Miriam Sagan
Born NY, NY, USA 1954
Living in Santa Fe, NM USA
Miriam Sagan is the author of over thirty books of poetry, fiction, and memoir. Her haiku mentor was Elizabeth Searle Lamb and Miriam edited Elizabeth’s collection Across the Wind Harp (La Alameda Press, 1999). She created three haiku paths in Santa Fe, including one at the Audubon Society.
border checkpoint
my grandmother tenses up
inside me
so many friends gone—
writing haiku in the old
address book
in the darkness
bird I thought
had flown
A pile of stones—
black teacups mended
with gold epoxy
in the rose garden
selfie upon
selfie