From Haiku in English
In 2013, I had six poems published
in Haiku in English: The First Hundred
Years, edited by Jim Kacian, Philip Rowland, and Allan Burns, with an
introduction by Billy Collins (New York: Norton). The book traces the history
of haiku written in English, starting with Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the
Metro,” and stretching into the 21st century. It was also my pleasure to be
part of the inaugural reading from the anthology aboard the Queen Mary ocean
liner in Long Beach, California, which was the site of the 2013 Haiku North
America conference. Here are my six poems. +
after
the quake
the weathervane
pointing to earth
morning
chill . . .
the
bag of marbles
shifts
on the shelf
paper
route
knocking a row of icicles
from the eave
pulsing
in the
wiper’s blade
the bee’s
abdomen
crackling beach fire—
we hum in place of words
we can’t recall
meteor
shower . . .
a
gentle wave
wets
our sandals
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