Tundra

“He on whom God’s vision falls sees the great within the small.” —Piet Hein

Tundra #2 Contents

The following poems and other features appear in Tundra #2. You can also view an alphabetical list of all contributors to the issue. Links lead to selected poems or other material. All content is copyright of each contributor, and may not be reused without the contributor’s permission.

 

 
       Welcome         The Editor

 

           Article        Plain Speaking: The Poetry of Ted Kooser

                              Lee Gurga

 

Featured Poet       Ted Kooser

 

           Article        The Closed Door: A Correspondence on Haiku

                              Michael Dylan Welch

 

                              A Correspondence on Haiku

                              Cor van den Heuvel and Robert Bly

 

          Poems         Cor van den Heuvel, Zoran Doderovic, A. C. Missias, Michael McClintock, Sam Kampschmidt, Nikhil Nath, Barry Spacks, Giovanni Malito, Jack Foley, Robert Gilliland, Gary Hotham, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Ronald F. Smits, Dave Russo, Yu Chang, Jim Kacian, Fumio Ogoshi, Steve Sanfield, chris gordon, Phillip Rowland, Joshua Trotter, Paul O. Williams, Dale Pendell, Michael McClintock, Lee Gurga, Robert Boldman, David Cobb, Elizabeth St Jacques, Edward J. Rielly, Patrick Sweeney, W. F. Owen, Robert Spiess, Penny Harter, Robert Spiess, Mary Lou Taylor, Jerry Kilbride

 

Translations          Contemporary Japanese Haiku: Akito Arima

                              Emiko Miyashita and Lee Gurga, translators

 

                              Two Poems by Luxorius

                              Art Beck, translator

 

          Poems         Francisco X. Alarcón, Anthony Russell White, Ruth Daigon, Edward J. Rielly, Pariksith Singh, Robert Boldman, John Stevenson, John Owen, Joy Harold Helsing, Robert Sward, Marjorie Buettner, LeRoy Gorman, Daniel P. Fusch, Diane di Prima, Thomas R. Smith, Ronald F. Smits, Tricia Cherin, Lenard D. Moore, Frederick Smock, Claudette Bass, LeRoy Gorman, John S. O’Connor, Carolyne Rohrig, Ronald F. Smits, R. Yurman

 

                              There Was a Young Girl from Verona

                              Max Gutmann

 

          Poems         John Gribble, Jim Standish, Tom Clausen, Claire E. Hughes, S. M. Gray, Matt Morden, Dale Pendell, William M. Ramsey, R. A. Stefanac, Charles H. Easter, Samuel Menashe, Ken Waldman, Sandra Fuhringer, Robert H. Deluty, Carlos W. Colón, Lee Gurga, George Swede, Charles Trumbull, Tom Clausen, David Cobb, Diane di Prima, Samuel Menashe, Art Beck, chris gordon, Stefanie Marlis, Paul O. Williams, Susan Terris, Pat Pittman, C. Matthew Tusa, Dessa Crawford, Leonardo Alishan, Renée Gregorio, David Jordan, Penny Harter, Yvonne Hardenbrook, Alan Pizzarelli, Penny Harter, Ronan, Carolyn Thomas, Yvonne Hardenbrook, Catherine Mair, Giovanni Malito, Sandra Fuhringer, Leza Lowitz

 

         Haibun         Noah’s Ark

                              Michael McClintock

 

          Poems         H. L. Hix, Gerald Locklin, Rich Krivcher, Jonathan Greene, Samuel Menashe, Thomas R. Smith, Bruce Williams, Karen Senne Wallace, Cathy Drinkwater Better, Michael McClintock, Pamela Miller Ness, Elizabeth Oakley, Charles H. Easter, Miriam Sagan, Gary Hotham, Ernest J. Berry, Gary Hotham, Ford W. Chambliss, Robert Kusch, Charles Rossiter, William M. Ramsey, Tom Lynch, Eric L. Houck Jr., Alan Pizzarelli, Virginia Brady Young, Lee Gurga, Ruth Holter, Gary Hotham, Linda Lindsay Scott, Penelope Greenwell, Mike Spikes, Burnell Lippy, Nikhil Nath, Leza Lowitz, John Barlow, Martin Lucas, Joan Baranow, Marjorie Buettner, Kristina Van Sant, Heath Davis Havlick, Glenn McKee, Frederick Smock, Garry Gay, Mark Brooks, Josh Filan, Bruce Knecht, Mark W. Blottenberger, Charles Rossiter, Richard William Pearce, Jon Corelis, Tom Dow, Harvey Ellis, Joy Harold Helsing, David Elliott, Zoran Doderovic, chris gordon, Ion Codrescu, Emiko Miyashita, Evelyn Lang, Yu Chang, Paul M., Barry Spacks, Randy M. Brooks, John Stevenson, Jim Kacian, S. R. Spanyer, Randal Johnson, Dana Gioia, Paul M., Mike Tuggle, Sandra Fuhringer, Leatrice Lifshitz, Richard Rosenberg, Pamela Connor, Ruth Yarrow

 

        Reviews         Robert Bly’s Morning Poems: A Book Review

                              Charles Rossiter

 

                              The World of Haiku: A Review of Three Books

                              Cor van den Heuvel

 

           Books         Selected Books Received

 

       Journals         Selected Journals Received

 

   Last Laugh         Four Double Dactyls

                              Max Gutmann