Losing a Balloon

In this collection of 40 haiku and senryu, Billy Antonio examines the nature of loss and separation and reflects on finding renewal and reconciliation in nature. He contemplates the heartache of a boy's first love-"losing a balloon/ to the wind/ puppy love"- to the pain of coping with Alzheimer's. Above all these, Losing a Balloon enlightens that "after the storm/ the trees/ offer more sky."