Book of the Week: Isolation Street
This selection for the Book of the Week is Isolation Street, a topical response in 31 haiku to the condition of isolation imposed on us by Covid-19, by Swedish poet Marcus Liljedahl.
home at lastsome dry leaves gatherin the hallway
white chapelshadows of crows becomepart of the stillness
quarantine moona long hard rain fillsthe old wheel tracks
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Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by Jim Kacian, and are used with permission.
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very sharp – the image of the dog barking through empty streets particularly resonated
very in synch with how we’re feeling as a collective tgroughout the world. So perceptive. Thank you??
Beautiful ❤️
Thank you for sharing ??