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      July 27, 2020Deborah A. BennettFive Haiku

      for Summer

      for the heart
      very small things—
      morning sparrows.
      returning home—
      path of the wind
      through the lemongrass.
      between two buildings.
      one shaft of light.
      finds the linden tree.
      old summer nights—
      weight of the mason jar
      full of fireflies.
      over the house
      where all my family is sleeping—
      the full moon.

      from #68 - Summer 2020

      Deborah A. Bennett

      “I began writing haiku shortly after I began reading it about ten years ago. The inspiring book I found at a library booksale was The Essential Haiku, edited by Robert Hass. I’d read and written free verse since I was a child but here was the form I found my identity in. A form rooted in Zen alertness and in close observation of nature. Haiku says so much with so little, and I think that’s what most fascinates me. Not only finding the words, but also the silence.”