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Michael Dylan Welch

Michael is a hopeful but sometimes impatient person who loves to write and is proud of his two young-adult kids. Some folks ask him if he ever sleeps, but yes, quite a bit. When he needs a bit of motivation, he likes to think, “What can I do in the next 15 minutes?” He can ask himself this question four times an hour. Don’t get him started about guitar solos.

first star—
a seashell held
to my baby’s ear

Grand Prize winner in the Basho 360th Anniversary contest, Japan, 2004

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first snow . . .
the children’s hangers
clatter in the closet

Woodnotes #23, Winter 1994.

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first cold night—
the click of your domino
as we play by the fire

Geppo XXI:6, Nov-Dec 1998

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2 responses to “Michael Dylan Welch”

  1. wendytothnotarnicola Avatar

    Wonderful haiku, as always, Michael. The imagery is beautiful.

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  2. SpriteFuse Avatar

    The domino click in the final poem gives the whole scene a rhythm without explaining the evening at length. That economy is useful in visual storytelling too: when you describe a character animation, one clear gesture can say more than several competing movements. The seashell poem also leaves space for the reader to supply the sound.

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