Book of the Week: Walking with the River
Bob Boldman’s short book from 1980 (High/Coo Press) is a classic of the genre, beginning with the title poem through its heartfelt finale, and including his inimitable shapings of poems laden with quiet rapture.
You can read the entire book in the THF Digital Library.
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Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by Jim Kacian, following a concept first explored by Tom Clausen, and are used with permission.
walking with the river the water does my thinkingdrinking the sky I’m emptiedthe wind is round round the oakthe wind enters between our voicesthe priest his shadow caught on a nail .in the temple a heartbeat
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Two of my favorites from the Bob Boldman book:
walking with the river
the water does my thinking
~ Bob Boldman
Very nice, classic.
the priest
his shadow caught
on a nail .
~ Bob Bowman
If read a certain way, this haiku is ” shadowy” indeed.
What an astonishing book – the deceptive simplicity and accumulative effect of each poem feels like a lesson in both writing craft and humility. I’ll read this again and again, I know.
Wonderful lines of imagery! I love this one andd it reminds me why I got into haiku in the first place….
the priest
his shadow caught
on a nail .
Bob Boldman
Thank you for sharing Bob Boldman’s book here and those wonderful lines! So much I would like to read!
This is a wonderful book, by Bob Boldman – new for me, though I am familiar with HIGH COO Press – and the current work of Randy & Shirley Brooks as Editors of MAYFLY (Brooks Books).
Because over the years I’ve seen drought here, and now all the fields of tiny corn plants growing again, may I add:
hymns
in the ears
of corn
by Bob Boldman
Thank you