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Volume
35.2
Summer 2004
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book
review:
Puddle
on the Ink Stone: Haiku and Other Short Poems
by
Carolyn Thomas
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reviewed
by Charles Trumbull
Puddle
on the Ink Stone: Haiku and Other Short Poems,
by Carolyn Thomas (Cathedral City, Calif.: by the
author, 2003). Paper, perfectbound. 142 pages; 5½
x 6H½. ISBN 0-9724396-0-9. $12.50 from the author
at 36679 Las Begonias, Cathedral City, CA 92234.
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The
latest book from Carolyn Thomas is a delight from start
to finish, both in terms of design and in the content of
the 76 haiku, 17 senryu and all-year haiku, and 25 short
poems, mostly tanka. The haiku are arranged in sections
by season (pun intended), and the whole work carries the
scent of Zen and Buddhism that we expect from Thomas. Here
are two haiku and one short poem that will show you why
you want to get multiple copies of this book, one for yourself
and others to give as gifts to close friends.
spring
mist . . .
this morning’s dream
still lingering
evening solitude—
at the bottom of the bowl
all the loose grapes
moon
reflecting
in the monk’s
round face
round face
in the monk’s
moon reflecting
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