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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...