Description
Poetry. Don Wentworth composes poems that he refers to as "brief, haiku-like pieces with a distinctly Eastern feel, yet firmly grounded in everyday life." PAST ALL TRAPS is his first full-length collection.
"Wentworth practices in a great and rare tradition. It is not (so much) a tradition of form; rather it is a tradition of essential knowing. Knowing what the haiku masters knew, knowing what the handful of masters of the short poem in the Occident have known: that life itself is fleeting, is short, and yet there has neer been, nor will there ever be, anything else but life."—Charlie "Scarecrow" Mehrhoff
Author Bio
Don Wentworth is a Pittsburgh-based poet whose work reflects his interest in the revelatory nature of brief, haiku-like moments in everyday life. His poetry has appeared in Modern Haiku, bottle rockets, bear creek haiku and Rolling Stone, as well as a number of anthologies. His first full-length collection, PAST ALL TRAPS, was published in 2011 by Six Gallery Press and was shortlisted for the Haiku Foundation's 2011 Touchstone Distinguished Books Award. His poem "hiding" was selected as one of "100 Notable Haiku" of 2013 by Modern Haiku Press. A second full-length book, YIELD TO THE WILLOW, is now available from Six Gallery Press.
Author City: PITTSBURGH, PA USA