Slippery rock face-
the smooth handhold
of a well-worn root
David Elliott is the author of three books of poetry: Wind in the Trees, Passing Through and Through the Silence. His poetry has also appeared in several anthologies, including Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years, The Haiku Anthology, Haiku Moment: An Anthology of Contemporary North American Haiku, Got Verse, and Palpable Clock: 25 Years of Mulberry Poets. He is Professor Emeritus at Keystone College in La Plume, Pennsylvania, where he taught Creative Writing, Literature Composition, and History of Jazz.