Roadrunnner Haiku Journal

August 2005 Issue V:3

Special Feature

The first installment of Roadrunner's Special Feature showcases five sets of paired poems by Robert D. Wilson and Anita Virgil from their forthcoming book, Come Dance With Me. These remarkable poem pairs show a new development in collaborative verse which can only be described as extraordinary. Roadrunner is pleased to present this as its first Special Feature.

this lazy afternoon . . . a thousand bees lulling me to sleep Anita Virgil under a fragrant tree the song of water Robert D. Wilson
	spring afternoon . . . even while I doze, things green flowers open Anita Virgil on page after page, the same shadow Robert D. Wilson
stirring the stream with her finger, a woman not unlike myself Robert D. Wilson refreshing my dug-up fern roots, cool water Anita Virgil
	the evening sun drains the last gold from the jasmine arbor Anita Virgil at sunset, the raven becomes its shadow Robert D. Wilson
knee deep in moonlight, a heron dreaming Robert D. Wilson warmer than my dream this spring night, your voice Anita Virgil

Anita Virgil

A past president of The Haiku Society of America. Poetry, essays and book reviews by her have appeared in all major haiku magazines and anthologies since 1969. Most recently, her poetry and essays appear in the online literary journal Simply Haiku (2004 and 2005); Haiku (2003, Alfred A. Knopf Everyman’s Library edition); Where Dogs Dream and Haiku for Lovers (MQP London 2003). Her six books A 2nd Flake, one potato two potato etc, on my mind: an interview of Anita Virgil by Vincent Tripi, Pilot, A Long Year, and summer thunder .

Robert D. Wilson

Robert D. Wilson is the owner/managing editor of Simply Haiku, an online literary journal that showcases Japanese short form poetry (www.simplyhaiku.com). He is also a columnist for Teacher Librarian Magazine, the director of a community day school for troubled teenagers, and has written a murder mystery novel entitled, Late for Mass. His Vietnam Ruminations are available at www.vietnamruminations.com coltrane @lodelink.com . He lives part of the year with his family near Yosemite National Park and the remainder of the year in the Philippines. He was born and raised in Los Angeles.