Book of the Week – Crow Words Falling On Dead Grass by Ronald Baatz
Ronald Baatz, American poet, is a prolific writer of haiku and tanka style poems. Other books in the THF digital library by Baatz include: In a Clay Pig’s Eye, Mars Orange and Mt. Tremper Haiku.
Crow Words Falling On Dead Grass was first published by Yggdrasil Press.
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Below are a few selected poems from the book:
the woods
in the mirror
my ear in a nest
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Dawn –
young sparrows
in old trees
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Grains of sand
between her toes
happy as new stars
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A mournful cloud of birds
a withered tree
its sisters
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When leaving this world
I leave behind the shadows
of the daughters I never had
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Crow words
falling on
dead grass
You can read the entire book in the THF Digital Library. Please share your favorite poem from the book with us.
Do you have a full or chapbook length book published in 2019 or earlier that you would like featured as a Book of the Week? Contact us for details. Haiku featured in the Book of the Week Archive are selected by the THF Digital Librarian Kenneth Pearson and are used with permission.
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Gently arriving
summer like a moth
carrying its own flame
Love this imagery and the lingering feeling of summer’s heat from the distance of my cold winter chair.
I self published my book “glimpses: a glance into haiku” in 2017. I would like it to be featured in “Book of the Week”. Please let me know how to go about this. Thank you!!