Basho in America

only two people

at our moon viewing party

and one at a time

Sander Zulauf < p>

In Basho in America, 17th century haiku master Matsuo Basho leaves his Lake Biwa abode of illusion to visit an abode of illusion on Lake George.

In this stunning collection Sander Zulauf makes a convincing bid to become our American Basho. Poem after brief poem struck me right between the eyes, with shocks of recognized truth.

X.J. Kennedy