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Our pond is the blue
of alpine lakes
the color of longing
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This haiku is from the book The Color of Longing by Philip Kenney (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-color-of-longing-by-philip-kenney/

Philip Kenney is an author and psychotherapist. He makes his home in Portland, Oregon with his wife, two sons, and his rose garden. Mr. Kenney’s most recent publication is a chapbook of haiku entitled, Only This Step. In 2018 he published The Writer’s Crucible: Meditations on Emotion, Being and Creativity. That bookwas a finalist for The Red City Review Non-Fiction Book of the Year. On occasion, Philip gives workshops based on The Writer’s Crucible at The Attic Institute for Arts and Letters in Portland.