We have had the best weather of the summer over the past week
here in Schenectady (blue skies, not too hot, not too humid). I’m
very reluctant to think about the all-too-imminent arrival of cold
weather here in Upstate New York.
So, let’s find a piece of nature and take a stroll with our Honored Guest
paul m, using his award-winning book finding the way.
summer’s end—
riding a borrowed bicycle
past the graveyard
noisy jays
blueberries twist easily
from their stems
no moon as yet
mosquitoes rising
over a field
last picnic
stones along the riverbed
give way to sand
paul m from finding the way: haiku and field notes (Press Here, 2002)
I’m sorry to say that this wonderful little book, which won the
Haiku Society of America’s 2003 Merit Award for the Best Book of
Haiku published in 2002, is currently out of print. I shall be sharing
many of its 55 haiku here at f/k/a, and will let you know when the 2nd
printing is available. The book is reviewed by Tom Clausen in Modern
Haiku.
September 7, 2005
holding on to summer
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