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Book of the Week: A Piece of the Moon

dyck_apieceofthemoonMarje A. Dyck shows her versatility (haiku, tanka and haibun in this collection) and her thematic predilections (the Canadian wilderness, jazz) in this, her debut volume from 2005 (Calisto Press).

You can read the entire book in the THF Digital Library.

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Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by Jim Kacian, and are used with permission.


jazz
in the long cool evening
the sound of geese leaving


smoke over the river —
the restlessness
of crows


clouds
crowding each other
for more sky


cherry tomato
sunshine warm
inside my mouth


going home at midnight
I leave
the silence here


letting the tiny spider
in the corner
live

This Post Has 2 Comments

  1. Have seen a certain cabin up north decorated with spider webs…most owners swish them away with brooms. Webs rebuilt soon after by persistant spiders. Some of the plumper spiders are strange colors, rather arty.
    In this poem, even a tiny spider is given consideration.
    Poets often observe the tiniest life forms, then give them magnificent publicity in less than 10 words. Much better treatment than a swat of a careless broom.

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