orders of magnitude
oak saplings among
the lettuce
acute angles
the sun glares at
the swimmer’s white legs
set theory
crows mob in
bare branches
long division
hearts pasted on
a frosty window
saplings
June 4: 4-7: The Technique of Narrowing Focus
(See this post for an explanation of what’s going on here.)
Jane:
“This is something Buson used a lot because he, being an artist, was a very visual person. Basically what you do is to start with a wide-angle lens on the world in the first line, switch to a normal lens for the second line and zoom in for a close-up in the end.
“the whole skyin a wide field of flowers
one tulip”
– Jane Reichhold, Haiku Techniques
Me:
ten thousand runners
I stand alone
and look at my feet
on the horizon a freighter
with a box
with a man inside
reading Anna Karenina
once again
finding that sentence
forest full of
maple saplings
guessing which one will live
May 19: 3 (Run By Maple Saplings)
run by maple saplings
breathing, and listening
to my son breathe
Red Dragonfly 