LYNX  
A Journal for Linking Poets  

(Click on the bold-faced section names to find the individual works.)

SYMBIOTIC POETRY:  
WINDIGO by Ed Baranosky & Jen Finlayson; 
NINA
by Suhni Bell  &  Marlene Mountain  & Cindy Tebo; BURIED AT SEA by Suhni Bell & Marlene Mountain; NINETY-NINE BOTTLES by Carlos Colón & Sue Stanford & Alex Benedict & Alexis K. Rotella & John Sheirer & Fay Aoyagi & Jeanne Cassler & Marlene Mountain & Zane Parks & Rosa Clement &  Alice Benedict; 
ECHOES OF RAIN by Connie Donleycott &  Michael L. Evans; REENGINEER by Jim Leftwich & John M. Bennett; 
OTHER RENS Book IX by Kris Kondo & Marlene Mountain & Francine Porad; 
DEMOCRACY by Marlene Mountain & Suhni Bell; 
probably 2 'real' renga sorta  #5 EVEN MORE RAIN by Marlene Mountain & Francine Porad; 
BREASTS OF SNOW: the tanka of Fumiko Nakajoo, Translated by Hatsue Kawamura & Jane Reichhold; 
FROM THREE TO NINETY-THREE by Patricia Prime & Catherine Mair; 
CATHERINE OLIVIA by Catherine Mair & Patricia Prime; CLIPPED HEDGES by Dick Pettit & Carlos Colón & Marlene Mountain; 
AFTER SUNSET  by Patricia Prime & Catherine Mair;
 
TAN RENGA by Carol Purington &
Larry Kimmel;
SONG FOR THE VOICELESS by Carol Purington & Merrill Ann Gonzales; A LIFE FULL OF SKIES by Jane Reichhold & June Moreau; 
RAINY SEASON IN THE MOUNTAINS OF JALISCO by George Swede &
Anita Krumins

SOLO WORKS: 
GHAZALS:  

NIMROD by Gene Doty, NATURE by Gene Doty, GAS GHAZAL by Ruth Holzer, PARIS by Ruth Holzer, 

HAIBUN:
YOSAMI, JAPAN by James Fowler, MOUNT TUG by James Fowler, GREEN-UP DAY 2002 by James Fowler, HOME TOWN by Martine Joseph, FOUND by Martine Joseph, I ALONE by
Martine Joseph, MITYLENE, ALABAMA by Gary LeBel, HOSPICE HAIBUN by Miriam Sagan, 

HAIKU

SLEEK by John M. Bennett, STREAK by John M. Bennett, HEAP by John M. Bennett, KEEPS by John M. Bennett, SLEEPS by John M. Bennett, CLASSROOM by Fran Masat, ACTOR by  Allen McGill, ANOTHER DAY by Josh Mrozinski, SUMMER by R. K. Singh, 

SIJO

TORTOISE by Gino Peregrini, REQUIESCAT EN PACE For my wife Lucy (March 4, 1930 - August 14, 2003) by Victor P. Gendrano 

TANKA

HISTORIC HOUSE by Tony Beyer, AGES by Owen Bullock, LUCKY by Owen Bullock, FIRST LOVE by shirley cahayom, Ruth Holzer, THE OWL'S MESSAGE by Elizabeth Howard,  BINOCULARS by Andrew Lansdown, BIRDS BATHING by
Andrew Lansdown, ENVY by Andrew Lansdown, FIRST SCENT OF RAIN by Thelma Mariano, THIS VERY SORROW OF KNOWING THINGS  by Tom Clausen, BACCANTES by
Serena Agusto-Cox,
LINKS by joan payne kincaid, HER LABOR OF LOVE Mary Bradish O’Connor 1942-2000, by M.L. Harrison Mackie, FIFTY YEARS by Ellen G. Olinger, IN ANOTHER COUNTRY by K. Ramesh, LARVAL IN WAITING by Werner Reichhold, STRANGERS by Tracy Schlueter, AS SUCH by Sheila Murphy, MAY, THEREABOUTS, 2003 by Sheila Murphy, MOMENT by Sheila Murphy

  

BOOK REVIEWS: 

Short Songs: A Collection of English Tanka Poems by Amelia Fielden. Ginninderra Press: 2003. Saddle-stapled, 6 x 8 inches, 48 pps., three tanka per page, US10.00, including airmail postage, ordered from Amelia Fielden, 10 Delasala Drive, Macquarie Hills, NSW 2285,Australia.

tangled hair: Selected Tanka from Midaregami by Akiko Yosano translated by Sanford Goldstein and Seishi Shinoda. Perfect bound, 5 x 8 inches, 166 pps., romaji and kanji versions, copious notes. Available in bookstores and Amazon.com’s z-shops. ISBN:0-88727-373-4.

Partings at Dawn: An Anthology of Japanese Gay Literature. Edited by Stephen D. Miller. Gay Sunshine Press, San Francisco. Trade paperback, 6 x 9 inches, illustrated, 350 pps., $19.95. ISBN: 0-940567-18-0.

Reeds: Contemporary Haiga No. 1, 2003. Editor Jeanne Emrich. Lone Egret Press, Edina, Minnesota. Flat spine with full color jacket, 60 pps., 5 x 8 inches, all illustrations in color, July 2003, $12.00. Lone Egret Press, pob 390545, Edina MN 55435.

Book of Haikus by Jack Kerouac, and edited by Regina Weinreich. Penguin Poets Series, New York: 2003. Paper back, 5 x 6 inches, 200 pps., Introduction and Notes by Regina Weinreich, $13.00. ISBN:0-14-200264-X.

Year of the Horse: A Renga by Giselle Maya and Edward Baranosky. EUB Publications, Toronto, Canada: 2003. Saddle-stapled, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 48 pps., illustrated, full-color cover, and even comes with a bookmark with a tiny pewter horse and ball on a leather thong. Check with Baranosky for price and ordering details.

Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image by Joshua S. Mostow. University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu: 1996. Hardcover, 10.5 x 7, 524 pps., illustrated, notes. ISBN: 0-8248-1705-2.

HAIKU MENTIONS

Bird Song More and More by L.A. Davidson, edited by Vincent Tripi. Swamp Press: printed in 2003.  As it says in the colophon: "All printing and binding took place during the downpours of June while the country slid into further depravity." Hand-tied, printed with envelope fold and die-cut window for the wood engraving by Tony Kulik, 5 x 7 inches,18 pps., $6.00 plus $2.00 for postage, ISBN:0-934714-31-2. Order from Ed at Swamp Press, 15 Warwick Road, Northfield, MA 01360.

Dreaming Sunlight: Haiku by Margarita Engle. Published by Feather Books, pob 438, Shrewsbury, England SY3 0WN 9 2003. Saddle-stapled, 24 pps, four haiku per page, 6 x 8.25 inches, $8.00, ISBN: 1-84175-14-5. Order a signed copy from Margarita Engle, 9433 N. Fowler Ave., Clovis California 93611.

Except perhaps in spring. . . love poems by Robert Gibson. Holly House Publications, Seattle, WA: 2003. Saddle-stapled, 36 pps., artwork by Karen Klein, ISBN: 1-57726-155-0, $10.50 ppd. from Bob Gibson, 929 H Street, Centralia, WA 98531.

Christmas Gifts in South Japan and other Haiku Essays by Thomas Carroll Heffernan. Saint Andrews Press, Laurinburg, North Carolina: 2003. Flat-spine paper, 5.5 x 8.5, 60 pp., $11.00. ISBN: 1-879934-80-9.

Inside Out: Haiku and Dreams by Joseph Kirschner. Deep North Press, Evanston, Illinois:2003. Perfect bound, 5.5 x 8.5, 88 pp., ISBN: 1-929116-10-1, $20.00. Order from Joseph Kirschner, 2157 Ridge Ave., 2 D, Evanston, IL 60201.

Komagane Poems by David Mayer, SVD. Divine Word Missionaries, P.O. Box 6099, Techny, IL60082. Hard cover with dust jacket, 5 x 7.5 inches, 94 pp. $12.00.

Mount Gassan’s Slope: by Ann Newell. Translated into Japanese by Kenichi Sato. Red Moon Press: 2002. Perfect bound, 8 x 8 inches, unnumbered pages, sumi-e by Ann Newell, $14.95 Order from Nancy Whitham, 3375 N. Baldwin, Portland, OR 97217.

Upstate Dim Sum: Route 9 Haiku Group with guest poet, Michael Dylan Welch. Saddle-stapled, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 34 pp. This chapbook is the latest in a series, published twice a year by the Route 9 Group of Haiku Writers. Contact John Stevenson. P.O. Box 122, Nassau, NY 12123 to subscribe ($8.00 a year) or order back issues ($5.00 each).

Returning in Time by Slavica Savli. Translated into English by Adreja Grad. Published by Haiku Balkan, Ljublijana, Slovenia: 2003. Flat-spined paperback, 5 x 8 inches, 60 pps., tri-lingual, ISBN: 961-236-436-2, Introduction by Edin Saracevic. Contact author for copies.

small town by vincent tripi. Tribe Press, Greenfield, Massachusetts: 2003. Hand-tied, jacketed in transparent vellum, 4.75 x 6 inches, 24 mica-sprinkled pages., printing and typesetting by Swamp Press, $7.00 ppd. Order from Vincent Tripi, 42 Franklin Street, Greenfield MA, 01301.

 

ARTICLES AND LETTERS :  
LETTERS TO LYNX
Dr. Satsuki Ina, FLYING ADAPTION by Werner Reichhold, Tom Clausen, Jim Fowler, Allan McGill, Vic Gendrano, Carlos Colón, Robert Yellin, marius geerts, Bob Gray,
Linda Jeannette Ward, David Rice, Terri Grell Kelly , john hudak Michael Dylan Welch, Carol Purington & Larry Kimmel, Guillermo Compte Cathcart, Helen Sherry, Khizra Aslam Suhni Bell, Mary Lee McClure and Cindy Tebo, Paul Conneally. Guidelines for the FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL
TANKA SPLENDOR
AWARD  2003

PARTICIPATION RENGA by AB - Alice Benedict; CC - Carlos Colón; CF - Vikki Celeste Fannin; cg  - Cindy Guntherman; CSK - Carol Stroh Kemp; dht - Doris H. Thurston; DPK -Deborah P. Kolidji, DR - David Rice; DWP - Darrel W. Parry; EF - Eric Folsom; ESJ - Elizabeth St Jacques;  FA - Fay Aoyagi,  FP - Francine Porad;  FPA - Francis (Paul) Attard; GD - Gene Doty; GM - Giselle Maya;  GR - George Ralph; JAJ -Jean Jorgensen; JC -Jeanne Cassler;  JMB - John M. Bennett; JR - Jane Reichhold; JS -John Sheirer; JSJ - Joyce Sandeen Johnson; KCL - Kenneth C. Leibman; LCG - Larry Gross; LE - Lesley Einer; LJ  - Lael Johnson; MHH  - Madeline Hoffer; ML - Minna Lerman; MM - Marianne Marks; MWM   - Mary Wittry-Mason; N - Nika; NA -Nasira Alma; PC - Penny Crosby;  PGC - Pamela Connor; PJS - P.J. Sharpe; PS - Pat Shelley; R - Ronan; RF - Robert Flannery; SCH - Suzette Hains,  SD - Simon Doubleday; SMc - Steve McComas;  TLG -Terri Lee Grell; TV - Teresa Volz;  TW - Tundra (Jim Wilson) Wind; WEG - Elliot Greig; WR - Werner Reichhold; YH - Yvonne Hardenbrook; ZP - Zane Parks.

 
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Table of Contents

SYMBIOTIC POETRY

SOLO POETRY

BOOK REVIEWS

ARTICLES AND LETTERS

PARTICIPATION RENGA

Don't forget!
September 30th
 
is the deadline for sending entries to  the FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL
TANKA SPLENDOR AWARD  2003 

(Click on the above link to get all the details and to send in your entries.)

 

 

SYMBIOTIC
POETRY:

WINDIGO by Ed Baranosky & Jen Finlayson; NINA
by Suhni Bell  & Marlene Mountain  & Cindy Tebo; BURIED AT SEA by Suhni Bell & Marlene Mountain; NINETY-NINE BOTTLES by Carlos Colón & Sue Stanford & Alex Benedict & Alexis K. Rotella & John Sheirer & Fay Aoyagi & Jeanne Cassler & Marlene Mountain & Zane Parks & Rosa Clement &  Alice Benedict; ECHOES OF RAIN by Connie Donleycott &       Michael L. Evans; REENGINEER by Jim Leftwich & John M. Bennett; OTHER RENS Book IX by Kris Kondo &
Marlene Mountain &
Francine Porad; DEMOCRACY by
Marlene Mountain &
Suhni Bell; probably 2 'real' renga sorta  #5
EVEN MORE RAIN by
Marlene Mountain &
Francine Porad; BREASTS OF SNOW:
the tanka of Fumiko Nakajoo, Translated by Hatsue Kawamura
& Jane Reichhold; FROM THREE TO NINETY-THREE by Patricia Prime & Catherine Mair; CATHERINE OLIVIA by
Catherine Mair &
Patricia Prime; CLIPPED HEDGES by
Dick Pettit & Carlos Colón & Marlene Mountain; AFTER SUNSET  by Patricia Prime & Catherine Mair;
Tan Renga by Carol Purington & Larry Kimmel; SONG FOR THE VOICELESS by Carol Purington & Merrill Ann Gonzales; A LIFE FULL OF SKIES by Jane Reichhold &
June Moreau; RAINY SEASON IN THE MOUNTAINS OF JALISCO by George Swede &
Anita Krumins

SOLO WORKS
 
GHAZAL

NIMROD by Gene Doty, NATURE by Gene Doty, GAS GHAZAL by Ruth Holzer, PARIS by Ruth Holzer, 

HAIBUN


YOSAMI, JAPAN by
James Fowler, MOUNT TUG by James Fowler, GREEN-UP DAY 2002 by James Fowler, HOME TOWN by
Martine Joseph, FOUND by Martine Joseph, I ALONE by
Martine Joseph, MITYLENE, ALABAMA by Gary LeBel, HOSPICE HAIBUN by
Miriam Sagan

HAIKU

SLEEK by John M. Bennett, STREAK by
John M. Bennett, HEAP by John M. Bennett, KEEPS by
John M. Bennett, SLEEPS by John M. Bennett, CLASSROOM by Fran Masat, ACTOR by  Allen McGill, ANOTHER DAY by
Josh Mrozinski, SUMMER by R. K. Singh 

SIJO

TORTOISE by Gino Peregrini, REQUIESCAT EN PACE For my wife Lucy (March 4, 1930 - August 14, 2003) by
Victor P. Gendrano

TANKA

HISTORIC HOUSE by
Tony Beyer, AGES by
Owen Bullock, LUCKY
by Owen Bullock, FIRST LOVE by
shirley cahayom, Ruth Holzer, THE OWL'S MESSAGE by
Elizabeth Howard,  BINOCULARS by
Andrew Lansdown,
BIRDS BATHING by
Andrew Lansdown,
ENVY by Andrew Lansdown, FIRST SCENT OF RAIN by
Thelma Mariano, THIS VERY SORROW OF KNOWING THINGS
 by Tom Clausen, BACCANTES by
Serena Agusto-Cox,
LINKS by joan payne kincaid, HER LABOR OF LOVE Mary Bradish O’Connor
1942-2000, by M.L. Harrison Mackie, FIFTY YEARS by
Ellen G. Olinger, IN ANOTHER COUNTRY by K Ramesh, LARVAL IN WAITING by Werner Reichhold, STRANGERS by
Tracy Schlueter, AS SUCH by Sheila Murphy, MAY, THEREABOUTS, 2003 by Sheila Murphy, MOMENT by Sheila Murphy

 

Short Songs: A Collection of English Tanka Poems by Amelia Fielden. Ginninderra Press: 2003. Saddle-stapled, 6 x 8 inches, 48 pps., three tanka per page, US10.00, including airmail postage, ordered from Amelia Fielden, 10 Delasala Drive, Macquarie Hills, NSW 2285,Australia.

tangled hair: Selected Tanka from Midaregami by Akiko Yosano translated by Sanford Goldstein and Seishi Shinoda. Perfect bound, 5 x 8 inches, 166 pps., romaji and kanji versions, copious notes. Available in bookstores and Amazon.com’s z-shops. ISBN:0-88727-373-4.Partings at Dawn: An Anthology of Japanese Gay Literature. Edited by Stephen D. Miller. Gay Sunshine Press, San Francisco. Trade paperback, 6 x 9 inches, illustrated, 350 pps., $19.95. ISBN: 0-940567-18-0.Reeds: Contemporary Haiga No. 1, 2003 Editor Jeanne Emrich. Lone Egret Press, Edina, Minnesota. Flat spine with full color jacket, 60 pps., 5 x 8 inches, all illustrations in color, July 2003, $12.00. Lone Egret Press, pob 390545, Edina MN 55435.Book of Haikus by Jack Kerouac, and edited by Regina Weinreich. Penguin Poets Series, New York: 2003. Paper back, 5 x 6 inches, 200 pgs., Introduction and Notes by Regina Weinreich, $13.00. ISBN:0-14-200264-X.

 

Year of the Horse: A Renga by Giselle Maya and Edward Baranosky. EUB Publications, Toronto, Canada: 2003. Saddle-stapled, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 48 pps., illustrated, full-color cover, and even comes with a bookmark with a tiny pewter horse and ball on a leather thong. Check with Baranosky for price and ordering details.

Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image by Joshua S. Mostow. University of Hawai’i Press, Honolulu: 1996. Hardcover, 10.5 x 7, 524 pgs., illustrated, notes. ISBN: 0-8248-1705-2.

HAIKU MENTIONS

Bird Song More and More by L.A. Davidson, edited by Vincent Tripi. Swamp Press: printed in 2003 as it says in the colophon: "All printing and binding took place during the downpours of June while the country slid into further depravity." Hand-tied, printed with envelope fold and die-cut window for the wood engraving by Tony Kulik, 5 x 7 inches,18 pps., $6.00 plus $2.00 for postage, ISBN:0-934714-31-2. Order from Ed at Swamp Press, 15 Warwick Road, Northfield, MA 01360.

Dreaming Sunlight: Haiku by Margarita Engle. Published by Feather Books, pob 438, Shrewsbury, England SY3 0WN 9 2003. Saddle-stapled, 24 pps, four haiku per page, 6 x 8.25 inches, $8.00, ISBN: 1-84175-14-5. Order a signed copy from Margarita Engle, 9433 N. Fowler Ave., Clovis California 93611.Except perhaps in spring. . . love poems by Robert Gibson. Holly House Publications, Seattle, WA: 2003. Saddle-stapled, 36 pps., artwork by Karen Klein, ISBN: 1-57726-155-0, $10.50 ppd. from Bob Gibson, 929 H Street, Centralia, WA 98531.Christmas Gifts in South Japan and other Haiku Essays by Thomas Carroll Heffernan. Saint Andrews Press, Laurinburg, North Carolina: 2003. Flat-spine paper, 5.5 x 8.5, 60 pp., $11.00. ISBN: 1-879934-80-9.Inside Out: Haiku and Dreams by Joseph Kirschner. Deep North Press, Evanston, Illinois:2003. Perfect bound, 5.5 x 8.5, 88 pp., ISBN: 1-929116-10-1, $20.00. Order from Joseph Kirschner, 2157 Ridge Ave., 2 D, Evanston, IL 60201.Komagane Poems by David Mayer, SVD. Divine Word Missionaries, P.O. Box 6099, Techny, IL60082. Hard cover with dust jacket, 5 x 7.5 inches, 94 pp. $12.00.Mount Gassan’s Slope: by Ann Newell. Translated into Japanese by Kenichi Sato. Red Moon Press: 2002. Perfect bound, 8 x 8 inches, unnumbered pages, sumi-e by Ann Newell, $14.95 Order from Nancy Whitham, 3375 N. Baldwin, Portland, OR 97217.Upstate Dim Sum: Route 9 Haiku Group with guest poet, Michael Dylan Welch. Saddle-stapled, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 34 pp. This chapbook is the latest in a series, published twice a year by the Route 9 Group of Haiku Writers. Contact John Stevenson. P.O. Box 122, Nassau, NY 12123 to subscribe ($8.00 a year) or order back issues ($5.00 each).Returning in Time by Slavica Savli. Translated into English by Adreja Grad. Published by Haiku Balkan, Ljublijana, Slovenia: 2003. Flat-spined paperback, 5 x 8 inches, 60 pps., tri-lingual, ISBN: 961-236-436-2, Introduction by Edin Saracevic. Contact author for copies.

small town by vincent tripi. Tribe Press, Greenfield, Massachusetts: 2003. Hand-tied, jacketed in transparent vellum, 4.75 x 6 inches, 24 mica-sprinkled pages., printing and typesetting by Swamp Press, $7.00 ppd. Order from Vincent Tripi, 42 Franklin Street, Greenfield MA, 01301.

LETTERS TO LYNX  Dr. Satsuki Ina FLYING ADAPTION
by Werner Reichhold, Tom Clausen 
Jim Fowler 
Allan McGill 
Vic Gendrano 
Carlos Colón 
Robert Yellin  
marius geerts 
Bob Gray

Linda Jeannette Ward
David Rice

ITerri Grell Kelly 
john hudak

Michael Dylan Welch
Carol Purington & Larry Kimmel
Guillermo Compte Cathcart

Helen Sherry

Khizra Aslam
Suhni Bell, Mary Lee McClure and Cindy Tebo
Paul Conneally

Guidelines for the FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL
TANKA SPLENDOR

AWARD
  2003

   
   
 

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