New taiga by Pamela Babusci

• Pamela Babusci is an American poet and artist (and previous contributor to IS&T) living in Rochester, New York. She describes 'taiga' as made-up term for combining tanka with art, in the same way that a haiku + art becomes a haiga.

Two pieces by Ivor Murrell

All for thirty YuanCrossing Tian Na Menfluttering midnight kites soarabove the rickshawWho flies kites at night?Somewhere on the darkened squaredreams tug on taut stringsAt a funeral of the previous generation(For Jamie and Rupert, with confidence! February 11th...

Some haiku for the weekend

Four haiku to consider for the weekend – Bluebell woods is by one of IS&T's regular contributors Phuoc-Tan Diep while the remaining three – Berlin, Proust and Buddha are by Ken Head, whose work has also been published in IS&T over the summer.Blood in...