Speaker: Dan Dana
Subject: Life’s Snippets
Synopsis: Starting with the earliest one, Dan read
(sharing screen so others can view text and illustrations)
his “life-snippet” haiku quintets, which are stylistically
inspired by Hemingway’s short stories. Members may preview
these illustrated compositions at https://www.dandana.us/poems/
Program: Following is the chronological list (as of August 29 – new ones are being added continuously):
The Grasshopper Plague ~ Humboldt, Kansas (father’s childhood home), 1874
· Milking Old Red ~ Knoxville, Missouri (family farm), 1951-1955
· Price and Me ~ Ray County, Missouri, 1953-1963
· Mowing Alfalfa ~ Ray County, Missouri, family farm, summer 1962
· Getting Short ~ Qui Nhon, Vietnam, 1967-1968
· Finding Myself ~ Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico, January 1969
· Motorcycle Mishap ~ Nacaome, Honduras, January 1969
· Landing in Leningrad ~ Leningrad, USSR, June 1990
· A Bridge in Cairo ~ Cairo, Egypt, 1991
· 9/11 ~ Prairie Village, Kansas, September 11, 2001
· Iceberg ~ Qaqortoq, Greenland, September 1, 2016, 10:05 am
· The Pickpockets ~ Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 2017
· Escaping Saigon ~ Aboard Seattle-to-Sydney cruise, October 16, 2017
