Simply Haiku - July 2003, Volume 1, Number 1

....Volume 1, Number 1, July 2003

Robert D. Wilson

Robert Wilson's work has been included in Ikuyo Yoshimura's college textbook, The Internationalization of Japanese Poems; the World Haiku Review, In Buddha's Temple. The Mindprint Review, the Union Democrat Newspaper, Nightengale, Midwest Poetry Review, Tempslibres (Free Times), Short Stuff, The San Fernando Poetry Journal, Foothill Peace Forum Newsletter, The Banner, Central Sierra Arts Council Newspaper, Haiku Poet's Hut, Waterblossoms, HaikuHarvest, Midnight Edition, and many more.

He is a painter, and has also written an unpublished mystery novel entitled Late For Mass. He is also a performing poet, who has read and performed his poetry on cable television, radio, college campuses, and in saloons. He is a member of the World Haiku Club, and Vietnam Ruminations has been presented in a number of venues of the WHC. Robert credits his father, the late Robert Wilson, with introducing him to haiku when he was a young boy. His father was an excellent poet who had a strong influence on his son, and Vietnam Ruminations is dedicated to his Dad. You can visit his Vietnam Ruminations page here www.vietnamruminations.com .

lily,
on your petals this morning,
a serving of sun

painting a shadow
with its shadow,
the dragonfly

flying through a
rainbow this morning---
blackbird

sunrise---
spreading out its arms,
a sleepy star

between
two mirrors---
eternity