snow drifts like flames: modern english haibun of Andrew Riutta
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“Shadowed by memory and regret yet illuminated by hope and tenderness, Andrew Riutta’s snow drifts like flames moves through a landscape of porch lights and starlight; dark woods and dark matter; moth dust and wood stove ashes; cold burnt coffee and soft pine shadows. Through recurring dichotomous imagery and intimate memories of family and friends, these haibun portray the vulnerability of a soul searching for light in an opaque world. Though deeply concerned with mortality, the collection is ultimately grounded in grace rather than despair. Only one intimately acquainted with loss and longing could speak of love and death with such remarkable honesty and raw beauty.”
— Terri L. French
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“The most beautiful qualities of Riutta’s poems are his fresh and accessible use of language, masterful storytelling, and the sleight of hand skill he possesses to connect the gritty to the sublime. snow drifts like flames melts the boundaries of what English-language haibun can be, setting a new bar, leveling up. It binds stinging humor and grace, beauty and dread, love and loss, empathy and darkness into a tender kinship for our fragile world.”
— E. L. Blizzard
The Days Growing Darker Already It’s likely that I’ve traded, at least here in this moment, what could be hundreds of backyard lightning bugs for one brand-new, 2000 lumens rechargeable flashlight — which I picked up last week at the hardware store. Yet the Full Strawberry Moon really couldn’t care less about these dark-alley deals, her sheer brightness as I speak blinding so many everywhere at once — emergency-room doctors, super clutch lawyers. Old truck drivers gunning like hell to get back home to their faithful wives. Practically everyone except dearly beloved tucked down in the soil. my pulse in a dying tooth Summer Solstice
ISBN: 978-1-958408-91-9
Pages: 138
Size: 6″ x 9″
Binding: perfect softbound
Year Published: 2026
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