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kissing the plate: haiku and senryu of David Oates

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“Haiku demands response. This new collection by David Oates had me pondering, giggling, wondering, nodding, groaning, smiling, contemplating, reminiscing, commiserating, dropping my jaw, closing my eyes, and yelling out loud, ‘Hell, yeah!’”
— David G. Lanoue (author of Mindful Renku)

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“In kissing the plate, David Oates takes us on a journey of social commentary through haiku and senryu. These poems — concerned with such things as an ancient battlefield, a closed shopping center parking lot where skateboarders ride, relationships, Alzheimer’s, a drought, a funeral, traffic jams, small town life — offer much to contemplate about humanity and our place on Earth.”
— Jacob D. Salzer (former editor, Frogpond)

ancient battlefield
the call 
of an unseen crow


the dog
in her sunbeam
me by you


long married
in the kitchen a spice bottle
never opened


first green
this sudden grief
where is it from?

ISBN: 978-1-958408-94-0
Pages: 112
Size: 4.25″ x 6.5″
Binding: perfect softbound
Year Published: 2026

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