Matthew Caretti

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Air sickness a binge and purge of white lotus,
then again there again the son I have to be.

early morning meditation
waking with Buddha
and Jesus

Mountaintop sunrise buttercups into breath,
this copperhead path of least resistance.

grandfather clock
a time before words
unwinding

A hummingbird feeder helps decipher domains
before a south wind sways chinkapin finches.

cicada shells
to know the mountain
one last time

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About the Author

Matthew Caretti’s books include Harvesting Stones (2017, Snapshot Press eChapbook Award winner, haibun) and three books with Red Moon Press: Africa, Buddha (2022, haibun), Ukulele Drift (2023, haiku), and Slow Boat to Samoa (2025, haibun). His haibun “Deep Water Port” earned a 2023 Touchstone Award for Individual Haibun. He lives and teaches high school English in Pago Pago, American Samoa

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