Stephen A. Allen
Homecoming
Not the house I grew up in, but the house of my parents now. Out in the country, paved roads give way to gravel give way to dirt. A nice enough house, perhaps a little larger than needed, nestled in the woods. When they first moved in, there was a path in the back to a little shed I could see as a writer’s retreat. The path since overgrown, the shed left to the fishers nesting under the floor. My pencil and paper at the dining room table, sharing space with a jigsaw puzzle in progress.
hunting season dog walker and dogs dressed in orange
About the Author
Stephen A. Allen is originally from Vermont but currently lives in southwest Michigan, where he works as a bookseller and a substitute teacher. His haibun have appeared most recently in failed haiku and Modern Haiku.
Love it!
Pleasantly atmospheric
Lovely! Trying to understand the haiku—dressed in orange?
During hunting season in rural areas, people and animals (such as dogs) will often wear orange high-visibility vests so as not to be mistaken for deer or other targets.