BUTTONHOOK PRESS 2025 Pamphlet Series
Mixed Forms: Haibun & Tanka Prose
A Writer’s Portfolio

Carolyn Martin

A WEEK LATE…

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About the writer:
CAROLYN MARTIN is a recovering work addict who’s adopted the Spanish proverb, “It is beautiful to do nothing and rest afterwards” as her daily mantra. She is blissfully retired—and resting–– in Clackamas, Oregon. Her poems have appeared in more than 200 publications around the world.

Image: The Rhododendron Gate (AI-assisted digital image) by O:JA&L staff creative. 2025. Public domain via MidJourney.

Explore more of Carolyn Martin’s work available at O:JA&L:

Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2021 theme: “Lost Cause”||Carolyn Martin|”An Elegy in Two Memoirs”

Poetry: All forms & styles|Featured Series: Elegy|2020 theme: “Public Servant or Cultural Icon”||Carolyn Martin|”Ben Franklin”

Poetry: All forms & styles|Carolyn Martin|”An Amateur Photographer Reads|Szymborska’s ‘No Title Required’”

Poetry: All forms & styles||Carolyn Martin|”Thoughts on a Translation”

 

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