Authors and Illustrators Database

Robert Franklin Mainone

Born: 02/11/1929  Flint, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Robert H. Mainone, Nell C. Mainone
Address(es):
Permanent:
7431 Pine Lake Rd.
Delton, MI 49046
USA
Contact Information:
Phone: 269-623-8811

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Seven Acres of Sky : Poems from a Haiku Diary
- Illustrations by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen 		Poetry Adult Delton, Mich. : Wonderland Press 1997
The Spring Within Poetry Adult Delton, MI : Wonderland Press 1989
Haiku diary : diaries, 1986-
- Collection consists of yearly calendar diaries from 1986 through the present. Each diary consists of entries handwritten by the poet for every day of the year, citing activities of daily life, the natural environment, and a haiku poem. 		Michigan, Poetry Adult Delton, MI : Robert F. Mainone 1986
The Journey North : an odyssey of the human spirit : haiku Poetry Adult, Teen Delton, MI : Wonderland Press 1984
Moonlight : Haiku Poetry Adult Delton, MI : Robert F. Mainone 1979
High on the Wind Poetry Adult Kalamazoo, MI : R. Mainone 1976
Young Leaves : Haiku Poetry Adult Delton, MI : Robert F. Mainone 1974
Shadows : Haiku Poetry Adult Battle Creek, Mich. : R. Mainone 1971
This Boundless Mist Poetry Adult Battle Creek, Mich. : R. F. Mainone 1968
Where Waves Were Poetry Adult Kalamazoo, MI : R. Mainone 1966
Parnassus Flowers Poetry Adult Kalamazoo, MI : R. Mainone 1965
An American Naturalist's Haiku Poems Poetry Adult Kalamazoo, MI : R. Mainone 1964
- Published in Michigan Natural Resources Magazine
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "My goal in writing is to capture my perceptions of life, through the art of haiki... to write haiku that will bring joy and insights to readers for a thousand years." 2nd ed. says, "There are magic moments everywhere...awareness growing...symbols falling together...if only to hint at these wonders along a varied path...would this not be a life of high endeaver? This spirit world... This universe... This atom dance!" "My interest in haiku has taken me backpacking along Lake Michigan from Frankfort to Leland; canoeing Michigan streams; and to Japan to walk in places the classic Haiku poets walked."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Awards:

Name Date
Japan Air Lines Haiku Contest Finalist (201/40,000 entries) exhibited in Japanese Pavilion, Brisbane Exposition 1988
Harold Henderson Award, Haiku Society of America
- Award received for following years: 1977, 1980 		1977

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed. 1980
Who's Who in the Midwest 1976-1981
The Writer's Directory 1976-1978
International Who's Who in Poetry 1970-1971

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Science (M.S.) Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 1957-1959
Bachelor of Science Forestry ( B.S.F.) Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 1947-1952
Diploma Ravenna High School Ravenna, MI 1947

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Interpretive Ecologist
- Retired 		Michigan State University's Kellogg Biological Station, Bird Sanctuary Hickory Corners, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1967-1991
Naturalist Kalamazoo Nature Center Kalamazoo, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1961-1966
Junior Curator Detroit Zoological Park Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1959-1960
- seasonal Everglades National Park Homestead 1957-1958
Weather observer U.S. Air Force UT, CA, NY, IL, Greenland 1953-1956
Ranger-Naturalist Rocky Mountains National Park Estes Park

Other Resources:

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