As The Crow Flies | Haibun in The Pan Haiku Review

 

Dr Alan Summers, editor of The Pan Haiku Review, has just released their latest publication and I'm excited to have been included twice!

Here is the second of my Haibun (a Japanese combination of prose and haiku):

As the Crow Flies

But Not in Venice

crossword puzzles

easier to navigate than this

european city

It’s not possible to get anywhere in Venice in a straight line. There’s an angled bridge to

cross or turn to mislead you every few steps. But of course, you know that already. You

were there with me last Spring before the summer crowds descended on the city. I think

we walked two miles backwards before we found a narrow cobblestone alley that would

take us in the right direction. I had blisters on my feet by the end of that day and you

were limping again.

Did you ever tell me what the Dr. said about your swollen ankle?

final steps

this old city continues on

with him