The structural poems in this book were selected from the author's chapbooks produced over the past thirty years. The "lattice" poem places phrases in a matrix that permits exploration of the relationship of any word to all other words in the poem. These pieces have a primary, secondary, and tertiary structure that is analogous to the infrastructure of a crystal and, like the molecules within a crystal, may vibrate in and out of focus. The poet works at the interface of the conscious and unconscious using the energies of the tension of opposites. The lattice provides the alchemical vessel...

In this book H. G. Moser presents 228 haiku written over several decades and derived from journeys in locales ranging from Montana and the West Coast to Alaska, Mexico, and Japan. A trip to Japan in 1982 provided the opportunity to study the works of the great Japanese haiku poets--Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki. Conversations with the renowned fisheries biologist, Dr. Kouichi Kawaguchi, led to a deep appreciation of these revered poets and the process of writing haiku. Although Japanese haiku may not be fully perceived without a knowledge of the language, attempts to write haiku in English...

The poems and prose in this book by H. G. Moser were selected from a series of chapbooks produced over the past thirty years. The poems, written in free verse, and prose pieces draw on experiences of his early life in Pennsylvania and New Hampshsire, later years in California and Montana, and travels throughout North America. As a fishery biologist, the author's poems reflect a naturalist's perspective and the interplay between art and science. Included in the book is a memoir of a solo backpacking trip to Denali National Park, Alaska, in the summer of 1976. Embedded in this memoir are six...

It is difficult to imagine life without birds. City and country people throughout the world enjoy seeing them and hearing their songs. In this book, H. G. Moser presents poems derived from a lifetime of observing birds in a variety of habitats ranging from marshes to mountain peaks. Many of these poems reflect momentary, often humorous, encounters with our feathered friends. The second part ot the book consists of poems devoted to man's best friend. The human-canine partnership goes back to at least the last glacial period and is evermore important in today's world where a third of American...

Since its beginnings on the chalk streams of England, fly fishing has enjoyed increasing popularity. This was accelerated by the publication of Norman Maclean's memoir, "A River Runs Through It," and the film based on the book. In "Above the Rise," H. G. Moser draws on a lifetime of fly fishing. The poems and prose pieces in the book cover a wide variety of subjects related to life in the waters of Montana and elsewhere in the world. Included in the book is a remembrance of days spent fishing the Big Hole River in Montana. Also included are two fictional pieces: an excerpt from a novella...

The poems in this book are structural, often geometrical, in form. They derive from a place where poetry, visual art, and humor blend together. One type places phrases in a lattice-like matrix, exploring the relationship of any word to all other words in the poem. An example of this is "Double Cross Fire," where secondary, even tertiary, levels of infrastructure emerge. In another type, a word or phrase is placed in a geometric continuum to reveal relationships within constituent parts of words or to demonstrate the overall texture of the poem. There are concrete poems where words or phrases...

The poems in this book are a continuation of the author's exploration into the anatomy, humor, and orchestration of language. A primary type of poem, the lattice, places phrases in a matrix that illuminates the interplay of each word with all other words in the poem. In another type, a word or phrase is arranged in a continuum to show interactions between parts of words and to portray the inherent texture of the poem. Other types are symbolic lyrical poems.