Welcome to tinywords 19.2

Welcome to our semi-annual harvest of small poems. In this issue we share an international array of poets. The background image for 19.2 is a familiar late summer and early autumn scene here in the American Northeast — that of hay bales in a rural field. These compact rolls are the result of a summer’s-worth of growth. Like a good small poem they exemplify the simple beauty of what we pass by sometimes multiple times per day.

If nothing else, T I N Y W O R D S is an invitation to stop, look and listen. There are words out there in the quiet of the fields. Fully formed poems even. We hope you enjoy all the poetic discoveries included in this issue.

Congratulations to Jacquie Pearce and Adjei Agyei-Baah who open the new issue with their winning poems inspired by our photo prompt. Their poems are featured below. As always there were many fine offerings and the selection of winners was a challenge. Thanks to all those who offered their inspired works.

Thanks to T I N Y W O R D S Assistant Editors Polona Oblak, and Ruth Holzer for their thoughtful reading. Also to founding editor Dylan Tweney, a poet in his own right, who remains a key member of our editorial team.

To all of the poets who sent in their poems and to the readers who return year after year we say thank you. Together, we bring the vitality of the written word to life.

Kathe L. Palka
Peter Newton
Editors, T I N Y W O R D S

Prompt Winners

still circling
my childhood beliefs
autumn wind

~ Jacquie Pearce

farmhouse church
the withering and greening
of our faith

~ Adjei Agyei-Baah

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Editor's Notes, Issue 19.2 | 20 September 2019

13 Responses

  1. Alan Summers Says:
    September 20th, 2019 at 10:08 am

    Congratulations!!!

    Alan
    Call of the Page

  2. Adjei Agyei-Baah Says:
    September 24th, 2019 at 1:40 am

    Thanks dear Alan. Its been a while

  3. Mike Schoenburg Says:
    September 20th, 2019 at 2:44 pm

    mute swan ?
    circles the pond
    ripples abound~~~

  4. tinywords 19.2 – Haiku Art Site Says:
    September 21st, 2019 at 6:15 am

    […] to see WELCOME TO TINYWORDS 19.2 this morning, by Kathe L. Palka and Peter Newton, […]

  5. Barbara Kaufmann Says:
    September 22nd, 2019 at 2:00 pm

    Congratulations! Really enjoyed both of these.

  6. Adjei Agyei-Baah Says:
    September 24th, 2019 at 1:40 am

    Thanks you Barbara. I equally enjoyed learning from others experiences through the image

  7. Robert kingston Says:
    September 23rd, 2019 at 2:10 pm

    Congratulations to you both.

  8. CRMeester Says:
    September 23rd, 2019 at 2:30 pm

    Congratulations to you both for your beautiful haiku!

  9. Adjei Agyei-Baah Says:
    September 24th, 2019 at 1:41 am

    Thank you CRMeester

  10. Helen Buckingham Says:
    September 23rd, 2019 at 5:34 pm

    Congratulations to both! I do particularly like Adjei's…..to my mind, one of the very best of the bunch.

  11. Adjei Agyei-Baah Says:
    September 24th, 2019 at 1:47 am

    Thank you Helen. I feel humbled and also give much credit to Tinyword team for inspiring this haiku with their beautiful rustic setting.

  12. Mary Kendall Says:
    September 23rd, 2019 at 8:24 pm

    Congrats…I like both very much.

  13. Adjei Agyei-Baah Says:
    September 24th, 2019 at 1:41 am

    Thanks Mary

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