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A beautiful little book.

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This is just two pages! Four haiku on each page. 817 total. Nearly all of them just like…😍

Near the end of his life, Richard Wright, best known for his 1940s novel of Black repression, Native Son, (not read), began writing haiku.

To say that these are some of the best English Language haiku I have ever read is not hyperbole. It‘s evident in every line that Wright was enamored by the deceptively complex form and respected it.

Wright, a Black Man in 1950s America, found in Nature a place of belonging. Such is the power of haiku.

I love this poetry book for its representation and would be great for a younger grade such as 2nd or 3rd. However, it could be used more loosely.

“'Here, come here,' I call,
but the fireflies
blithely go their way.“

A book that can introduce or familiarize children with other forms of poetry!

A collection of Haiku poems paired with illustrations.