fishing in the rain —
I let a rainbow trout
off the hook

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hortensia anderson

hortensia anderson, hortense at walrus dot com hortensia's home page My creative interest lies in the opportunities for collaborative poetry projects on the internet. I have been able to work with poets from Europe, Australia, Asia, and from coast to coast in the US. I currently reside in nyc and on the world wide web.

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  1. this haiku from lac la belle
    in michigan’s keweenaw peninsula. december of 04.
    nice work hortensia.

    night fishing
    moonlight fills
    a hole in the ice

  2. Dear H-

    I hope that you are feeling well. Love L3, what did you let the
    trout off the hook for, lobster?

  3. yooper,
    being from land ‘o lakes
    gotta tell ya i made thhis
    catch at lac du flambeau
    last winter about 30 yards
    from shore in 8 foot of water.

    ice fishing
    i bring up from the bottom
    a bikini bottom

    and that ain’t no fish story
    yooper. see ya in iron river

  4. This haiku resonates beautifully and is one of the finest I have seen of late. The rain, rainbow/trout is a master stroke.
    Craig.

  5. fishing
    in the dark–
    fearful of what held my line

    —–

    hortensia,
    from such a subtle poem, i envisioned casting upwards into the (falling) rain, being lucky enough to catch, but not land, a rainbow.

    the power of one’s imagination, when reading a haiku…
    especially, on a rainy day, when one fails to get a single bite

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