Book of the Week: A Ribbon of Silver Thread
Today’s Book of the Week is A Ribbon of Silver Thread, by Joseph Kirschner, published in 1995–a collection of twenty nature haiku in a slightly outmoded style, with an interesting description by the author of his method of composition.
driving away.
a ribbon of silver thread
tightens about my heart
entwined by tendrils
searching for
the stone wall’s cracks
chill November winds
grip an old barn,
dancers twirl faster . . .
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Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by THF Digital Librarian Garry Eaton, and are used with permission
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Time and changing fashions.
What makes the style outmoded?