Note to readers of Solitude and Desolation

For context and better understanding of the haiku in the series Solitude and Desolation, it is helpful to first read the journal entry for this date in More about... (click link at right) Solitude and Desolation. There the haiku appear below the journal entries in the order they were written, rather than in the order they were published. In this way, the haiku can be read chronologically from top to bottom instead of from bottom to top as they appear in the archive.