riverbank
the long wait
for darkness
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Jeremy Pendrey
Jeremy has been writing haiku and senryu since 2007. His work has appeared in several haiku journals, including Frogpond and Modern Haiku. Jeremy likes to look to the outdoors for poetic inspiration, but often ends up instead finding it in his family, work, play, and the rest of the ebb and flow of daily life. He lives in Walnut Creek, California with his wife, their two children, and a dog named Bingo.
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Waiting at a riverbank for the cover of darkness, perhaps to see what might cross or to be the one who will attempt to cross, hints for me at life on the edge. War, famine, violence, poverty. There is something to escape and perhaps something to prevent from escaping within the tension of Jeremy Pendrey’s powerful tiny poem.
This is one of those that you can read over and over again and get totally lost in. Very nice. :)
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riverbank
the long wait
for darkness
—JEREMY PENDREY
Ah, just the one word 'riverbank' conjures up so much atmosphere. A lovely phrase, and good to see a haiku that isn't just about one short moment but endless ones. :-)
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the light off frost
as the river of heaven fades
into fishermen
Alan Summers
Mainichi Shimbun (Japan, 2011)
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I thought of a salmon poacher. Yes, there is a lot of tension in that long wait. A great ku.
marion