In and Out of Fog

In and Out of Fog

Lee Gurga

Preface by Randy M. Brooks

Illustrations by Lidia Rozmus

Forty-four finely honed poems in six sequenced chapters by an acknowledged master of English-language haiku, in a letterpress edition printed by Swamp Press. Winner of First Place in the 1998 Merit Book Awards from the Haiku Society of America (for books published in 1997).


fresh scent—

the labrador’s muzzle

deeper into snow


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1997, letterpress, hand-sewn paper, 60 pages, 5 x 5 inches, ISBN 1-878798-17-0


  • “Each of Lees haiku has the integrity of lived experience, and yet he opens up each moment so that it is no longer merely his own. He offers these moments to us as living gifts. I trust we are alive enough to fully receive them.” —from the preface by Randy Brooks

Lee Gurga lives in the country near Lincoln, Illinois, with wife Jan, sons Ben, A.J., and Alex, dog Fay, a snail, and five Haflinger horses. In 1997 he served as president of the Haiku Society of America.


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