haiku

May 1, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Eleven Haiku by Ruth Ann Dandrea

4/9 a rising sun paintsgold spaces between tree limbsnature’s own stained glass 4/11—Holy Saturday A left-over moonin a bright morning sky winksinto my seeking eye. 4/15 A pirouetting squirrelhands clasped in prayerdances just for me. 4/16 Snow weights daffodilbrows making everythingwait, whitely, for spring. 4/19 weeping cherry budspetals push snow into sunpopcorn opening 4/21 A … Continue reading Eleven Haiku by Ruth Ann Dandrea

April 29, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Daily Haiku by Leslie Sittner

woodlands waking upspring appears with bits of greentree buds in first blush Full Worm Moon in Marchrobins and crows dig for treatsdivots show success trail mud sucks boots inlittle white dog in knee-deepmud season just sucks doves share a taught wirewaiting to make ground landingbeneath bird feeders midnight dog walk dankrain-fog-clouds obscure viewingApril’s Full Pink … Continue reading Daily Haiku by Leslie Sittner

April 20, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Haiku from Home by Mila Lonetto

Been home for a month My poems are all silly What do you expect? April poetry Coronavirus haiku Nothing else to do! Sick of foraging in the fridge, I’m out of milk Leave some on your porch? Please stay over there But smiling and eye contact are not contagious Sunlight and garden Birds sing to … Continue reading Haiku from Home by Mila Lonetto

April 17, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Haiku (for Bill McKibben’s prompt) by Nancie Battaglia

Oh boy ski day oneKick, glide, kick, glide, scratch, oops, scratchNever to early

April 14, 2020April 23, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

April Haiku by Susan Jefts

One moment, earthshinepure white rain from soundless skysparrow eyes shining North facing windowwe open and then leave openrain dripping off eaves Porch screen undulateslike shadows of heron wingsseeking their shelter Cool wind off the lakespring slips in through blue shadowsred buds sing to joy This morning, no newsonly wind chimes, eggs sizzlingred pepper and thyme … Continue reading April Haiku by Susan Jefts

April 10, 2020 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Haiku by Doug Deneen

DROPLET SHINES. DROP DRIPS.H TO THE OH MY GOD! NO!LETTER’S LOVE WORDS BLEED. BUG BUGGED BY BUM LEG.SEVEN STEPS OKAY, THEN LIMP.ONCE GRACEFUL, NOW CLUTZ. IMAGE BREAKS ON ROCKCOLORS FIZZ BELOW SURFACERIVER REFLECTS GOLD BIRD SINGS. BIRD DANCES.CHICKEN HAWK BEATS WAR DRUM—BOOM.BIRD FLEES. NOT HIS THING. PUPPY LICKS SNOW GONE.SNIFFS. SCRATCHES. NO MORE. GROUND DRY.WAG … Continue reading Haiku by Doug Deneen

ACW FAMILY NEWS

📍 A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in New York’s North Country by Clarence Hall traces the long history of incarceration in the Adirondacks. Published by University of Massachusetts Press, copies are available here.

📍 Written during the Pandemic of 2020 LAMENT FOR US ALL is Carlos Reyes‘ 13th full-length collection. Available for purchase at the author’s website here.

📍Herb Terns has a new Adirondack novel, Iron Sharpens Iron, available for purchase here.

📍Eric Mondschein has published a new short story, Dinner at Grandma’s published by Something or Other Publishing LLC, in their short story anthology 25 Servings of SOOP: literary Journeys into Life, Meaning and Love.

📍Jessica Kane has published Anchors in the Storm, a new picture book written as a comforting tool to help parents be with their children and connect during moments of despair. The book is available digitally www.jessicalaurelkane.com.

📍Alice Gilborn has released a new of poetry, “Apples & Stones” (Kelsay Books), which features poems set in Colorado, the Adirondacks, and Vermont. The book is available from Kelsay Books, the Northshire Bookstore, and Amazon.

📍Stanley A. Ransom, Jr. has published Outskirts Press, Inc. has published America’s First Black Poet; Jupiter Hammon of Long Island (Outskirts Press, Inc.). Kirkus Reviews states: “an essential volume for all libraries interested in Black, and American poetry.” Paperback and Kindle e-book editions are available on Amazon.com.

📍Ronald Berger has just published The Gorge, a thriller based on his experience as

a whitewater raft guide on the Hudson River during the 1990s. Paperback and Kindle e-book editions are available on Amazon.com.

📍Christopher Shaw has published a new book The Power Line, and can be ordered at his website.

📍Howard Kirschenbaum has just published a new book, Coming of Age in the Baby Boom: A Memoir of Personal Development, Social Action, Education Reform and Adirondack Preservation. Paperback and Kindle e-book editions are available on Amazon.com.

📍Brian Heinz‘s newest book, a thriller novel for ‘tweens and teens,’ Peabody Pond, has been published and released by 4RV Publishing.

📍Betsy Folwell has released an extended version of Short Carries as an audiobook for the first time. These essays are about wildlife and wilderness, regional history and small-town life, with keen observations and a touch of humor.