Haiku is the ultimate example of precision of expression and economy in form written in four line poems of seventeen syllables. The gems found here are about love, hope, people, the wonder of the natural world and the issues of fate and chance. With great attention to the venerable centuries-old Japanese form, the author gives us both moving and humorous glimpses of his particular view of the world. This book celebrates the day-to-day moments experienced such as going for a walk or noticing the birds, as well as the larger, sweeping events of life. This poetry is lovingly and expertly...

This collection of poetry is like a handful of blue and green sea glass, pearl gossamer shells, and freshly washed wet stones on soft sand, yet born of a powerful and ancient ocean. In this book we are transported to the very edge of the seashore, among birds that argue, waves that grow tired, and reeds that sing. And then, suddenly, we visit an older man, wondering, perhaps about death, but with a calm, almost bemused air of acceptance and peace. These poems observe and make sense of the universe of ordinary life and love, and show how they are anything but ordinary.

Senator is back with the third in his trilogy of seaside poetry. "Soft Landings Finale" frames a panorama of the natural world that is both sweeping and yet intensely personal in scope. Senator's deft pen draws creatures from their nesting places and follows them into their magnificent surroundings. We dive with cormorants and flit with minnows. We feel what it is like to be a duck bobbing in the marsh or a seal watching a ship. And yet this third volume is a departure from the first two Soft Landings books. Although still spending time among the gulls, waves, and clouds, here Senator takes a...