Hototogisu Haunting

by Chris Arthur I don’t know his name, or what crime he was accused of, or whether he was guilty. We’re told that he composed a poem moments before the executioner’s blade fell. This suggests such remarkable equanimity that I find myself wondering if the sparse...

Under the Basho

Under the Bashō Under the Bashō has resumed publication after a break last year, and takes many forms of Japanese genre poetry, including haiku, tanka, haibun and haiga.Submit: Until November 15, full details from the website. View...