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Breath Marks: Haiku to Read in the Dark Paperback – October 1, 1999

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Gary Hotham has been described as a poet whose vision and craft combine to form an aesthetic all haiku poets aim for but few ever achieve. This little book, Breath Marks, gives a little taste of that talent, the kind of haiku to meditate, ponder, relish, and read over the years.
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    Canon Press
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    October 1, 1999
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    4.27 x 0.29 x 5.99 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1885767587
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1885767585
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Realize. Gary Hotham is haiku. ---Bob Arnold, editor of Longhouse

Hotham notes the power of language in his preface, and how powerful it is here: in three or four short lines to disconcert, disillusion, illumine, delight, to 'capture a moment.' God's world, like himself, is one and many. The haiku takes one brief moment and illumines all of life and history. ---John M. Frame, Westminster Theological Seminary

Gary Hotham keeps turning out wonderfully subtle and simple poems, honing them to a pitch of perfection until they quietly consecrate the quotidian. ---Cor van den Heuvel, editor of The Haiku Anthology

About the Author

Gary Hotham has been described as a poet whose "vision and craft combine to form an aesthetic all haiku poets aim for but few ever achieve." Global Haiku lists Hotham as one of the top ten English-language haiku poets of the twentieth century. Born in Maine, he currently lives in England with his wife and daughter.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Canon Press (October 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 110 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1885767587
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1885767585
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.04 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.27 x 0.29 x 5.99 inches
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Gary Hotham

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Gary Hotham spent his youth on a potato farm in northern Maine before attending the University of Maine where he obtained a BA in History in 1972. It was while attending college which wasn’t that far south he discovered that winter didn’t have to last as long as it did in northern Maine. He has since lived for various lengths of time in Pennsylvania, Texas, Japan, Germany, and England with his wife and daughter, and now makes his home in Maryland. His interest in haiku began in the mid-60s when he first learned about the genre in Mrs. Maloney's English class during his sophomore year of high school. And he hasn’t recovered from the challenge.

Books Published:

Without the Mountains (Yiqralo Press, 1976); The Fern's Underside (Juniper Press, 1977); Off And On Rain (High/Coo, 1978); Against the Linoleum (Yiqralo Press, 1979); This Space Blank (Juniper Press, 1984); Pulling Out the Bent Nail (Wind Chimes Press, 1988); As Far as the Light Goes (Juniper Press, 1990); The Wind’s View (Juniper Press, 1993); Before All The Leaves Are Gone (Juniper Press, 1996); Hair’s & Hawk Circles (Tel-Let, 1996); Footprints and Fingerprints (Modest Proposal Chapbooks, 1999); Bare Feet (Longhouse, 1998); Breath Marks: Haiku to Read in the Dark (Canon Press, 1999); The Sky Stays Behind (Juniper Press, 2000); Missed Appointment: The Haiku Art (Modest Proposal Chapbooks, 2007); Sand Over Sand (Longhouse, 2009); Spilled Milk: Haiku Destinies (Pinyon Publishing, 2010); Nothing More Happens in the 20th Century: Haiku Dangers (Pecan Grove Press, 2011); Our Waves Meet the Ocean Waves (Longhouse, 2013); Stone's Throw: Promises of Mere Words (Pinyon Publishing, 2016); 23, Longhouse Poetry, 2019; Rightsizing the Universe: Haiku Theory, Yiqralo Press, 2019. Park Bench Memories: Haiku Tailwinds, Yiqralo Press 2020; Mannequins Dressed for the Window: Haiku Secrets, Yiqralo Press, 2021; Playground Grass: Haiku Options, Yiqralo Press, 2022.

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There is something wondrously ironic and perfectly haiku-esque in the biblical scriptures noted in the introductory pages of this splendid, thin volume of haiku.

Perfectly Zen-like.

When I first read this book months ago I underlined this quote - which is a fitting introduction to Hotham's work:

"But why read or write poetry? Well, because poetry lets the writer do something with our language that other forms do not. And that something special is the energy inherent in the words and their arrangements."

I am not sure why one would want to read these words in the dark. All I can figure is that we can read them in the dark because of the quiet and sure echo or ripple they carry upon one's heart. While so very simple in form and so compact in number of words, the eighty haiku within continue to resonate for a long, long time.
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