Raymond Roseliep (August 11, 1917 – December 6, 1983) was a poet and contemporary master of the English haiku and a

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. He has been described as "the

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Early life

Born on August 11, 1917, in Farley, Iowa, to John Albert Roseliep (1874-1939) and Anna Elizabeth Anderson (1884-1967). In 1939 he graduated from

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with a

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, in 1948 he received a

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in English from

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, and in 1954 he received a

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in English Literature from

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. He was ordained, June 12, 1943, at St. Raphael’s Cathedral,

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Poetry

He won the

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Harold G. Henderson award in 1977 and 1982. In 1981, Roseliep's haiku sequence, “The Morning Glory”, appeared on over two thousand buses in

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takes in
the world
from the heart out

funnels
our day
into itself

closes
on its own
inner light

Bibliography

* ''The Linen Bands'' - 1961 * ''The Small Rain'' - 1963 * ''Love Makes the Air Light'' - 1965 * ''Flute Over Walden'' - 1976 * ''Walk in Love'' - 1976 * ''Light Footsteps'' - 1976 * ''A Beautiful Woman Moves with Grace'' - 1976 * ''Sun in His Belly'' - 1977 * ''Step on the Rain'' - 1977 * ''Wake to the Bell'' - 1977 * ''A Day in the Life of Sobi-Shi'' - 1978 * ''Sailing Bones'' - 1978 * ''Sky in My Legs'' - 1979 * ''Firefly in My Eyecup'' - 1979 * ''The Still Point – Haiku of Mu'' - 1979 * ''Listen to Light'' - 1980 * ''Swish of a Cow Tail'' - 1982 * ''Rabbit in the Moon'', Alembic Press (November 1983) * ''The Earth We Swing On'' - 1984

References

* David Dayton, ed. (1980) ''A Roseliep Retrospective: Poems & Other Words By & About Raymond Roseliep''. Ithaca, New York: Alembic Press

External links

Selected Roseliep haiku
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Early life

Poetry

Bibliography

See also

References

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