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Beginning with the next issue of the World Haiku Review, (1) submissions will not be restricted to members of WHCschools, but will extend to anyone who is a member of WHC; any member of WHC may submit poems to TREETOPS, and (2) TREETOPS will feature an Editor's Choice section. On some occasions, a guest editor will be invited to choose haiku for Treetops. Selections are made on merit. The number of haiku published are limited and may be dictated by the quality of submissions.

Ferris Gilli
Director, WHCschools

TREETOPS
the hermit crab moves from shell to empty shell homeless shelter Victor P. Gendrano Carson City, California, US	garden shop a man speaks of community with dirt-caked hands semi San Diego, California, US
blue skies -- still in her work clothes a woman weeds the yard semi San Diego, California, US
where I lay in the green moss . . . bluebottles kirsty karkow Waldoboro, Maine, US	spring showers; pocketed one blue shard from the raku bowl Debra Woolard Bender Orlando, Florida, US
spring dream; some say it was a dragonfly that pinched my finger Debra Woolard Bender Orlando, Florida, US
windy day - a flock of shadows flies by Juanito Escareal California, US	his first date a dragon kite's tail flaps in the breeze Victor P. Gendrano Carson City, California, US
ruffling in the wind-- the cat's fur and a small rug Gillena Cox St. James, Trinidad	windless sails - ice cubes crackle in the lemonade Carol Raisfeld Long Island, New York, US
mountain flowers - a pause in my journey to the other side Carol Raisfeld Long Island, New York, US	nearing dusk - white goose feathers drift across road dust Jasminka Nadaskic Djordjevic Smederevo, YU
noon stillness - a mosquito's long legs spread in the sun Jasminka Nadaskic Djordjevic Smederevo, YU	a cloud of topsoil drifts across the field-- the heat DeVar Dahl Magrath, Alberta, CA
rainless Monday farmers baling hay in every field an'ya Prinville, Oregon, US
light snow -- a magpie watches the calf suckle DeVar Dahl Magrath, Alberta, CA	chemotherapy a haze of new growth on lately barren fields kirsty karkow Waldoboro, Maine, US
evening sunshine shire horses graze in the daisy meadow Celia Crook Oxford, England, UK
first puddle the bloom of red lichen on ashes Anna Tambour Nowra, New South Wales, AU	school almost over a woodpecker hammers the dead tree DeVar Dahl Magrath, Alberta, CA
forest walk the bloodgum a pile of red-spattered charcoal Anna Tambour Nowra, New South Wales, AU	half a daymoon -- roasting green peppers until their skins split an'ya Prinville, Oregon, US
second look-- the squirrel has vanished from the canyon's edge Juanito Escareal California, US	cliff walk morning sunlight falls on his place Celia Crook Oxford, England, UK
burst of finch song the sharp glint of sunlit leaves Anna Tambour Nowra, New South Wales, AU

 

Guidelines for submitting to TREETOPS:

Submit original, unpublished haiku (haiku that have not previously appeared in print journals or in on-line journals by editorial selection). Poems that have appeared on Internet mailing lists such as haikuforum, WHCschools, WHCbeginners, and the Shiki lists, but have not otherwise been published, are eligible.     

Poets may send up to ten haiku in each submission.

When submitting, put "TREETOPS SUBMISSION" in the subject block of your email.

Follow criteria for haiku according to the Hibiscus School.  Essential elements of haiku:

Focus
Conciseness (clarity, brevity)
Effective juxtaposition
Resonance
Immediacy
Natural syntax
Common language
Balance of humanity and nature
Sense of mood
Sense of season; kigo
Concrete imagery

Freshness of content is desirable. Poems should avoid stale, hackneyed presentations of overused subjects. NOTE: This does NOT mean that familiar subjects and topics are unwelcome. It simply means that whatever the topic, the haiku should present a fresh, different view of a subject or event, and/or offer new insight to the reader.

DEADLINE for TREETOPS SUBMISSIONS for November 2002 Issue:

September 31, 2002

SEND HAIKU SUBMISSIONS to Ferris Gilli hgilli@cfl.rr.com.

(Please do NOT send submissions to the school, or to any other WHC list.)

 

 

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