December
2003, Volume 1, Number 6
Raffael de Gruttola
Raffael de Gruttola was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He has two books of poetry published: Where Ashes Float in
1980 and Flamenco Song in 1983. His first book of haiku, Recycle,
was published in 1989. A book of haiga, Echoes in Sand,
was published in 2001 with images provided by Wilfred Croteau.
He is a past
president and treasurer of the Haiku Society of America and
its first Northeast Regional Coordinator. He was a founding member
of the Boston Haiku Society in 1987. He is a founding member
of two renku groups, The Metro West Renku Association and the
Immature Green Heron, both of which meet on a regular basis.
out of the clouds
of summer rain
a red balloon
among the cactus
gypsy children
selling necklaces
in the chapel
lost in the stained glass
a butterfly
in the doorway
wrapped in yesterday's newspaper
the beggar
tulip field--
before the mosque
a waft of sand
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