A Senryu by Shane Coppage

 

witching hour—
the soft cacophony
of old bones

"Technical Interview #517" by Colleen M. Farrelly

 

Technical Interview #517

They say another day, another dollar. I waste half a dollar on interviews. Their problem states that a dollar and ten cents will buy a ball and bat.

Ouija widgets
I conjure
my software code

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Colleen M. Farrelly is a mathematician and haibun poet who's been exploring the universe through mathematics and physics since childhood. She's an amalgam of mystic Jewish/Catholic traditions and mathematician-philosophers like Blaise Pascal, with a deep appreciation for meditation and what she learned about public health and spiritual health from South African village shamans in the mid-2000s.

A Senryu by John Hawkhead

 

trapped inside
a crusting salt circle
middle-age demons

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John Hawkhead has been writing short-form poetry for over 30 years, publishing three books of haiku & senryu in that time. He lives in the South West of England.

"Over and Out" by Nolcha Fox

 

Over and Out

I look out the window that
my dreams did not wash clean.

I see the bench where we first met
is empty and decayed.

I know the bridge we used to walk
has nothing left to say.

It keeps for me a wilted rose
from my wedding bouquet.

~

Nolcha Fox's poems have been curated in print and online journals. A best-selling author, her poetry books are available on Amazon and Dancing Girl Press. Nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize multiple times. Editor of Chewers by Masticadores and LatinosUSA.

Website:  https://writingaddiction2.wordpress.com/ and https://nolchafox2.wixsite.com/nolcha-s-written-wor/blog

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/nolcha.fox/

A Senryu by Rowan Beckett Minor

 

sudden thunder
swallows the daylight . . .
my black candle flickers

~

Rowan Beckett Minor (they/them) is a disabled Melungeon poet and hoodoo practitioner from Prince, WV, who currently resides in Cleveland, OH. They have been featured in:  Mayfly,  A New Resonance 12, as a confluence journal Fellow (2024-2025), as a presenter for Haiku North America (2019, 2021), and co-judge for the HSA Brady Senryu Contest (2022). Rowan is honored to have served as HSA Midwest Regional Coordinator in 2024.

A Senryu by Jerome Berglund

 

underworld
. . . do you come
here often?

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Jerome Berglund has had a lifelong interest in angels, demons, hoodoo, voodoo, saints, sinners, spiritual ritual, occult practices, and supernatural phenomena. His lineage includes victims of the Salem witch hunts. Many haiku, haiga and haibun he's written have been exhibited or are forthcoming online and in print, most recently in bottle rockets, Frogpond, and Presence. His firth full-length collections of poetry were released by Setu, Meat for Tea, Motus Audax Press, and a mixed media chapbook showcasing his fine art photography is available now from Fevers of the Mind.

"Flower Moon" by Christina Chin

 

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Christina is a painter and a haiku poet. A three-time Pushcart Prize 2025 Nominee. She is a four-time recipient of Top 100 in the mDAC Summit Contests. They were exhibited at the Palo Alto Art Center, California. She is also the sole haiku contributor for the MusArt book of Randall Vemer's paintings, published by ArtReach Publication, Portland, Oregon. Among her awards are 1st prize, 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival Haiku Contest; 1st prize, 8th Setouchi Matsuyama Photohaiku Contest; and two City Soka Saitama's haiku prizes. She is published in numerous exclusive journals and anthologies, including Japan's prestigious monthly Haikukai Magazine.

A Senryu by Isabella Mori

hail hypnogogia
hekate speaks to me
of rustling leaves

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Isabella Mori writes pretty much everything that's not nailed down: Fiction (a 15th century monk whose best friend is a comfrey plant), nonfiction ("All the way from the Eocene on Highway 400"), and poetry (lots of haiku!). Their great love is hybrid work, like in their latest book, "Believe Me," which combines poetry, stories, interviews and research. They run Canada's most unusual poetry prize, Muriel's Journey, which has an "entry fee" that poets document their volunteer work. Isabella calls themselves a Christian-Buddhist Pagan and has a special relationship with Hekate.