Balloons: a haiku
by David Monteith
Like children holding
balloons on strings, we cling to
thoughts better set free
David Monteith stole a library book once in his life (but
only once), a collection of poetry by Robert Graves. He hopes you'll forgive
him. In his defense, it was pre-Internet, and he was desperate for poetry. In
addition to Robert Graves, some of David’s other heroes include Mary Oliver,
Wendell Berry, Brian Andreas, Rumi, and the classical haiku master, Issa. He
draws on his experiences as a middle- and high-school teacher for inspiration
and is currently working on his first children's book. When he's not writing,
he loves taking care of other people's dogs, making earrings from comic book
word bubbles, and doing Iyengar yoga.
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