John is a haiku poet from Carlisle, Cumbria, England. He has won two Touchstone Awards from The Haiku Foundation and his haiku have been widely published throughout the world. His first collection Inside His Time Machine was published in 2016 by Iron Press.
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Nice, so nice!
What a wonderful gift! To you and to him!
Perfect – sentiment and form. I love it!
Wonderful!
great haiku
Hey John, thanks for your poem…
Remembering a day before Passover, my late father alone sitting shiva* for his father on a small wood stool…
prayer candle
shadows pass through
each other
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_(Judaism)
Thank you for your good poem, and how wonderful to teach and learn always.