NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW

Well over a hundred haiku from the editor of American Tanka, with one or two pieces per page. There is an interesting, eclectic array of tanka, with affectionate glimpses of visits to the poet's parents, her life with her husband, the hours at the office and many other themes. There are some excellent observational pieces, as is shown by this finely-drawn one, with its enviable tightness and succinctness:

	sunny day
	unexpectedly
	a hearse
	in my rear-view mirror
	and the long line behind it

	how my tongue is tied
	years after graduation
	trying to speak well
	over the telephone
	with an old professor

	on the walk home
	the woman in front of me
	has the slit of her skirt
	and the slit of her slip
	lined up perfectly

		that woman's 
		fashionable brown shoes
		   the redness
		   where they're cutting her
		   just above the instep

	women
	our handbags
	touching
	as we jostle each other
	down the ferry steps