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This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Gary Hotham’s new haiku offering is a masterwork, echoing the Japanese masters-Basho, Buson, Issa of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries-yet with his own originality, themes, and lightness: our bare feet / next to each other / next to the ocean The classic elements (nature, poignancy, calm) are here: in season / more butterflies / than afternoon plans
her garden / the watering can left / in the rain In Stone’s Throw, as with his previous books (Breath Marks and Spilled Milk), we’re treated to the resonant depth of his images, his watchful clarity: the lifeguard gone- / the sound of the ocean / reaching land
drippings from a light rain- / the only light I have on / the only light for the moth
Poignancy. The word never appears in haiku, yet it is what they live by. The doors we notice opening on light that goes out, and yet was enough. Here is another feast of glimpses from an acknowledged master of noticing. -Les Murray, Australian Poet
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This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Gary Hotham’s new haiku offering is a masterwork, echoing the Japanese masters-Basho, Buson, Issa of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries-yet with his own originality, themes, and lightness: our bare feet / next to each other / next to the ocean The classic elements (nature, poignancy, calm) are here: in season / more butterflies / than afternoon plans
her garden / the watering can left / in the rain In Stone’s Throw, as with his previous books (Breath Marks and Spilled Milk), we’re treated to the resonant depth of his images, his watchful clarity: the lifeguard gone- / the sound of the ocean / reaching land
drippings from a light rain- / the only light I have on / the only light for the moth
Poignancy. The word never appears in haiku, yet it is what they live by. The doors we notice opening on light that goes out, and yet was enough. Here is another feast of glimpses from an acknowledged master of noticing. -Les Murray, Australian Poet