June 17, 2021 — Last Train Home Anthology Poets
Last Train Home collects haiku, tanka, and haiku sequences on the theme of trains and train travel. Edited by Jacqueline Pearce, it features close to 600 poems by 193 poets from 22 different countries. From nostalgia for childhood memories to daily commutes, lonely landscapes, and connections with strangers, the anthology captures moments of train experience across five continents. Check out “Last Train Home – Haiku” on Facebook or the editor’s Wild Ink blog for selections of poems from the book, train memories, and travel photos. Find the book on Amazon.
Featuring Gary Evans, John S Green, Carole MacRury, Tanya McDonald, Jacquie Pearce, Angela Terry, and Michael Dylan Welch
Jacqueline Pearce, editor of Last Train Home, is an award-winning haiku poet and children’s book author from Vancouver, British Columbia. Her poetry has been published in a variety of journals and anthologies, including A New Resonance 11: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku (Red Moon Press, 2019).
Featured contributors:
Gary Evans first learned of haiku in a world literature class in high school. His first published poem appeared in Haiku Highlights in 1967.
John S Green has published all styles of poetry, including a children’s book, Whimsy Park. His wife still laughs at his jokes.
Carole MacRury, poet and photographer, resides in Point Roberts, Washington, a unique peninsula and border town that inspires her work.
Tanya McDonald is a haiku poet and the editor of Kingfisher, a print journal of haiku and senryu. She lives in Woodinville, Washington.
Angela Terry is a published and award-winning haiku poet from Western Washington.
Michael Dylan Welch has been curating monthly SoulFood Poetry Night readings for fifteen years.
Scheduled, but not able to attend:
Margo Williams is the eldest daughter of well-known haiku poet Johnny Baranski. She writes haiku too, and lives in Stayton, Oregon.
David A. Berger is a haiku poet and artist based in Seattle, and author of Razor Clams: Buried Treasure of the Pacific Northwest.
Dianne Garcia, a lifelong resident of Washington state, first rode a train (Ellensburg to Cle Elum) in 1956. Wheels on tracks still sound the same.
Carmen Sterba lived in Japan for 32 years, attended her first haiku conference in London, and now lives in University Place, Washington.
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SoulFood Poetry Night
Jun 17, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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