the space we open to, haiku of Peter Newton

Description

the space we open to is filled with intimacies: intimacy with self, with the natural world, with time, with one’s own journey through all of these. His poems open to life and loss, framed within windows without panes or screens. His poet’s mind expands to whatever space is required to meet each moment as a whole. His keen poet’s eye catches subtle, evocative detail. His poet’s heart opens to the relationships between. He does so with acceptance, compassion, and clarity. And with a tenderness that demands nothing in return.
— Joyce Clement, co-editor of Frogpond (2016 – 2018)

“With his sensitivity to language and refreshingly light touch Newton makes unexpected connections between the spaces around us and the spaces within us. From a flock of starlings to a Shaker-made coat peg he presents touchstones of human emotion with empathy and a quiet, understated confidence.”
— Kristen Lindquist, poet and naturalist

hiding eggs
the games we play
with God

       seedling
            I
          say
           to
          the
        some
         day
         sun
        flow
          er
         it’s 
          a 
        long 
        way 
         up

                growing old together
                the river
                and the rain

ISBN: 978-1-947271-55-5
Pages: 86
Size: 5" x 7"
Binding: perfect softbound
Year Published: 2020