hiding in everything plain sight
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Don Wentworth
Don Wentworth is a Pittsburgh-based poet whose work reflects his interest in the revelatory nature of brief, haiku-like moments in everyday life. His poetry has appeared in Modern Haiku, bottle rockets, bear creek haiku and Rolling Stone, as well as a number of anthologies. His first full-length collection, Past All Traps, was published in 2011 by Six Gallery Press and was shortlisted for the Haiku Foundation's 2011 Touchstone Distinguished Books Award. His second full-length book, Yield to the Willow, is forthcoming in 2013 from Six Gallery Press. View all posts by Don Wentworth
ingenious!
Thanks, Jennifer, glad you liked it. Don
wonderful
Magical. Also makes me think of foraging for wild treasures.
There's that honey in the tree again –
Mary
Totally get the allusion.
Clever example of concrete haiku. Reminds me of the example by Larry Gates in William Higginson and Penny Harter's "The Haiku Handbook":
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Strider
hiding in everything plain sight
—Don Wentworth
Feels like a description of one of the features that haiku have, that we overlook so much that isn't really hiding in plain site, it's just there in front of us all the time.
I think perhaps we should stick Don's haiku up on our writing wall as a reminder.
Alan
wisdom in 5 words
Too true, Don – a great one.
marion