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HCSHR 8:1 – Mayfly Delight

Mayfly , issue 77, summer 2024 Published by Brooks Books, Illinois one-year subscription (2 issues) $15US review by Sandra Stephenson I have not seen the 2025 issues of this little gem of a publication, have only just become aware of Mayfly by way of a copy a year old.  It's charming, and includes one exquisite haiku from each contributor.  Probably my favorite,      horse-drawn      those scribbled lines      through the buttercups is from Ireland.  One Canadian haikuist is in there too.  Antoinette Cheung should be recruited for Haiku Canada if she's not already a member.  Her poem:      golden hour      mom and I pick summer      off the laundry line It's true, most of the poets are American, like Lesley Anne Swanson, who wrote:      patisserie window . . .      nose prints vote      for eclairs I really like how the editor o...

HCSHR 7:3 — The Ten Hands of a Fuchka Seller: haiku and senryū by Daipayan Nair.

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  HCSHR 7:3   —   The Ten Hands of a Fuchka Seller: haiku and senryū by Daipayan Nair. (Kolkata: Penprints, 2024). ISBN: 978-81-974036-2-0 . 80 pp. Price: INR 300 | Softcover, ±$45 from amazon.ca; Ebook, ±$5 from play.google.com, Info: < nairdaipayan744@gmail.com > Review by Richa Sharma

HCSHR 7:2 — designated driver: a selection of haiku, senryu, and small poems by Stanford M. Forrester

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  HCSHR 7:2   —   designated driver: a selection of haiku, senryu, and small poems by Stanford M. Forrester (wooden nickel press, windsor: 2023). 66 pages. 5” x 8”. Perfect softbound. ISBN: 978-1-7366037-8-9. $18.95US from www.bottlerocketspress.com Review by Jerome Berglund

HCSHR 7:1 — Faunistics by R.C. Thomas

  HCSHR 7:1   —   Faunistics by R.C. Thomas ( R.C. Thomas Things , Plymouth UK: 2024). 151 pages. 5” x 8”. Perfect softbound. ISBN: 978-1-3999-6873-7. $17 from amazon.ca.

HCSHR 6:20 - Kelly Sargent, Bookmarks

Bookmarks by Kelly Sargent.  Winchester, VA, USA: Red Moon Press 2023.  978-1-958408-32-2. 66 pp., $20 US. redmoonpress.com. Review by Dave Read

HCSHR 6:19 - Paul Engel, Time Traveling Samurai Gets a Temp Office Job and a Cheap Apartment with a Balcony

  Time Traveling Samurai Gets a Temp Office Job and a Cheap Apartment with a Balcony  by Paul Engel (Lulu Press: 2023). 35 pages, 5.5” x 8.5”. Saddle Stich.  $5 from online booksellers . Review by Jerome Berglund

HCSHR 6:18 - Hassane Zemmouri, Small Lantern

Zemmouri, Hassane; Bauer, Bea; Brettou, Magali. Small Lantern . Buttonhook Press, 2023. 28 pages. PDF at https://ojalart.com/wp-content/uploads/zemmouribreton.haiga_.8.25-x-8.25-inch-20.96-x-20.96-cm.pdf .    Review by Dave Read