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Black Bamboo

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Better Than Starbucks Haiku

Anthology 2020

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Commentary and

editing by

Kevin McLaughlin.

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In this anthology, Kevin presents 131 haikuists and 446 of their haiku. He has chosen 307 haiku from BTS issues 2016-2020. 139 of the haiku are new and not previously published. There are also ten of Kevin’s haiku included in his chapter introductions, and well as the one on the back cover, and six bonus haiku on the hardcover dustjacket.

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September 2020 eBook            July 2020 eBook

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January 2020 eBook                 November 2019 eBook

                                                       

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April 2018 eBook                       March 2018 eBook

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The more issues we sell the closer we will be to our goal of paying more contributors for their work. Thank you all for your support, and for sharing our love of poetry and creative writing. —Vera Ignatowitsch

 

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Send us your comments:

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My compliments to the editors on the broad, rich content of the March 2018 issue of BTS.
I tried the print-on-demand option, wondering what quality would show up from an inexpensive third-party provider.  I am very impressed to see such a clean layout and crisp print in a handsome, well-constructed volume. I vote for keeping this option available, and I encourage readers to try it.
Raymond Byrnes

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​I received my copy yesterday and...it is BEAUTIFUL!! Absolutely recommended. - marjon van Bruggen

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Better Than Starbucks is proud

to offer an epic Russian poem,

MTSYRI by Mikhail Lermontov

translated into English by Don Mager.

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