Foreword

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Redemption poetry, like Gábor Terebess's Haiku in the Luggage, grows on us. The poet tells us through his experience to take part in the mundane, and we learn from him how to integrate and elevate it. The sacred can be found in the details, in any movement we make, but most of all it's a state of mind:

Running in the rain
to the swimming-pool.
Saved!
The last word, saved, can be assocciated with many images. But the greatest gift of this poem and of the whole book is the joy of being human transmitted to us. The haiku is a miracle. We need only to listen.