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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 +
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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