In this Issue 3 of Ambrosia: Journal of Fine Haiku, we are pleased to present another 100 fine haiku from twenty-nine outstanding poets. All these poets, while writing in English, respect the formal values of traditional Japanese haiku. When you read through this issue, please take time to notice, besides what these haiku are, also, what they are not. They are not faux-Japanese. They are not formulaic. They are not humorlessly philosophical. They are not all about the classically lovely natural subjects. The “first person” is not totally absent. They are not all grammatically fragmentary— some read as sentences. None of them are senryu although people figure largely in several. These haiku demonstrate the very broad range possible in English poems that respect traditional haiku values while not fearing to innovate, fully using the riches of English. As haiku should be in any language, these haiku are resonant far out of proportion to their brevity....More >< Less