Book-of-the-Week

Book of the Week: Proposing

Proposing to the WomanJim Tipton has been publishing his strong, earthy haiku for more than 4 decades. This relatively recent book (Modern English Tanka Press, 2008) finds him in fine form and speaking plainly about the things in life that matter to us all, not always the case in poetry.

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


     desert path
          a coyote watches me
watch a coyote


     in her proud voice
          you can hear
her breasts


     honey
          a single drop
on her lower lip


     she wakes in the night
          with her garden
still in her hands


     alone on Christmas Day
          looking at snow
in the manes of wild horses


     Canada geese
          suddenly in the heart
the field takes wing

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  2. Very powerful haiku. I’m grateful to get the chance to read such fine work.

    -Patrick

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