Book of the Week – Pilgrimage by Michael Dudley
In a review of Pilgrimage, Jim Kacian writes – “These brief, evocative poems of pilgrimage by Michael Dudley both subtly and explicitly explore the natural world and environmental issues, the dynamics of human relationships and sexuality, the complexity of political and social themes, and the multiple dimensions of spirituality.”
There is a brief bio of Michael in his Poet Profile on the Haiku Registry and be sure to check out his personal website.
sun just up—
a jogger chases his shadow
through the graveyard
exhausted
from lovemaking
I phone in sick
night tide:
small sandals rise
and slide away from shore
harmonica blues . . .
across the blackened room
a face flares
You can read the entire book in the THF Digital Library and please share your favorite poem from the book with us.
Do you have a chapbook published in 2018 or earlier that you would like featured as a Book of the Week? Contact us for details. Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by THF Digital Librarian Dan Campbell and are used with permission.

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This was the Book of the Week last week …. Link never worked. Now, it appears to be Book of the Week again, but the link still doesn’t work. Perhaps there is a broken link beyond just this book.
Thanks for letting me know, I will try to get this resolved
Link still not working
Dan, the ‘entire book’ link just gets to the book’s catalogue page (https://thehaikufoundation.org/omeka/items/show/21) and not to the readable book itself…
10-4… DOA link.