C. Jean's Recent Work

In chapter eight, Dorathea responds to Elvina’s comment that the shared grief of young Elspeth Gòrdan and Jack will help the child feel more secure while she is away from her grandfather. We’ve all experienced grief. I’ve always relied on sharing mine with others to make it through.

Many thanks to Editor Patricia McGuire and the editorial team for including my poem in 1:26, The Poetry Pea Journal. Always an honour to be included with such an international collection of poets and their beautiful verses ❤️ You can read past issues here: https://poetrypea.com/journal-of-haiku-and-senryu/

Thank you to editors Joe and Luci for including my ku in this resplendent issue of Wales Haiku Journal. Congratulations to all the poets included. I’ve enjoyed reading your poems this week. What a delight! You can read the 2026 Spring Issue here:

Grateful to Editor Tony Pupello for including my senryu in tsuri-dōrō – a small journal of haiku and senryū, Issue #33, May/ June 2026. Congratulations to all featured poets. It’s a beautiful issue. You can read it here: https://tsuridoro.org/issue-33-may-june-2026

Finished reading Blossoms in the Breeze today. It is a visual delight. Edited by Michael Dylan Welch, with a Foreword by Linda Poole, and cover and interior design by Anne Dunnett. Blossoms features 155 haiku and senryu by 130 poets from around the world, comprising the top winners from all twenty years of the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival’s International Haiku Invitational. It was a huge thrill to have been a top winner in 2023 🌸❤️ You can get a copy here: https://www.a

Grateful to the incredible Editor Steliana Cristina Voicu for including my haiku and shahai in this outstanding issue of Enchanted Garden Haiku Journal. Congratulations to all the amazing poets! The issue’s theme is emerald, and poets around the world created work that beautifully captures its essence 💚💚💚 You can find the journal here: https://enchanted-garden-haiku.blogspot.com

Always an honour to appear in fabulous flea-keeper Roberta Beach Jacobson’s Five Fleas Journal. My father died of lung cancer 24 years...

I spent the morning with my copy of Heterodox Haiku, the haiga/shahai and taiga issue: Etymology (theme: roots). It’s a stellar...

When it's a rainy Saturday morning be like Emma ❤️

#vss365 Poetry Prompt "Infinity"

Finally received my copy of Frogpond today! So thrilled to debut in this issue. Looking forward to reading all the poems and essays this...

for release a river flows along the fringes but I only find my peace walking rhough

Thank you so much to Kelly Sauvage Moyer for creating the Haiku Poet Word Search. I love word searches and have enjoyed this unique...

Special thanks to guest editor Margaret Tau for including my tanka in Laurels #3 , the Tanka Society of America members' online journal....

Deeply honoured and thankful to editors @jwjwoodhouse and @love.rpoetic for including my ku in the Winter 24/25 issue of @waleshaiku ....

民句 Folk Ku Journal, issue 4, haiku and tanka are striking! I’m so grateful to editor Jodie Hawthorne for including a few of my pieces in...

Sincere appreciation to editor Mike Montreuil for including my poem in the esteemed Haiku Canada Review. Congratulations to all the...