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Book of the Week: so many people go hungry

Layout 1Mankh (aka Walter E. Harris III) is one of the gentle souls of haiku, and has been practicing his craft and his Buddhist beliefs through haiku and into the world through his many public deeds and publications, like this one (self-published, 2014).

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


sunrise songs
birds drinking
the light 


all the guests gone
only the wind banging
the old storm door


New Year’s Eve day—
the golf course
overtaken with geese


while clipping my fingernails
i realized how
to stop wanting you


the space between us—
in the air
scent of wild roses


build a home
that no one can take away
the pure heart

This Post Has 2 Comments

  1. Fascinating and staggering book about hunger and food systems; and the haiku so passionate; thanks for sharing.

  2. love the spaces in these, being filled and emptied, the birds filling themselves with light, the guests leaving the house empty, the dropping off of nail clippings and more, the space between being filled with scent of wild roses (reminds me of Yeats “a little space for the rose breath to fill” and the heart becoming filled — a home. Thank you for this Mankh, (and Jim and all)

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