We Are Water

Dry weather this year

Color fades on dying trees

We are water

I am excited to announce that my new book, We are Water, is in the final stages of production. I review the final draft at the printer tomorrow, and hope the print run will be complete next week.

This book is a very small product, featuring haiku and color photographs. The photograph and matching haiku appear on facing pages, and the poems are inspired by the nature photographs. In technical terms, they are ekphrastic.

Initial production will be a short run, due to the cost of color printing, and the book will be available from the author and through a local book store. Five of my poem/photograph combinations are also available as post cards at Star Line Books in Chattanooga. I am looking into an ebook version of We are Water, but the unique size and shape may make electronic publishing difficult.

I began looking at my photographs (originally shot on 35 mm slide film and digitized more recently) and writing matching haiku after reading The Art of Haiku by Stephen Addiss. I also had the opportunity to participate in a church art show with my poetry last summer. I produced a poster of a longer poem and a poster of one of my photographs as companion pieces. I have since produced four poetry posters (also known as broadsides), with signed and numbered copies available at Star Line Books and from the author.

I am also pleased to announce that the writers book club I organized had its first meeting on February 2^nd and will meet again at Star Line Books, on Thursday, March 30^th at 6:00 PM, We will discuss Anne Lamott’s book, Bird by Bird, an excellent resource for writers wishing to develop their craft.

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