Dwarf Stars

Dwarf Stars 2006, an anthology of science fiction, fantasy, and horror short poetry of 10 lines or less, contains both a cinquain by Ann K. Schwader and a mirror cinquain by Terrie Leigh Relf.

Dwarf Stars 2006 contains what I consider to be the best short short speculative poetry published in 2005.

Muertos Moon, a cinquain by Ann K. Schwader was first published in the Summer 2005 issue of World Haiku Review.

Another Goddess in the Sky, a mirror cinquain by Terrie Leigh Relf, was originally published in Astropoetica, Summer 2005.

Dwarf Stars 2006 contains 28 other excellent short poems – scifaiku, tanka, sijo, and short free verse by Duane Ackerson, Linda D. Addison, Greg Beatty, Guy Belleranti, Ruth Berman, Jennifer Crow, James S. Dorr, John J. Dunphy, Peg Duthie, Amal El-Mohtar, Robert Frazier, Jo Gerrard, Andre Dorian Gheorghe, Todd Hanks, Samantha Henderson, Tim Jamieson, Joanne Morcom, Karen L. Newman, oino sakai, Daniel C. Smith, W. Gregory Stewart, John Stevenson, Marcie Tentchoff, and Stephen M. Wilson.

Sketchbook

The December issue of Sketchbook is online with cinquains by myself, Cristian Mocanu, John Daleiden, and Shanna Baldwin Moore.

Sketchbook is a webzine for members of The Outlaw Poets and World Haiku Club Poetry Bridge e-mail lists and is edited by Karina Klesko and John Daleiden, both Cinquain Poets members and Amaze contributors.

Rich Magahiz's cinquains

Amaze contributor Rich Magahiz has sent in word of several of his published cinquains:

His cinquain sequence "No accommodation" in is in Autumn Leaves: http://www.sondra.net/al/vol10/105NoAccommodation.htm

Rich’s cinquains have previously appeared in Autumn Leaves:

South Sea
http://www.sondra.net/al/vol9/92SouthSea.htm

The new bill
http://www.sondra.net/al/vol8/85NewBill.htm

Rich has two cinquains, “Weather Report” and “Mastectomy” in the current issue of Amaze: The Cinquain Journal:
http://www.amaze-cinquain.com/FALL-06/magahiz.html

Amaze #10 online

The tenth issue of Amaze: The Cinquain Journal is now online!

In addition to cinquains by Lisa Bradley, Lauren Brecht, Darrell Byrd, Anya Corke, Maureen Daniels, Mary Dorsey, Michael L. Evans, Bren Gentry, John Grey, Rich Magahiz, Lauren McCollum, Allen McGill, Shayla Mollohan, Mary E. Moore, Naia, Amy Nawrocki, Kathy Paupore, Michael A Rodriguez, Ava South, Pat Thompkins, Kimberly K Thompson, and Michael Williams, there is an article on cinquain metrics by Denis Garrison and two book reviews--one by Terrie Relf of my unfinished book and one by me on Madelyn Eastlund's Cinquains for Tea Time.

SP Quill

SP Quill is a quarterly print journal edited by Marie Summers and published by Shadow Poetry which contains an annual cinquain feature in the spring issue.

The deadline for the spring issue is February 28, 2006. Each poet may submit up to eight cinquains to spquill@shadowpoetry.com. A short poet profile may accompany the poems (written in 3rd person). Name of the poet, address, and email address must accompany all submissions, no exceptions.

Modern English Tanka cinquain submissions

Denis Garrison, the editor emeritus of Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, publishes Modern English Tanka (MET), a webzine of tanka which will consider cinquain as a "set form tanka."

As an example, I offer my cinquain ermine from Simply Haiku:

ermine
against her cheeks
naked before the fire--
a California girl unused
to snow

- Deborah P Kolodji
Simply Haiku, Summer 2006

A "set-form tanka" cinquains would be untitled, would contain a turn/pivot, and would be written in the "tanka spirit."

Michael L. Evans has nine cinquains in the current issue of MET, which are included on a page following three of his tanka.

Amaze #10

The selections for Amaze #10 have been finalized and the issue will be online soon at http://www.amaze-cinquain.com.

Amaze #10 will contain cinquains by Lisa Bradley, Lauren Brecht, Darrell Byrd, Anya Corke, Maureen Daniels, Mary Dorsey, Michael L. Evans, Bren Gentry, John Grey, Rich Magahiz, Lauren McCollum, Allen McGill, Shayla Mollohan, Mary E. Moore, Naia, Amy Nawrocki, Kathy Paupore, Michael A Rodriguez, Ava South, Pat Thompkins, Kimberly K Thompson, and Michael Williams.

The cover cinquain haiga will be by Naia.