{"id":8847,"date":"2008-02-03T17:23:49","date_gmt":"2008-02-03T22:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/02\/03\/a-peek-inside-dust-of-summers-rma-"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:33","slug":"a-peek-inside-dust-of-summers-rma-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/02\/03\/a-peek-inside-dust-of-summers-rma-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"a peek inside dust of summers: RMA 2007<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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W<\/em><\/strong>e previewed<\/a> the 12th and newest edition of the annual Red Moon Anthology, dust of summers<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, three days ago. Since then, my copy of RMA 2007 arrived, allowing me to tell you a lot more about dust of summers<\/em> and — more important — share many of the “best of 2007” poems written by members of the f\/k\/a<\/em> family of Honored Guest Poets<\/a>, whose work made it through the rigorous RMA selection process.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

reversible jacket
\nthe side
\nI always show<\/p>\n

Colonel Mustard
\nin the library . . .
\nwinter night<\/p>\n

my hands at rest
\nin dishwater . . .
\nfirst hummingbird<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

………………………. by john stevenson<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> in “dust of summers: RMA 2007<\/a><\/em>”
\n“reversible jacket” – orig. pub. Upstate Dim Sum<\/em> 2007\/1
\n“Colonel Mustard” – orig. pub. Modern Haiku<\/em> 38:2
\n“my hands at rest” – orig. pub. The Heron’s Nest<\/em> IX:3<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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<\/em>\u201cdust of summers<\/strong>: The 2007 Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku<\/a><\/em>,\u201d edited by Jim Kacian and the Red Moon Editorial Staff, Red Moon Press, Winchester, VA, USA, 172 pages, ISBN: 1-978-893959-68-2, $16.95; see cover<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

C<\/em><\/strong>ongratulations to the 152 haijin<\/em> [meaning writers of haiku-related literature, not<\/a><\/em> obsessive video gamers] whose works have been included in “dust of summers: RMA 2007<\/a><\/em>.” Although we’ve often noted<\/a> that no “best of” list can please everyone or avoid under- and over-inclusiveness, no publication does a better job than RMA in “assembl[ing] the finest haiku and related forms published around the world in English in a single book.” This year’s volume contains 154 haiku and senryu, 29 linked poems (haibun, renku and rengay), and 5 essays “on the reading, writing and study of the genre.”<\/p>\n

gathering dusk
\nmy son bowls me out
\nfor the first time<\/p>\n

a colleague’s sigh
\narrives before he does
\nmonday morning<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

february dawn
\na tub of washing
\nall run blue<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

………… by matt morden<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> in “dust of summers: RMA 2007<\/a><\/em>”
\n– all from Stumbles in Clover<\/em> (Snapshot Press 2007)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of the 127 poets whose haiku or senryu appear in RMA 2007, a mere seventeen achieved the coveted RMA hat-trick<\/em> in 2007 — having three of their poems selected for inclusion in the anthology. In addition to hat-trickers Collin Barber, John Barlow, Ernest J. Berry, Ferris Gilli, Marcus Larsson, Daniel Liebert, Chad Lee Robinson, and Harriot West, nine members of our f\/k\/a<\/em> family were so honored:<\/p>\n

\"checkRed\" <\/font>Roberta Beary, Yu Chang, Carolyn Hall, Jim Kacian, Peggy Willis Lyles, paul m., Matt Morden, Tom Painting, John Stevenson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition, out of that distinguished group, Carolyn Hall also had a rengay chosen for dust in summer<\/em>s (authored with our Billie Wilson); Roberta Beary had two of her haibun selected (short prose pieces with a linked haiku, one of which we posted<\/a> on Jan. 30th); and Red Moon editor Jim Kacian also had a haibun and an essay chosen by the Editorial Staff for RMA 2007.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All told, 22 of the 27<\/a> living poets whose haiku and senryu appear at this weblog, are represented in “dust of summers<\/a><\/em>.” In addition to those listed above, you’ll find the following f\/k\/a<\/em> haijin in RMA 2007: Tom Clausen, DeVar Dahl, Alice Frampton, Barry George, David Giacalone, Lee Gurga, David Lanoue, paul m., ed markowski, w.f. owen, Andrew Riutta, George Swede, Hilary Tann, and Billie Wilson.<\/p>\n

Because our Honored Guests generously allow f\/k\/a<\/em> to re-publish their poems, I’ll be sharing items from RMA 2007 with you over the next week (which, like those in our preview<\/a>, will be permanently available in our archives). Here, for your pleasure, edification, and evaluation are a dozen or so:<\/p>\n

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blind date
\nI ask the waitress
\nfor a candle<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

autumn colors
\nwe paddle closer
\nto the mountain
\n………………………. by yu chang<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> in “dust of summers: RMA 2007<\/a><\/em>”
\n“blind date” – orig. pub. Modern Haiku 38:3
\n“autumn colors” – orig. pub. Frogpond XXX: 1<\/p>\n

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old friends talk
\neach holding
\ncar keys<\/p>\n

………….. by tom clausen<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> in “dust of summers: RMA 2007<\/a><\/em>”
\norig. pub. Frogpond<\/em> XXX:1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

autumn light —
\nthe smell of tomato vines
\non my fingers<\/p>\n

…………………….. by devar dahl<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> in “dust of summers: RMA 2007<\/a><\/em>”
\norig. pub. 5th Shiki Poets’ Choice Awards<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

cloudy water
\nin the bud vase —
\nchildren grown and gone<\/p>\n

………………………… by alice frampton<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> in “dust of summers: RMA 2007<\/a><\/em>”
\norig. pub. Frogpond<\/em> XXX:1<\/p>\n

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winter sunrise__
\nthe night waitress slowly
\nbuttons her coat<\/p>\n

…………………………. by barry george<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> in “dust of summers: RMA 2007<\/a><\/em>”
\n– orig. pub Greieri si crizanteme<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"checkG\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

followed home
\nby a dog I don’t know
\nautumn dusk<\/p>\n

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splitting wood–
\nfor a moment the log
\nholds the axe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…………………… by jim kacian<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> in “dust of summers: RMA 2007<\/a><\/em>”
\n“followed home” – orig. pub. Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Contest 2007
\n“splitting wood” – orig. pub. mayfly 42<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nearer the Mirage\u00a0
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

sun through dusty windows–
\nso many trinkets
\nwith lost meaning<\/p>\n

childhood. . .
\nmy brother’s version<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

autumn rain
\nshe leaves the weeds
\non her father’s grave<\/p>\n

the lines
\nall nodding in unison
\nlast night’s dream<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

desert heat–
\nwe move nearer the mirage<\/p>\n

mayflies–
\nfrom the debts of the stream
\na trail of bubbles<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

……………… a rengay by billie wilson<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> and carolyn hall<\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> in “dust of summers: RMA 2007<\/a><\/em>”
\n– orig. pub. Frogpond XXXI: 1 [note: the title above is the correct, original title]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u2026 S<\/em><\/strong>o far, I’ve only been able to focus on the poems written by f\/k\/a<\/em>‘s Honored Guests, so I cannot give an overview on the “too many senryu<\/a>” and “too many tell-ems<\/a>” complaints that arose with RMA 2006. I can say that there were fewer tell-ems than I had feared among those written by our Honored Guests, but enough to give me a little case of agita.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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