Index of Poets
Austin Alexis- Collin Barber
- Yota Daniil
- Gil Fagiani
- Donna Gagnon
- Rachel Green
- Lois Marie Harrod
- Ruth Holzer
- Hank Kalet
- Steadman Kondor
- John Lambremont, Sr.
- Gill McEvoy
- Karen Neuberg
- Joan Page-Durante
- Mandy Pannett
- John Joseph Petrolino III
- Doug Pugh
- Christine Redman-Waldeyer
- David Romanda
- Nancy Scott
- Ivan Sun
- Levi Wagenmaker
- Lonnard Dean Watkins
- Mark Arvid White
- Wolfiewolfgang
Mark Arvid White
Please Forgive Me the Things I said on St. Stephen's Day
Small stones still sting --
David slew Goliath that way.
Small stones still sting --
Words become unforgiving things
Used as weapons every day.
Though Christ rolled the big stone away,
Small stones still sting.
Bio
Mark Arvid White lives in Alaska, and has been writing poetry and stories for a number of years. He is devoted to haiku and other Japanese forms, but also loves to write in many other non-Eastern styles, including Fibonacci. His publication credits include such print and online journals as Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Candelabrum, Permafrost, Japanophile, Wild Violet, AlienSkin, and many others in the U.S. and abroad. He has received best of issue awards, appeared in numerous anthologies including A Haiku Moment, and has won various contest awards. He is the founder of the Shin Tao Haiku Retreat, a gathering place for poets online in the virtual community of Second Life.