Francine Porad lives, writes and paints in the Pacific Northwest. Former President of the Haiku Society of America; editor for eight years of "Brussels Sprout", an international journal of haiku and art. Porad holds a B.F.A. degree from the University of Washington; and continues to attend workshops for writers and artists. She has 22 collections of published haiku, and her haiku is in current issues of publications in the U.S., Canada, Engliand, Croatia, Australia, Romania and Japan. Haiku anthologies include HAIKU MOMENT (Charles E. Tuttle, 1993), HAIKU WORLD: An International Poetry Almanac, (Kodansha, 1996),1997 and 1998 RED MOON ANTHOLOGY (Red Moon Press). Porad is a frequent award-winner, guest lecturer, presenter, juror of national and international haiku/senryu/tanka competitions.

It is my pleasure to spotlight two selections of Francine Porad's haiku. They reveal a rich tapestry of her life, and of the haiku that is prominent in international journals from 1985 to the present. It will be a joy for the poets who have read these haiku in the original journals and Francine's collections to see them once more, and a windfall for the new poets who started writing in more recent years. Enjoy!

Carmen Sterba

 

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