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| Issue 13: | May 2022 |
| Cheribun: | 47 words |
By Keith Evetts
Jacob’s Ladder
Ants across the page, a poet’s words are tiny, bear a hundred times their weight, perhaps, but they are earthbound. Infinity hangs on the wall in MoMA.
starry night a sense of vertigo whirls in me the moment when I know not to look down
Keith Evetts
A retired British diplomat living in UK, Keith Evetts has published scientific papers in Nature and elsewhere; poetry in The Oxford Magazine and Linnet’s Wings; haiku in Wales Haiku Journal, Prune Juice, Asahi Shimbun, Cold Moon Journal, Failed Haiku, Heliosparrow, Mamba, Haiku In Action, Cattails, World Haiku Review, Presence, Blithe Spirit, and at The Haiku Foundation; and cherita in The Cherita. He is listed among the European Top 100 Haiku Authors in 2021, and hosts the weekly haiku commentary feature at The Haiku Foundation. Married, with five children, a grey parrot, and a sense of humour.
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