Shelley Baker-Gard

Look Closely is the eighth collection of haiku by this author. His first, The Healing Spirit of Haiku (2004 & 2014), was co-authored with Joel Weishaus. White Rose, Red Rose (2017) was written with Johnny Baranski. His five other collections are as follows: Clouds and More Clouds (2013), Spelunking Through Life (2016), Living With Evergreens (2017), In Search of the Hidden Pond (2017), and Torii Haiku (2018). Haiku is magical, as it allows for an immediate experience of the moment captured by each small poem. Welcome to the journey and pay close attention to each tiny poem. ""Here is a collection by a veteran haiku poet and psychiatrist whose poetry softly glows with innocence, spontaneity, courage, and humor. Few have a heart as open as David H. Rosen's to face with daring honesty the full catastrophe that includes everlasting love, friendship, illness, aging, loss, and nothingness. The results are disarmingly simple revelations of poetic truth rooted in nature. Listen closely, follow the pulse of love, and live "" --Robert Epstein, author, Nothing is Empty: A Whole Haiku World David H. Rosen MD is the author of such wide-ranging books as: Transforming Depression: Healing the Soul Through Creativity (1993), The Tao of Elvis (2002), The Healing Spirit of Haiku (2004), and Time, Love, and Licorice (2015).

Look Closely is the eighth collection of haiku by this author.His first, The Healing Spirit of Haiku (2004 & 2014), was co-authored with Joel Weishaus. White Rose, Red Rose (2017) was written with Johnny Baranski.His five other collections are as follows: Clouds and More Clouds (2013), Spelunking Through Life (2016), Living With Evergreens (2017), In Search of the Hidden Pond (2017), and Torii Haiku (2018).Haiku is magical, as it allows for an immediate experience of the moment captured by each small poem.Welcome to the journey and pay close attention to each tiny poem.

New Bridges is an anthology of haiku and tanka by The Portland Haiku Group, made in memory of three haiku poets: Johnny Baranski (1948-2018), Thomas Martin (1944-2018), and Lorraine Ellis Harr (1912-2006). This anthology is dedicated to Johnny Baranski and features 3-line haiku, 2-line haiku, 1-line haiku, and tanka by 17 poets in The Portland Haiku Group with a foreword by Japan Times award-winning writer Alan Summers. Edited by Jacob Salzer. In a world where it seems more walls are being built around us, it is our hope that this anthology will encourage people to build more friendships, to create a better world for now and our future generations.