Pine Silence : Collected Haibun

Perhaps the following excerpt illustrates the power and beauty of this form. From "Clean and Clear:" . . .As I watched the brown leaves and small limbs being cleaned out, I dimly understood that this was a kind of truth, which I finally realized a few years ago. Cleaning the spring I felt was similar to clearing the detritus from consciousness to experience the clarity. red salamanders clean cold clear water bubbles from source