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The Cat Understands: haiku, senryū, small poems by sekiro (stanford m. forrester; Windsor, CT: nut wagon press, 2026). 5$US 12 pp. Info: bottlerockets_99@yahoo.com ; www.bottlerocketspress.com Review by Maxianne Berger  This wee chapbook is a little gem for cat lovers. Dedicated to the ten cats who presumably have called Sekiro’s home their home, it features twelve poems that perfectly encapsulate what a feline is and does (and doesn’t do.) Here is one example that speaks quite loudly to me:      sitting on      whatever I’m looking for      the orange cat Yes, our cat, too, is orange, and yes, he was sprawled over the mouse on my husband’s desk. Any more examples would be giving away too much. You’ll have to trust me: Sekiro aka Stanford M. Forrester has put together a little delight, and it’s the perfect gift or stocking stuffer for all the ailurophiles we know.  ***

Wondrous Instruction and Advice from Global Poets: How to Write and Publish Moving Poems and Books and Publicize Like a Pro by Charlotte Digregorio (Artful Communicators Press, 2025) Published by  Artful Communicators Press, 2025 (5th printing) ISBN : 978-0-9912139-2-4 Order from eBay, or by mail , 352 pages $34.20 U.S. Reviewed by Pearl Pirie Charlotte Digregorio is a Haiku Canada members.  You probably know her from her busy blog, Charlotte Digregorio's Writer's Blog  where she has posted poems of haiku and tanka by many people worldwide for 16 years. She has also been a teacher for decades. She has marketed and/or published 55 titles on all manner of topics, including Haiku and Senryu: A Simple Guide for All in 2014 and Checkout Time is Soon: More Death Awareness Haiku with Robert Epstein in 2018. Unlike the two previously mentioned, Wondrous Instruction isn't listed at Amazon. This she sells through eBay. It is very heavily blurbed by a who's who of haiku. Dig...

  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 (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