Of This World, haibun by Stella Pierides

Description

Winner of a Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award 2018 (HM) for Best Book of Haiku!

Stella Pierides has cultivated a terse, idiosyncratic style in her haibun that is instantly recognizable, and as a consequence is one of the shining lights of this burgeoning genre. Of This World certainly is, but it also takes us out of the world at large and into private spaces we feel privileged to witness. A unique and satisfying read.

“This is how it's done! Stella Pierides takes us through what it is to be human — from the roots of Western culture in Diogenes' tub to the ‘modern’ human — with all the questions and doubts, the uncertainties that come from that.”
     — Johannes S. H. Bjerg, Writer

          prickly pears
          coming to terms with
          reality

     bitter olives
     sound of a key turning
     in the lock

petals or thorns
a scratch on the surface
of infinity

ISBN: 978-1-936848-80-5
Pages: 124
Size: 6" x 9"
Binding: perfect softbound