• Publication: Minimalism A Handbook of Minimalist Genre Poetic FormsPublication Record # 817163
• Editor: Teri Santitoro
• Date: 2020-08-00
• ISBN: 978-1-08-790205-0 [1-08-790205-3]
• Publisher: Hiraeth Books
• Price:
  $14.00^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 208
• Format:
  tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Cover: Minimalism A Handbook of Minimalist Genre Poetic Forms by Sandy DeLuca
• Notes: The cover art is titled "The Trip". "Ars Amatoria" by Ovid is translated by Herb Kauderer

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 3 • Introduction (Minimalism A Handbook of Minimalist Genre Poetic Forms) • essay by Teri Santitoro
• 9 • Time Well Spent • essay by Robert E. Porter
• 10 • The Inconstant Syllable • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 10 • Ars Amatoria • poem by Ovid
• 12 • Animal Love Poems: The Bear • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 13 • "winter's hangover" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 13 • "a trail through dark woods" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 14 • Acrostiku Poems • essay by Teri Santitoro (variant of Acrostiku poems) [as by T. Santitoro]
• 14 • "ace" • poem by Teri Santitoro [as by xeno-unit]
• 14 • "sol" • poem by Teri Santitoro [as by Sakyu]
• 15 • Australian Couplets • (2013) • essay by Phillip A. Ellis
• 15 • "The sun a point of light," • (2013) • poem by Phillip A. Ellis
• 15 • "The moons set" • (2013) • poem by Phillip A. Ellis
• 16 • The Form of "Change Poems" • essay by M. C. Childs [as by Mark C. Childs]
• 17 • Farming Titan • (2015) • poem by M. C. Childs [as by Mark C. Childs]
• 17 • The Meaning of Water on Mars • (2015) • poem by M. C. Childs [as by Mark C. Childs]
• 17 • Sunjammer • (2015) • poem by M. C. Childs [as by Mark C. Childs]
• 18 • To My Fellow Mind, Alan Turing • (2015) • poem by M. C. Childs [as by Mark C. Childs]
• 19 • Cherita: A Flexible-Form Linking Narrative Poem • (2018) • essay by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 21 • loam is new to Mars • (2018) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 21 • Enceladan ice plumes • (2018) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 22 • "end times" • (2018) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 22 • a cherita • (2018) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 23 • Introducing the Cinquain • (2008) • essay by Joshua Gage
• 24 • Just after the rain • (2008) • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 24 • Echoes • (2008) • poem by Michael Evans
• 25 • Reminders • (2008) • poem by J. E. Stanley
• 26 • The Not So Simple Cinquain • (2019) • essay by Lauren McBride
• 26 • Oh, the Inhumanity! • (2019) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 27 • "Inhumanity!" • (2019) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 27 • Comet's Curse • (2019) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 28 • "Comet Earthbound fireball" • (2019) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 28 • "comet fireball, earthbound" • (2019) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 29 • Cinquain: A Short Definition • essay by Teri Santitoro (variant of Cinquain: a short definition) [as by T. Santitoro]
• 30 • Read Both Ways: The Cleave • (2015) • essay by Shelly Bryant
• 31 • "time-space" • (2015) • poem by Shelly Bryant
• 35 • The Evolution of a Byline • essay by Willis Couvillier [as by W. C. Roberts]
• 38 • Contrails: A Brief Definitions • essay by Teri Santitoro (variant of Contrails: a brief definitions) [as by T. Santitoro]
• 38 • One-Breaths, and Contrails and Tritrails, Oh My!!!!!!! • essay by Mary Margaret Serpento
• 40 • The Diminuendo Form • (2011) • essay by Robert William Shmigelsky
• 42 • Have You Ever Caught a Dragonfly? • essay by Willis Couvillier [as by W. C. Roberts]
• 42 • Headless Hubble • poem by Willis Couvillier [as by W. C. Roberts]
• 42 • It All Returns • poem by Willis Couvillier [as by W. C. Roberts]
• 43 • "lie still" • poem by Willis Couvillier [as by W. C. Roberts]
• 45 • The Last Words: Epitaphs • (2019) • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 47 • Epitaph for an Ogre • (2016) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 47 • Epitaph for the Banshee • (2017) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 47 • Epitaph for Prince Charming • (2019) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 48 • Epitaph for John Carter • (2019) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 49 • epitaph for an evil cyborg • (2019) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 49 • epitaph for a serial killer • (2019) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 52 • Empat Perkataan • (2016) • essay by Shelly Bryant
• 53 • saudade • (2015) • poem by Jerome Lim
• 55 • INDIAN SUMMER • poem by Rohan Naidu
• 55 • a quarter of the henriad • poem by Ruth Tang
• 56 • The Titan • poem by Shelly Bryant
• 57 • In Orbit • poem by Shelly Bryant
• 59 • Erasure Poems: A Minimal Form Created by Nature • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 60 • What Gutters Gather • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 61 • fighting over ice • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 63 • The Eye-ku • (2016) • essay by Richard Stevenson
• 66 • How to Write a Fibonacci Poem • essay by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 67 • Sister of the Blood Moon • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 67 • Her First Space Walk • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 68 • The Trouble with Teaching Idioms to Your XenoSynth™ • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 70 • Fortune Cookie Poems • (2019) • essay by M. C. Childs
• 70 • "You will find happiness" • (2019) • poem by M. C. Childs
• 71 • "Discontent is the first step" • (2019) • poem by M. C. Childs
• 72 • Found Poems As Minimal Verse • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 72 • All for Nothing • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 74 • Your Focus Determines Your Reality • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 74 • The Real Value of Time Travel • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 75 • Farther than the Farthest Place • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 75 • upward vector • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 76 • ghost particles • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 78 • Introducing the Ghazal • (2010) • essay by Joshua Gage
• 82 • The Haibun Label • essay by Robert E. Porter
• 83 • Haibun: A Balancing Act • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 84 • A Fossil Once Self-Aware • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 85 • Frozen Hurricanes • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 87 • Get the Picture • essay by Robert E. Porter
• 88 • Puppeteer • poem by Robert E. Porter
• 89 • Hay(na)ku/Sci(Na)ku — Six-Word Poetry • (2015) • essay by Lauren McBride
• 90 • "space lies empty" • (2014) • poem by Martin Tomlinson
• 90 • "Time consumes definitively" • (2015) • poem by Martin Tomlinson
• 90 • "daydreaming" • (2014) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 91 • "courage first step" • (2015) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 91 • "long hot showers" • (2015) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 92 • Haiku As a Ideal Medium for Horror • (2007) • essay by Joshua Gage
• 93 • "asleep warm night" • (2007) • poem by Joshua Gage
• 93 • "moon half hid" • (2007) • poem by Joshua Gage
• 93 • "window ajar" • (2007) • poem by Joshua Gage
• 93 • "wolf howl" • (2007) • poem by Joshua Gage
• 95 • Holy Crap! • essay by Robert E. Porter
• 96 • Kanshi Basics • essay by Oino Sakai
• 96 • "beyond these flat grasslands" • poem by Oino Sakai
• 96 • "beyond Orion's belt" • poem by Teri Santitoro [as by xeno-unit]
• 97 • Creating the Combined Poem, "Alien Graffiti" — Experimenting with the 'Katuata' Form • (2019) • essay by Will H. Blackwell, Jr.
• 98 • Alien Graffiti • (2019) • poem by W. H. Blackwell
• 99 • The Katuata Poetic Form: Impressions of Its Distinction and Uses • (2020) • essay by Will H. Blackwell, Jr.
• 102 • Alchemists' Plight • (2020) • poem by W. H. Blackwell
• 102 • Vision of Vigée • (2020) • poem by W. H. Blackwell
• 104 • Leapfrom 6x6 Poems • essay by Teri Santitoro [as by T. Santitoro]
• 105 • The Lune • (2018) • essay by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 106 • "asleep on a rock" • (2018) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 106 • "finch feathers flying" • (2018) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 106 • "Luna whips up waves" • (2018) • poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel
• 107 • Nonet • essay by Anatoly Belilovsky
• 107 • Addendum to care and feeding of unicorns, 2nd edition, revised • (2019) • poem by Anatoly Belilovsky
• 108 • Sorority of Slaughter: A Nonnet • poem by Dusty Wallace
• 109 • The Octain • (2018) • essay by Maria Kelly [as by M. X. Kelly]
• 109 • stars, like octane • (2018) • poem by Maria Kelly [as by M. X. Kelly]
• 109 • One Breath • essay by Teri Santitoro [as by T. Santitoro]
• 109 • "spring eyes..." • poem by Teri Santitoro [as by Sakyu]
• 109 • "One moment" • poem by Teri Santitoro [as by Sakyu]
• 110 • One-Breaths, and Contrails and Tritrails, Oh My!!!!!!! [2] • essay by Mary Margaret Serpento
• 112 • Finding the Poetry in Prose Poems • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 115 • X's & O's • (1991) • short fiction by Herb Kauderer
• 115 • Scents • (1992) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 117 • Rengay: New Forms from Old • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 117 • A Boy and a Gull • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 119 • the courtesan taken with an astronaut • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 120 • learning to farm • poem by Alan Katerinsky and Herb Kauderer
• 122 • Renku: The Social Form • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 122 • Heisenberg's Homework Excuse Note • poem by Alan Katerinsky and Herb Kauderer
• 123 • dreams bound by gods and gravity • poem by Alan Katerinsky and Herb Kauderer
• 125 • the dragon within • poem by Ian Cherico and Tristan Davis and Jake Griffin and Warren Hoffman and Alex Jazembak and Herb Kauderer and Mellenia Keyes and Abigail Moeller
• 127 • SciFaiKasen • essay by Oino Sakai and Mary Margaret Serpento
• 134 • The Myth of 5-7-5 • (2017) • essay by Joshua Gage
• 136 • Fleeting Moments in Technology (The Natural Evolution from Haiku to Scifaiku) • (2018) • essay by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
• 138 • Scifaiku: Brainstorming Techniques • (2017) • essay by Wendy Van Camp
• 142 • Taking Haiku Moments and Taking Them Into Scifaiku • (2019) • essay by Francis W. Alexander
• 143 • "ten months of blue sun" • (1992) • poem by Francis W. Alexander
• 143 • "tilted torus world" • (1994) • poem by Francis W. Alexander
• 143 • "going to college" • (2008) • poem by William Landis
• 144 • "chill night" • (2008) • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 144 • "starry night" • (2005) • poem by Francis W. Alexander
• 144 • "ship packed with c4" • (2015) • poem by William Landis
• 144 • "discovering" • (2006) • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 145 • "field trip to the xeno-zoo" • (2016) • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 145 • "scattered beyond our galaxy" • (2006) • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 145 • "Genealogy search -" • (2011) • poem by Francis W. Alexander
• 145 • "force of habit -" • (2010) • poem by Francis W. Alexander
• 147 • The Scifaiku Suite • (2017) • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 148 • Cemetery: A Horrorku Suite • (2017) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 149 • Empty Space Colony: A Cloven Scifaiku Suite • (2017) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 149 • A Sprig of Hemlock: A Scifaiku Sci(na)ku Suite • (2017) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 151 • Hay(na)ku/Sci(na)ku - Six-Word Poetry • (2015) • essay by Lauren McBride
• 152 • "space lies empty" • (2014) • poem by Martin Tomlinson
• 152 • "Time consumes definitively" • (2015) • poem by Martin Tomlinson
• 152 • "daydreaming" • (2014) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 153 • "courage first step" • (2015) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 153 • "long, hot showers" • (2015) • poem by Lauren McBride
• 154 • Sci(na)ku Tanka • (2019) • essay by Roxanne Barbour
• 154 • "eggs" • (2017) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 155 • "encrypted" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 156 • "flooded" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 156 • "revealed" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 156 • "succession" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 156 • "artificial" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 156 • "monopoly" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 156 • "imposed" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 157 • "avoidance" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 157 • "aging" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 157 • "earthquakes" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 157 • "seismology" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 157 • "Richter" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 157 • "oasis" • (2019) • poem by Roxanne Barbour
• 158 • Katuata, Sedōka, & Mondo • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 158 • "you promised ice cream" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 158 • "generation ship" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 159 • "the zoo animals" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 159 • "the baby giraffe" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 160 • "spaceship rockets roar" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 160 • "your mother called" • poem by Alan Katerinsky and Herb Kauderer
• 161 • "your intelligence" • poem by Alan Katerinsky and Herb Kauderer
• 164 • How to Write Science and Speculative Fiction Senryu • essay by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 165 • "global weather change" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 165 • "beneath the ice" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 165 • "a long journey" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 165 • "generation ship" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 165 • "global warming conference" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 165 • "stargazing" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 165 • "starless space" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 165 • "proof revealed at last..." • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 166 • "preserved in ice" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 166 • "weaving baskets" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 166 • "between worlds" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 166 • "communique received" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 167 • Becoming an American Sijo Poet • (2018) • essay by Nissa Annakindt
• 169 • Sijo #1 • (2018) • poem by Nissa Annakindt
• 169 • Sijo #2 • (2018) • poem by Nissa Annakindt
• 170 • Sijo #3 • (2018) • poem by Nissa Annakindt
• 171 • The Sijo • (2014) • essay by Shelly Bryant and Lily Sun
• 174 • "armed in new technology" • (2011) • poem by Shelly Bryant
• 175 • The Sijo • essay by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 176 • Sijo 1: • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 176 • Sijo 2: • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 176 • Sijo 3: • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 177 • Sijo--a Quick Guide • essay by Teri Santitoro
• 177 • "dreadrul midnight encounter" • poem by Teri Santitoro [as by xeno-unit]
• 177 • "odd conversation we had" • poem by Teri Santitoro [as by xeno-unit]
• 178 • "silent watchers surveying" • poem by Teri Santitoro [as by xeno-unit]
• 179 • The Simon Sijo • essay by Marge Simon
• 180 • The Assassin • poem by Marge Simon
• 180 • The Silver Disk • poem by Marge Simon
• 180 • TRAPPED • poem by Marge Simon
• 181 • "We leave earth behind" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 181 • "The Seven Sisters" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 182 • Love Song to Space Song: Evolutions of the Tanka • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 183 • "an ancient river" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 183 • "he watches rockets" • (2016) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 184 • the day the rebellion came • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 185 • "autumn leaves scream out" • (2016) • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 186 • "these words on paper" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 187 • A How-to Guide for Writing a 3x3x3 • essay by Shelly Bryant
• 189 • tritrails basics • essay by Teri Santitoro [as by T. Santitoro]
• 189 • "shipmates" • poem by Mary Margaret Serpento
• 189 • "Splitting rocks..." • poem by Oino Sakai
• 189 • "Microbes..." • poem by Teri Santitoro [as by Sakyu]
• 192 • Dividing Zappai from Haiku • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 193 • "what is visioning?" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 194 • "many colored roofs" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 194 • Katherine Again, and Again • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 194 • Helping Dad • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 195 • Moira Haiku • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 195 • Day Job • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 195 • "poems will divide" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 195 • "facebook reassures" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 195 • "Daily writing prompt:" • poem by Herb Kauderer
• 197 • How to Write Zips an Zip-Rengays • essay by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 197 • "genetic chess--" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 198 • "determining their fate" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 198 • "one last look" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 198 • "left behind" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 198 • "not for sale at any price" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 198 • "not for sale" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 199 • "so many stars" • poem by Terrie Leigh Relf
• 200 • Afterword: Toward a Personal Definition of Poetry • essay by Herb Kauderer
• 204 • Who? (Author Bios) • essay by uncredited