From Faces and Places
First
published in Faces and Places: Huntington Library/Gardens (Burbank, California: The Little Buddha
Press, 2019), with photographs and haiku by Don Baird, plus additional haiku by
Stephen Bailey, Richard Gilbert, Deborah P Kolodji, Kala Ramesh, Michael
Rehling, and Michael Dylan Welch. Each poem appears in the book paired with a
photograph. See also my introduction to the book, “New Eyes.” children stopping on the garden footbridge— blossom haze young leaves— news today of the refugees a padlock rusted shut— turning turning end of chemo . . . my younger sister donates her wig gutter ripples— a short line for the ice cream truck forest shade— the sermon still in my ears noon sun— the surgeon’s words still ringing distant train— he flicks again with his gold lighter the parking meter flashes red— a hint of snow the battery dies in my mobile phone . . . chrysanthemum breeze |