marlene mountain
mm writing in books
1)
THE HAIKU ANTHOLOGY (Haiku and Senryu in English), Cor van den Heuval, editor, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1986
end of the cold spell
i'd forgotten the color
of my under socks
wood pile
on the sagging porch
unstacking itself
pig and i spring rain
empty mailbox
i pick wildflowers
on my way back
he leans on the gate going staying
a quiet day
on old man on his tractor
passes at dusk
on this cold
spring 1
2 night 3 4
kittens
wet
5
at dusk hot water from the hose
pick-up truck
guns on the window rack
the heat
one fly everywhere the heat
summer night clothes whirling in a dryer
unaloud: frog
gosling following its neck to the bug
stick
my neighbor's rooster hops the i throw
old towel folding it again autumn evening
in
the
woods a
sudden
backlit
leaf
in her old voice the mountains
beneath
leaf mold
stone
cool
stone
faded flowers of the bed sheets autumn night
after your visit
middle of the closet
empty hangers
smoke from a neighbor's chimney loneliness
seed catalog in the mailbox cold drizzle
unaloud: peacock
unaloud: coyote
unaloud: rain drop
unaloud: cricket
unaloud: hoot owl
unaloud: snowflakes
sequences one : nine
Review of ON A WHITE BUD and AFTER AN AFFAIR (Alexis Rotella)
2)
ONE HUNDRED FROGS (From Renga
to Haiku to English),
Hiroaki Sato, Weatherhill, New York & Tokyo, 1983
OLD WOMAN'S BANJO: A ONE-LINE RENGA [excerpts] with Elizabeth Lamb, Bill Pauly
coffee cold in the waiting room she awakens first
run of apple butter the old reflection in her eyes
OUTSIDE THE WINDOW [excerpts] with Hiroaki Sato
autumn evening after splitting wood his wedge
how many zen monks to screw in a light bulb
IN WINTER RAIN [excerpts] with Hiroaki Sato
a dream from fifteen years mother chasing me through corridors
clouds drift your blue sock under the bed
AS THE FOG THICKENS [excerpts] with Hiroaki Sato, Geraldine Little
that song again of bessie's
a neighbor wants to buy
the dying elm
alone late night breath
ing of the wood stove
the short day
letting the cat out
letting the cat in
heart to heart talk
and a self portrait
reeds frozen
after smoking
our oralness
mountain in haze
behind a billboard
i think back to that morning
we shared an old toothbrush
it would have made sense
the speeding ticket getting home
rather than to work
new strings on the banjo
up late listening for a song
on our minds now
manure and seeds
and signs in the breasts
our love will it too fade
(like grass under a fallen stone)
no phone calls
nothing in the mail
the full moon
****
ovulation fold of the mountain scattered with mist
old towel folding it again autumn evening
over my fingers
a stranger spills
the whiteness of night
cold outside
cold inside
warm ( )side
unaloud: labium
our triangle
pipes thaw red spot on the egg yolk
first bleeding of the year
green appearing under cow hooves
pig and i spring rain
pushing hair behind my ears spring woods
gosling following its neck to the bug
morning-glory folds into herself into her folds
one fly everywhere the heat
at dusk hot water from the hose
leaving him she whispered in the grocery store
after your visit
middle of the closet
empty hangers
autumn night the phone rings twice and stops
unaloud: frog
unaloud: rain drop
unaloud: peacock
unaloud: moon/moon
3)
THE HAIKU HANDBOOK (How to
Write, Share, and Teach Haiku), William J. Higginson,
with Penny Harter, McGraw-Hill, 1985
one fly everywhere the heat
on this cold
spring 1
2 night 3 4
kittens
wet
5
at dusk hot water from the hose