Monthly Archives: January 2014

Last weekend, I tweeted and posted on FB that 100 Word Story Anthology is accepting submissions. Within hours, stories arrived in our inbox, and we’re having a great time reading this fiction, nonfiction, poetry and dialogue. If you’re a writer Read More

Another polar vortex has descended upon NYC, this time, with snow. Suddenly, functional boots—and coats that can withstand Canadian temperatures—become a necessity. New Yorkers huddle at bus stops, step carefully over curb-side snow banks and try not to slip on Read More

We’re still at it. About 95 people—journalists, fiction writers, poets—clicking onto the Haiku Room group on Facebook and writing poems. It seems that everyone isn’t posting daily, or maybe I just can’t keep up with it all, but some people Read More

The weather has been challenging in the country—sub-freezing temperatures, snow, heavy rains and wind. When I’m in the Catskills, sitting inside, I deal with winter the way many poets do. I write about it. Through sunlight, snow fell as the Read More

A couple of winters ago, I attended a party hosted by writer friends upstate and was introduced to poets who write haiku as spiritual practice. The form was something I’d enjoyed for years—and after chatting for a few minutes—a couple Read More

Happy New Year! We’re starting off a new year in New York with snow. Here are three haiku inspired by the beauty of a cold country winter—and the city’s set for a blizzard today. Stay warm, everyone, and write, paint, Read More