Arriving
by Linda Robeck (Galadriel's Garden Press, 2001).
78 pages, paper, perfectbound, $7.00, From the author
at 153 Kimball Road, Amesbury, MA 01913.
This
book of haiku and senryu is Linda Robeck's first. Many of
its one-to-a-page poems have previously been published in
a dozen periodicals. The type is simple and of very easily
read size. A selection of six:
mating
season
the slow tumble of crows
in the air
pay
cut
suddenly the price
of everything
new
wife
the hesitation
before the signature
home
from the vet
in the empty yard
a dish of rain
whispered
secrets
the drowsing cat
flicks an ear
tomorrow
the heart-shaped chocolates
half price
Linda
Robeck, too, has a scientific background: aerospace engineering
degrees from MIT and Stanford University, and 20 years of
employment with NASA In which she worked on a variety of
projects concerned with space exploration missions.