Sampling Petals of Haiku

Petals of Haiku (Literary Revelations Press) is a great collection for people who love poetry and for people who wished they could love poetry but fear they will never understand it. The former need no urging. For the latter, haiku is a great starting point. No expertise needed to catch the beauty of haiku. Below are a few thoughts about how this particular connection digs into the soul and plants its own little flower garden.

Sometimes, it’s the cross-reference of image patterns that does the trick.

golden syrup sun
dripping over toasted fields
grass butter melting
(Andrew Collins)

Sometimes it’s just a startling single image or scenario:

the rapid retreat
with his nectar needle …
allen’s hummingbird
(Richard L. Matta)

maize shed in the fog
yellowed teeth of the corn kernels
among the laths
(Stjepan Rozic)

Or taking an image and planting it into the soil and seasons of human history

twilight on the quay
waves are murmuring through
fisherman’s tales
(Nina Kovacic)

milky fog –
a swan glides over the lake
into autumn
(Nicola Duretic)

Sometimes it’s the density packed into tight form

she’s made of wrecked glass
mosaic hold shards tightly –
deep cracks seeping love
(Monica Prem Bajaj)

Sometimes the sheer joie de vivre when you least expect it

winter is coming
snowy wonderlands
twinkling lights
(Saddie Hopes)

And then there’s the cosmic imagery sprinkled throughout; e.g.:

comets soar across
night sky trailing particles
of doomsday omens
(Dawn Pistorino)

My own poems that appear in the book have that cosmic archetypal feel of Dawn Pistorino’s, but … well, just buy the book and find out 😊

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