{"id":534,"date":"2010-01-31T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=534"},"modified":"2010-01-31T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T20:00:00","slug":"chapbooks-grant-savage%e2%80%99s-finding-a-breeze-reviewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/chapbooks-grant-savage%e2%80%99s-finding-a-breeze-reviewed\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapbooks: Grant Savage\u2019s "Finding a Breeze" reviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding a Breeze<\/span>

As with any field of endeavor, there are high flyers, egotists and non-assuming types that simply do their own thing. The chapbook in this small review comes from such a non-assuming man. Grant Savage\u2019s <\/span>Finding a Breeze<\/span> was launched during the 2009 <\/span>Haiku North America Conference<\/span>, held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Savage is a naturalist by avocation and his haiku show his observations of the natural world. <\/span>

a gentle breeze<\/span>
rocks the tulips<\/span>
the bees within<\/span>

There is beauty in his haiku and also a deep understanding of the world,<\/span>

early morning pond<\/span>
reflected in its stillness<\/span>
everything<\/span>

While the chapbook is only 19 pages long, it does give the reader a great insight into Savage\u2019s writing. These haiku are written by a poet who has been deeply in tune with nature for a long time observing and capturing the moment. His moments, his world…<\/span>

* <\/span>Finding a Breeze<\/span> may be ordered from Kings Road Press at <\/span>kingsroadpress@hotmail.com<\/a>

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…review by Mike Montreuil<\/span>
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