Hot Pink Moon: A Crown of Haibun

An interlocking chain of haibun composed over a single month, Hot Pink Moon shakes and spins through cycles of love and longing. Permanently pressing the boundaries of a form that combines haiku with prose, Katie Dozier and Timothy Green explore the phases of being together across time and space.

Hot Pink Moon, an outstanding haibun collection by poets Katie Dozier and Timothy Green, is subtitled A Crown of Haibun for a good reason. One that is explained in the Authors’ Note at the start of this slim but impactful volume. Pick up your own copy, dive straight into the haibun, and see if you can solve the puzzle. The effort is worth it. These well-crafted linked haibun, written in alternating points of view, unfold like a diary that is sometimes steamy, sometimes quotidian, but never less than astonishing.
—Roberta Beary, author of Carousel, co-author of Haibun: A Writer’s Guide

Hot Pink Moon is an absolute treat. It epitomizes the level of creative innovation taking place in contemporary haibun, and I love the idea of a crown of them! The book happened to find me on a difficult day—IV inserted, and lots of holes and prodding. It cheered me up, as I'm sure it will for everyone who reads it.
—Lew Watts, author of Eira, co-author of Haibun: A Writer's Guide

Katie Dozier is author of the chapbook Watering Can and host of The Poetry Space_. Timothy Green is the editor of Rattle magazine, host of the Rattlecast, and author of American Fractal.