Book-of-the-Week

Book of the Week: off and on rain

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Gary Hotham has worked several recurrent images in his 4-decade history engaging English-language haiku. Here is some of his earliest work (1978, High/Coo Press).

You can read the entire book in the THF Digital Library.

All haiku in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by Tom Clausen, and are used with permission.




spring rain
the mountain
further away


the still air
after the rain—
the dog backs off



fishing—
plenty of time
for a story


off and on rain—
the long way
home



more than one
more than one
one more star


late at night
the last town before hom—
patches of dirty snow

This Post Has 6 Comments

  1. After I wrote yesterday, I remembered Pinyon Publishing in Colorado. Luci Shaw is a favorite poet, and they published her Harvesting Fog collection, which I bought awhile ago.

    As many would know, they also published Gary Hotham’s more recent book, Spilled Milk: Haiku Destinies. This book includes Sumi-E Watercolors by Susan E. Elliott. Some of her paintings are posted at the Pinyon Publishing website. Another book I hope to read.

  3. Ah, Breath Marks by Gary Hotham. Fortunately Gary popped over to London for a British Haiku Society event and I bought one direct off him. It’s part of my With Words library as well as a personal favourite.

    Alan, With Words

  4. This is a great collection, as is Breath Marks. Modern Proposal Chapbooks also has a couple of small Gary Hotham chapbooks as well I believe.

  6. I like so many of the features on THF blog, but Monday’s book has got to be my favorite, especially with the suspense as to which book will get to be selected.

    Alan, With Words

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