Book of the Week: Desert Wind
Today’s Book of the Week is Desert Wind, by Hungarian poet Ferenc Bakos, published by Red Moon Press in 2015. An electrical engineer by profession, Bakos was recognized in 2013 as one of “the 100 most creative haiku poets in Europe”, and he has won several international prizes and awards for his haiku. Desert Wind is the second book of haiku he has published. His first, Rising Moon Shadow, in English, Hungarian and Japanese, was published in 2000.
kelő hold árnya—
madárijesztő heves
szívdobbanásarising moon shadow—
heart-throb, hark!
of the scarecrow
osztrigatelep:
Michelangelo Dávidja
kagylót válogatoyster-field:
Michelangelo’s David
selecting shells
várfalak közé
zöld lombsziget csal:
kivégzőudvarbetween stronghold walls
a green foliage islet:
execution yard
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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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Dear Alice,
I am two years late: opened my book in HF and saw your note just yesterday – thank you.
All the best to you and take care!
Ferenc
This book is stunningly beautiful.
Haiku I strive for.