burning leaves
a stranger at Auschwitz
asks me where I’m from

 

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j. zimmerman

J. Zimmerman is a poet, essayist, and critic. She was the first poet-in-residence for the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. With Gregory Longenecker she authored the Frogpond article "A Disarmingly Simple Challenge: The Buson One Hundred" and is thrilled at how many poets have taken "The Buson One Hundred Challenge" to write ten haiku a day for one hundred days. Her article "Gender of Poets Winning Haiku and Senryu Contests" will appear in a 2019 issue of Presence.

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  2. There are so many layers in those three lines it is hard to know what to say other than to express my admiration for the level of craft and the precision.
    Masterful, redolent.

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