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    As The Crow Flies: Haiku from the High Plains
    As The Crow Flies: Haiku from the High Plains
    As The Crow Flies: Haiku from the High Plains
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    As The Crow Flies: Haiku from the High Plains

    By Art Elser

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    The 120 haiku in As The Crow Flies were selected from over 2,000 haiku written over six years. They express the poet's sense of wonder and awe for the beauty and variety of nature and his love for humankind. They were written in a daily exchange of haiku with Christine Valentine, a gifted poet, his mentor and friend.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArt Elser
    Release dateOct 17, 2017
    ISBN9780998455433
    As The Crow Flies: Haiku from the High Plains
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    Art Elser

    Art Elser retired after 20 years as an Air Force pilot and 30 as a technical writer. He has a PhD in English and taught writing for over 30 years. His poetry has been published in journals and anthologies, including Blood, Water, Wind, and Stone, Owen Wister Review, High Plains Register, The Human Touch, Science Poetry, The Avocet, Vietnam War Poetry, and A Bird in the Hand: Risk and Flight. His chapbook, We Leave the Safety of the Sea, received the Colorado Authors' League Poetry award for 2014.

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