Peter Newton
Farther and Farther
Today, almost as fast as our fingernails grow, the moon is moving away from Earth. Having reached its galactic unruly teenage years, it’s slipping out at night. Imperceptibly. Perhaps seeing what it can get away with—the gravitational pull between mother and offspring being what it is.
tidal flat we talk climate in an inch-deep sea
About the Author
Peter Newton is the author of several books in the Japanese short form traditions of haiku, haibun, and tan renga. His newest book of haiku is The Space We Open To (Red Moon Press, 2020).