Hello, Greg. It’s nice to hear from another breathless admirer of Gary Hotham. I wonder if we can convince Don at Lilliput to put Cheeta on the cover of the second printing of “Missed Appointment.”
My introduction to Gary (after seeing him in Cor’s Haiku Anthology) was “Breath Marks: Haiku to Read in the Dark” (Canon Press 1999). At 110 pages, with 80 poems plus an essay, I thought it was a wonderful deal at $8. Tonight, I just discovered that Audubon Press has it on sale for $3.75, making it the best deal in all of the haijiniverse. I urge readers who do not possess Breathmarks to click through to Audubon, or (like I did a few years ago) give it to a friend — especially one who does not yet love haiku.