Fans of modern haiku and haibun will delight to the pithy morsels of humor and pathos, the singing imagery in Jonathan Humphrey’s new collection.

Midnight At Ishigaki Island 

Dark wave upon dark wave. Any boat 
would be swallowed whole. Spine raked 
across coral. Body broken like pink 
shell. The undertow pulls my mind 
to an undetermined depth. Currents 
of salt and weight and fish. 

moons burst 
one by one 
sea foam