Full Circle: The Haiku Collection

by Don Holroyd, Ramon Presson (Editor)

Four seasons of haiku are captured in this brief and wonderful collection of haiku penned and published over a life-time by Don Holroyd. Billy Collins insists that poets are first and foremost keen observers of the world around them and the life inside them, and that the first requirement in poetry is paying attention. For decades, whether through a winter window or during a summer walk, when snowed in by a Pennsylvania blizzard or while strolling through a farmer’s market in China, Don Holroyd has paid attention. He takes photographs with stray pencils on the backs of envelopes and on receipts from his wallet, whenever and wherever inspiration strikes. And it is Don's readers, myself included, who are rewarded by his keen eye and by his gift of translating pictures into poetry.

34 pages, Paperback

Published April 22, 2016