The Tractor’s Radio

This is the first in a four-part series exploring the seasonal sections of my forthcoming haiku collection The Deep End of the Sky.

“The Tractor’s Radio” is the title of the spring section of The Deep End of the Sky, my forthcoming collection of haiku from Turtle Light Press. This section of the book features 11 haiku beginning with these two:

at
the
deep
end
of
the
sky
prairie

meadowlark—
all you’ll ever need to know
about sunrise

And here is this section’s title haiku:

stars at dusk:
the tractor’s radio
crackles

My family has deep roots in South Dakota. So, while many haiku in The Deep End of the Sky depict the farm landscape of America’s heartland, others are more personal, touching on aging and the loss of loved ones, such as this one, also in the spring section:

spring rain—
speaking of the dead
in a softer voice

Here’s one more with South Dakota’s state flower:

petals thinner
than their purple
pasque at first light

The Deep End of the Sky is available to pre-order from Turtle Light Press’s store for $12.50 with free shipping in the U.S.