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    earth from the moon: haiku & senryu
    earth from the moon: haiku & senryu
    earth from the moon: haiku & senryu
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    earth from the moon: haiku & senryu

    By Judith E.P. Johnson

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    'Judith EP. Johnson's haiku are a quiet seam of gold. Time and again she offers finely seen acclamations of the ordinary and everyday, in celebration of the quotidian. She sees the earth not just from the moon, with the distance of objectivity, but also intimately, with subjective touches, from close at hand. These are poems to roll on your tong

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateAug 15, 2022
    ISBN9781761093616
    earth from the moon: haiku & senryu

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