Ancestors’ Day–
sandals pile up
in the entryway

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Alan S. Bridges

Alan S. Bridges began writing haiku in 2008 after a chance meeting with poet John Stevenson, Managing Editor of The Heron's Nest, on a cross-America train trip. Alan especially likes train and fishing haiku, and is assembling haiku for a book. Alan's haiku have been published widely and he won the 2013 Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition. In 2014 he was named a judge of the Haiku Society of America Gerald Brady Senryu Contest and won an honorable mention for the 25th ITO EN Oi Ocha New Haiku Contest-- His haiku will appear on ITO EN bottles of green tea later in 2015. Also in 2015, Alan won first prize for the Kaji Aso Studio International Haiku Contest.

8 thoughts on “”

  1. Reminds me of one of mine from a visit to Thailand:

    sandals clog
    the temple entrance—
    sand between my toes

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    Ancestors’ Day–
    sandals pile up
    in the entryway

    —ALAN S. BRIDGES

    Just like sand, our footwear can clog up everything. I wonder how many items of footwear there are in the world right now?

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    café orquídea …
    the soft shuffle of shoes
    round a dragon tree

    Canary Islands

    Alan Summers
    Blithe Spirit vol. 14 No. 2 (2004)

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  3. .
    Ancestors’ Day–
    sandals pile up
    in the entryway

    —ALAN S. BRIDGES

    There are so many items of footwear in the world, I wonder how many, and which planet could they reach if they were put end to end?

    .

    café orquídea…
    the soft shuffle of shoes
    round a dragon tree

    [Canary Islands]

    Alan Summers
    Blithe Spirit vol. 14 No. 2 (2004)
    .

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