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Book of the Week: piano practice

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Tom Painting is not only one of our best poets, he is also one of our best teachers of haiku to children. This volume, which suggests some of his methodology (!), dates from 2004 and was published by bottle rockets press.

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




summit road
once more the moon
changes windows


dawn
the oysterman
rakes in the fog



a dry leaf
scratches along the sidewalk
All Souls' Day


his death
added to her litany
of complaints



solicitation
the wildlife activist
flashes her teeth


loose stone—
the depth
of the canyon



family feud
the pallbearers
take sides


winter hike
the baby's breath
warms my neck



my tongue
explores a worn tooth
the snowy hills


night out
my wife and I discuss
the kids



spring breakup
my missing button
in her sewing box


piano practice
our scowling child plays
Ode to Joy



my toddler
helps pack her travel bag—
co-custody


November
yesterday's puddle
brittle under my boot



heartwood
the axe blade
strikes a nail


beach walk
the stick I tossed
yesterday

This Post Has 5 Comments

  1. Garry Eaton:
    As a follow up to Alan’s question:

    Has Tom Painter allowed the full download of his chapbook yet?

    Piano Lesson?

    Jan Benson

  2. Tom Painting’s ” family feud” is a fine poem, and one that I remembered.
    ” summit road” and ” a dry leaf” are two more that I especially enjoy.

  3. Thanks Garry,

    I do keep checking, and there is an incredible array of books available. For someone like me who is serious about haiku research as well as the sheer pleasure of reading well-crafted haiku, it’s a wonderful resource.

    I am working on bringing my Australian collection to be available which is pre-2009.

    sundog haiku journal: an australian year, sunfast press (1997 reprinted 1998): California State Library – Main Catalog Call Number : HAIKU S852su 1997

    I’ll let you know! 🙂

    warmest regards,

    Alan

  4. Alan, this title will probably show up in THF Digital Library in the future.
    BTW, have you submitted any of your publications to Jim Kacian for inclusion? Would look forward to seeing some. -THF Librarian

  5. Wonderful work, as always, from Tom Painting.

    Is this going to be an eBook download as well? I am content with the haiku given, just greedy for more of Tom’s work. 🙂

    warmest regards,

    Alan

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