small hadron divider, haiku of David J Kelly

Description

David J Kelly’s years as a scientific scholar and his mastery of Japanese short form poetry come together to render his latest collection an illumination of the natural world in all its myriad manifestations. In this collection you get samples of it all: of human emotions and states of mind as they pass through the author be it self-irony, observations of human nature, and nature as nature, carefully expressed in the subgenres of haikai: haiku, senryu, haibun, concrete haiku and more.

“David J Kelly’s years as a scientific scholar and his mastery of Japanese short form poetry come together to render his latest collection an illumination of the natural world in all its myriad manifestations. small hadron divider offers a breathtaking experience that deepens with each reading.”
— Roberta Beary

“If you don’t have David Kelly in your list of the best haiku poets currently writing, then buy this book and when you are done reading it, revise your list! If you already know his work then this will be more frosting on the cake for you.”
— Mike Rehling

“In this collection you get samples of it all: of human emotions and states of mind as they pass through David J Kelly, be it self-irony, observations of human nature, and nature as nature, carefully expressed in the subgenres of haikai: haiku, senryu, haibun, concrete haiku and more. A palette of many colours worth reading and reading again.”
— Johannes S. H. Bjerg

                    breaking down
                    the problem
                    in pieces

— — —
the skipping stone’s story
unfinished

          dead chameleon
          disappearing
          into tarmac

ISBN: 978-1-947271-54-8
Pages: 96
Size: 6" x 9"
Binding: perfect softbound
Year Published: 2020

Honorable Mention, 2020 Touchstone Distinguished Books Award, The Haiku Foundation!