Book of the Week: Listen to the Landscape

Linda Nemec Foster has drawn on a variety of traditions in arriving at her haiku practice, incorporating titles (Western poetry), syllable counting (received notion from classical Japanese haiku), and wisdom messaging (Rumi) to name a few. She has responded to the hand-colored nature photographs of Dianne Carroll Burdick to produce this unique and attractive volume (William B. Eerdman’s Publishing, 2006).

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Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by THF president THF president Jim Kacian, and are used with permission.

Divining Rod
Between ocean and
Forest, between land and sky,
I point the way home.
The Wisdom of Wildflowers
Always thrive where least
Expected: above the sea
Small lives on the edge
Harvest
The blue becomes mauve
Becomes purple then lush green
Waiting for your hands