You can find three recent poems of mine online, thanks to editors Edward Byrne at Valparaiso Poetry Review and Robert S. King at FutureCycle Poetry. And Linh Dinh recently found room for three short homages to Kobayashi Issa on The Lower Half. I appreciate their support!
Praise is always welcome, baj. But I want to draw attention to the fact that my minimalism in this case was inspired by David G. Lanoue’s <A HREF="http://haikuguy.com/ctp.html" REL="nofollow">Issa: Cup-of-Tea Poems</A>. Lanoue’s online <A HREF="http://haikuguy.com/issa/" REL="nofollow">Issa archive</A> is a treasure-house, although he uses the standard 3-line format in order to "save trees" for
Returned here to read your <I>Three for Issa</I> again. That Phaneronoemikon says "These are great!" might mean nothing to those who are not at least a little familiar with his literary and artistic works and his associates. To me it is significant. Your poems are examples of minimalism maximized.