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...