three sparrows bend
the top of the young pear tree
looming sunflower
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Don Socha
Don Socha (socha1de at cmich.edu) teaches writing full time at Central Michigan University and received bodhisattva ordination in the Deshimaru lineage of Soto Zen on June 2nd 2002. Besides haiku, he is very much interested in haibun or "haiku prose," specifically as it relates to lyrical nonfiction, journaling, weblogging, nature writing, and auto-ethnographic invention. Specifically, he considers himself something of a neo-Sophist and believes that hope for humanity lies exclusively in the calm mind and simplified, thoughtful nature.
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I like this Don, the season is clear, but I
am curious to know why three sparrows, possibly
two males competing for a female, and possibly
the second or thrid brood, this late in the
season. Thanks for the read.
Gene
as i read, “about the author”, of late, which i seem to do, in order to understand the author’s writing better, i felt this unsettling.
upon my first, second, and third reading of the piece, i mumbled, “so what”.
there, seemingly, was something in this work.
as i sat with things being rearranged within my mind, i dropped my pen. bending over to retrieve it, i saw what don was trying to duplicate.
at that moment i was reading it upside down, or from the bottom line to the top line.
looming sunflower…
top of the young pear tree
three sparrows bend
gene, here i was thinking it was late spring or early summer, with these being offsprings, not quite having their wings, while being a little unsure.
all’s well; to each, his/her own…
don, still a nice thought from you
sunflower petals
encased in clear plastic box
in cooler’s darkness
the mechanic eats
a frozen eskimo pie
his pinky stuck out
socha
waning moon –
two fledgling doves
too large for the nest
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