Alan Pizzarelli

Sketch

                              all day
                                  the sound
                              of rain     
                                  on the rusted 
                              tin roof

                                  pit-plic
                              nit dit 
                                  dat eck
                              nit pic
                                  et  it
                              blk bit 
                                  bip 
                              p’ter
                                  et-nat 
                              cac lit
                                  tit t’klit
                              dit tat
                                  ick te
                              bit 
                                  pip 
                              nit

                              th   is 

sunlight through the alders
deepens the shadows
of giant ferns

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Note: The haiku “sunlight through the alders” was originally published in Rainsong: 2014 Seabeck Haiku Getaway Anthology (Haiku Northwest/Vandina Press, 2015),

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About the Author

Alan Pizzarelli (poet/musician) began a serious study of haiku and related forms during the early 1970s under the tutelage of Professor Harold G. Henderson. His poems have been published widely in major anthologies, textbooks, and literary journals. Two of his books, Frozen Socks: New and Selected Poems (House of Haiku, 2015) and Mind Zaps (House of Haiku, 2019).

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