Peter Newton

Loon

At once eerie and endearing. 
The blue-black dawn is turning purple. 
The lake’s flat calm a sounding board for tremolo. 
Part joyous song, part distress call. 
This is what it means to be alive. 
The wait between yodel and wail. 

dream sequence
the sing-along
in a foreign tongue

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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, Glide Path (Red Moon Press, 2022), won second place in the 2023 Haiku Society of America Merit Book Awards. His most recent collection of haibun is Part-Time Gods (Snapshot Press, 2022).

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