Fine Haiku 4 Summer 2009

AMBROSIA
Journal of Fine Haiku Issue 4 Summer 2009
ISS N 1943-829X [P rint] ISS N 1945-8797 [D igital]
Edited by
Denis M. Garrison
MODERN ENGLISH TANKA PRESS

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Ambrosia: Journal of Fine Haiku Issue 4 - Summer 2009 Copyright 2009 by Modern English Tanka Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by reviewers and scholars who may quote up to six poems. Front cover artwork Copyright 2009 by Denis M. Garrison. Ambrosia: Journal of Fine Haiku, a quarterly print and digital journal, is dedicated to publishing and promoting the finest of traditional haiku in English. Editorial correspondence to: dmg@themetpress.com
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Editors Note.
In this Issue 4 of Ambrosia: Journal of Fine Haiku, our final issue, we are pleased to present another 100 fine haiku from forty-three outstanding poets. All these poets, while writing in English, respect the formal values of traditional Japanese haiku. Ambrosia has been well-received by all reports, however, financial support for the journal has not developed. Surely posting each issue online where it can be read for free contributed to its low sales, but having the poetry read is the goal of publishing. In any case, MET Press will no longer publish Ambrosia and several other journals that could not support themselves. We can only hope that someone will step up and publish another journal which holds that a haiku in English, to be fine, must have the traditional shape and duration of haiku, its metre and music, and exhibit some aspects of traditional Japanese poetic aesthetics, and that haiku ought to be written in a natural, modern, English idiom with great care for the sound of the verse when spoken. Denis M. Garrison, editor
poems written in dust a windy day

Denis M. Garrison Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Issue 4, Summer 2009
A lone traveler stops to listen to the nightingale
Vasile Moldovan Bucharest, Romania
Ambrosia: Journal of Fine Haiku
Not a living soul . . . all the blue of the sky in a dew droplet
Vasile Moldovan Bucharest, Romania
crescent moon . . . curled up on my doorstep next doors cat
John Kinory Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, England
churchyard tea lovers touch under the yews
John Kinory Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, England
Bluebells Grandmas Sunday singing voice.
Alexis Rotella Arnold, Maryland, USA
From a mud puddle the toddler brings me a cup of water.
Alexis Rotella Arnold, Maryland, USA
old fort the dying tempo of a cicada
Francis Masat Key West, Florida, USA
fall garden silence rises from the fallen stalks
Francis Masat Key West, Florida, USA
ash-slat boardwalk leading to the bay fogwild
Neal Whitman Pacific Grove, California, USA
stopped to tie my shoe looking up evening comes without warning
Neal Whitman Pacific Grove, California, USA
10
reading over my shoulder the moon
Don Baird Rancho Vista, California, USA
11
on his nose a koi balances the moon
Don Baird Rancho Vista, California, USA
12
mountains too . . . the rain can sweep away all but memory
William Hart Montrose, California, USA
13
the desktop watch fills the drawers with ticking
William Hart Montrose, California, USA
14
empty matchboxes scattered in the mud my new community
Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah Winneba, Ghana
15
scent of her graveyard too close to my bedroom apple blooms
Jacob Kobina Ayiah Mensah Winneba, Ghana
16
monsoon winds tasting a hint of rain on the dust
C. William Hinderliter Phoenix, Arizona, USA
17
longest day only child chasing lizards with a net
C. William Hinderliter Phoenix, Arizona, USA
18
looking for my star a comet takes a leap toward me
Ion Untaru Baneasa, Giurgiu, Romania
19
a leaned gun in the white of bayonet a butterfly
Ion Untaru Baneasa, Giurgiu, Romania
20
Electric City the darkness inside me
Dietmar Tauchner Puchberg, Austria
21
spring sunshine the sudden coolness in the tunnel
Dietmar Tauchner Puchberg, Austria
22
daybreak a rotten persimmon stuck to the dish
Bob Lucky Hangzhou, China
23
sultry morning butterflies bumping in to each other
24
Indian summer a thicket of fishing poles on the bridge
25
plaster sky the lawn speckled with violets
Laryalee Fraser Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada
26
slow day . . . yet on this hillside a rush of blossoms
27
planting the beans . . . this year it takes longer to unbend myself
28
a wetland trail we follow the whisper of marsh grasses
Adelaide B. Shaw Millbrook, New York, USA
29
bird song pulling me out of a dream first day of spring
30
decayed leaves on the forest floor new ferns
31
a chilled white wine sparkling in the slow dusk fireflies
32
from the porch swing fog spreads across a blue jays call
Althea Rowe Watson Skokie, Illinois, USA
33
as shadows fade at the edge of the lake black swans
Lorin Ford Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
34
morning fog one by one gumtrees being born
Lorin Ford Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
35
winter reeds bent and snarled above still water
Marje A. Dyck Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
36
all afternoon that musician in a tree the same refrain
37
raven sways on the tip of a charred pine
38
a dock in the dust of a rear-view mirror, a farewell to summer
Jeffrey Woodward Detroit, Michigan, USA
39
someone must live there on the outskirts of town an autumn evening
40
the Great Plains to the rising of the sun white with dew
41
maple leaves on the branch in the brook
42
This spring must I smell the lilacs without you?
James Tipton Chapala, Mexico
43
the old juniper curls endlessly around itself
James Tipton Chapala, Mexico
44
a seal surfaces, shattering silence . . . the arctic air
Brenda Bechtel Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA
45
between split rails a pair of cranes watching colts run
46
dark forest no wind silencing the owl
47
midnight the old clock still ticking
Dawn Bruce St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
48
spring breeze wattle dust showers her sun umbrella
Dawn Bruce St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
49
nightfall in a crows cry autumn chill
Jo McInerney Boolarra, Victoria, Australia
50
old scars touched by the light winter birch
51
blue morning I wake to the light in your eyes
52
lilac hush . . . a single star catches my breath
53
An apple blossom stolen from the park tree at dawn quivering with rain.
Joan McNerney Ravena, New York, USA
54
whole day a yellow tulip inhaling the sun
Djurdja Vukelic Rozic Kolodvorska, Croatia
55
end of winter a long night drags among white crocuses
56
moonlight black are the plums black are the leaves
57
Tea cups and roses kettle whistles on wood stove bread and molasses
Victor Maddalena St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
58
School days and pumpkins morning frost and mittens October winds
Victor Maddalena St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
59
my wife and I huddled against the cold: the boats wake
Edward J. Rielly Westbrook, Maine, USA
60
whispering to me the old bee hive . . . another death
61
late winter ice storm: above the broken branches three brown leaves
62
wooden bridge the swallows swooping underneath
Ruth Holzer Herndon Virginia, USA
63
autumn path the whirring flock of wheatears
Ruth Holzer Herndon Virginia, USA
64
summer ends on a telephone wire old trekking shoes
Jacek Margolak Kielce, Poland
65
cloudless sky only my memories dapple her gravestone
66
Trevi fountain our wishes sink to the bottom
67
bored swimming alone i turn on my back swim with a cloud
Miriam Chaikin New York City, New York, USA
68
grass keen observer of the sky
69
watering plants i bend to listen to the bonsai drink
70
Wild poppies . . . my foot eases off the accelerator
Patrick Sweeney Misawashi, Aomori-ken, Japan
71
Autumn dusk . . . on the dull cutting board an eggplant weeps
Patrick Sweeney Misawashi, Aomori-ken, Japan
72
steady drizzle a flutter of robins in the maple
Catherine J.S. Lee Eastport, Maine, USA
73
hammock weather winds aloft unravel a skein of contrails
74
tin roof a rainbow arches above the silence
75
grey clouds with pinpricks of light hiding the gold
Judith Anne Ahmed Elizabeth North, South Australia, Australia
76
spots of light in a wildflower meadow a fawns nap
Tish Davis Dublin, Ohio, USA
77
the short night a raccoon slips into the storm drain
Tish Davis Dublin, Ohio, USA
78
after the rains push up the heads mushrooms
Aju Mukhopadhyay Pondicherry, India
79
evening shadow my mothers face vanishes in the dark
Aju Mukhopadhyay Pondicherry, India
80
his grandson talking to the grasshopper one squat at a time
Guy Simser Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
81
the toddler with tiny butterfly net exhausting
Guy Simser Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
82
new lake sculpture the decorative cormorants come and go
Elaine Riddell Hamilton, New Zealand
83
morning in the bay the sun still climbing down the trees
84
time to wake oystercatchers clatter along the bay
85
beneath the surface, an electric blue groper lumbers lazily
Gregory Jennings Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
86
hot blur at dusk the sun seen dipping into cool blue sea
Marisa Fazio Melbourne, Australia
87
shimmering water sunset deep inside a windy forest
Doug Kutney Cranford, New Jersey, USA
88
fireworks delayed plump drops of rainwater explode into puddles
Doug Kutney Cranford, New Jersey, USA
89
sun on the birdbath a sparrow hops in and out of shadow
Hortensia Anderson New York City, New York, USA
90
summer evening morning glories fold against an ink-blue sky
91
across the pond bare branches reach for a floating sun
92
skipping stones the rings begin to touch as they fade
Dave Moore Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
93
disappearing onto a foggy beach summer lovers
94
across the field dogwood petal falls into shadows
95
rest area the picnic table blanketed by snow
Michele L. Harvey Hamilton, New York, USA
96
warm night the cigarette glow two cars over
97
4th of July . . . the utter silence of fireflies
98
deserted park a wooden bench succumbs to the moonlight
Wahyu W. Basjir Jogjakarta, Indonesia
99
on the patio a warm teacup half empty and the rocking chair
Wahyu W. Basjir Jogjakarta, Indonesia
100
Index
Ahmed, Judith Anne, 76 Anderson, Hortensia, 9092 Ayiah Mensah, Jacob Kobina, 1516 Baird, Don, 1112 Basjir, Wahyu W., 99100 Bechtel, Brenda J., 4547 Bruce, Dawn, 4849 Chaikin, Miriam, 6870 Davis, Tish, 7778 Dyck, Marje A., 3638 Fazio, Marisa, 87 Ford, Lorin, 3435 Fraser, Laryalee, 2628 Hart, William, 1314 Harvey, Michele L., 9698 Hinderliter, C. William, 1718 Holzer, Ruth, 6364 Jennings, Gregory, 86 Kinory, John, 34 Kutney, Doug, 8889 Lee, Catherine J. S., 7375 Lucky, Bob, 2325 Maddalena, Victor, 5859 Margolak, Jacek, 6567 Masat, Francis, 78
McInerney, Jo, 5053 McNerney, Joan, 54 Moldovan, Vasile, 12 Moore, Dave, 9395 Mukhopadhyay, Aju, 7980 Rielly, Edward J., 6062 Riddell, Elaine, 8385 Rotella, Alexis, 56 Rozic, Djurdja Vukelic, 5557 Shaw, Adelaide B., 2932 Simser, Guy, 8182 Sweeney, Patrick, 7172 Tauchner, Dietmar, 2122 Tipton, James, 4344 Untaru, Ion, 1920 Watson, Althea Rowe, 33 Whitman, Neal, 910 Woodward, Jeffrey, 3942
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Journal of Fine Haiku Issue 4 Summer 2009

ISS N 1943-829X [P rint] ISS N 1945-8797 [D igital]

MODERN ENGLISH TANKA PRESS

poems written in dust a windy day

Issue 4, Summer 2009

A lone traveler stops to listen to the nightingale

Vasile Moldovan Bucharest, Romania