This second volume of NOON: An Anthology of Short Poems presents a selection from Issues 14 –27 of NOON: journal of the short poem, published online between 2019 and 2025. Assembled by editor Philip Rowland to form a renga-like sequence, it is a gathering of haiku and other poems that resonates in stimulating and unexpected ways. ‘Full of splintered richness’ ( as Jane Hirshfield has described the journal ), this volume will move and surprise while providing new perspectives on contemporary short-form poetry.     

 

 

Praise for Volume 1:

An anthology that registers as a single work … Philip Rowland’s editorial tour de force is an absolute must. – John Stevenson in Modern Haiku

If only more anthologies were as diverse and enriching as this one. Philip Rowland has identified and demonstrated a strong vein in contemporary poetry. – Tony Beyer in breath, a collection of haiku

The work in NOON is poetry tending towards the ideal condition of silence, which is a kind of music, and the visual element, not only within but in the space around each poem, is key to eliciting the quality of attention required from the reader when a poem places so much weight on so few words. – Billy Mills in Elliptical Movements

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November 2025. 104 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 in/216 x 140 mm. ISBN 978-4-907359-52-2 (paperback).

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