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Elizabeth
Searle Lamb (1917-2005)
Selected Haiku
the broken harp
string
curving
into sunlight
the old irrigation ditch gathering in autumn dusthaze
for
this one moment
curve of the horned owl's flight
above the frozen meadow
the
elk herd
moving down the ridge
—an early snow
the
ladybug
walks as she wishes
a green morning
the
noon heat
a praying mantis
meditates
Japanese
lanterns
a dragonfly wing shimmers
in the dusk
the
crickets
just keep on
cricketing
midnight
a
breath of breeze
on the windchimes
Six Haiku for The Acequia
before
firstlight
the wild plum blossons
whiten the dry ditch
from
the dead tree
a santero carves St. Francis
there on the ditch bank
Ditch-Cleaning
Day
the mayordomo.’s pickup
has a flat
half
silted under
the dead puppy
after spring run-off
a
white horse
drinks from the acequia
blossoming locust
ancient
cottonwoods
drop their leaves in the acequia
September’s brittle wind
http://pages.infinit.net/haiku/etats-unis.htm#elizabeth
http://www.millikin.edu/haiku/writerprofiles/lamb.html
http://www.millikin.edu/haiku/writerprofiles/KussartOnLamb.html
http://www.millikin.edu/haiku/research/BusonLamb.htmlLAMB, E.S. (1979a), "A History of Western Haiku" (Part 1), Cicada, vol. 3, no. 1, 3-9.
LAMB, E.S. (1979b), "A History of Western Haiku" (Part 2), Cicada, vol. 3, no. 2, 3-9.