Book-of-the-Week

Book of the Week: sunlit jar

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Carmen Sterba was honored by having her work published in the distinguished Radish series of books by Wim Lofvers. This tiny volume, from 2002, features haiku from 4 season and especially flowers, birds and people.

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, following a concept first explored by Tom Clausen, and are used with permission.





winter doldrums
addiing lavender sachets
to each drawer


cold wind
his name no longer
in the inbox



cherry blossoms
a child asks for a cloud
of cotton candy


childhood home
the pussy willow
just as it was



sunlit jar
the beekeeper's gift
on the doorstep


rainy day
rummaging through grandma's
button drawer

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  2. Thanks! These tiny chapbooks had three editions, and were sent out from the Netherlands by Wim Lovers to Japan. Next I sent them to many haiku poets I had met face-to-face at haiku conferences in London/Oxford in 2000 and Boston in 2001. My attached message was, “I hope this won’t take too much room on your bookshelf.”

  4. Yes, a wonderful book. ‘Sunlit jar’ is one of my favorite haiku – one of the one’s I remember. Thank you from me too. 🙂

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