Divided into four sections, one for each season of the year, an anthology of sixty-seven haiku and tanka, Japanese forms of verse, explores the poet's thoughts and feelings about the world and its wonders.
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Grade 4-8. A collection of original selections worthy of Livingston's status as a major modern American poet. Using the Japanese forms of haiku and tanka, Livingston reflects on the year's seasons. The uniqueness of each one is sketched in clear, economic language: spring's activity ("Whirring from fuchsia/to fuchsia, the hummingbird/shops for his dinner"); summer's lazy reflectiveness ("Even the moon lies/on its back, rolling over/to stare into space"); autumn's farewells ("One by one, circling/down to earth, these yellow birds,/these frail, falling leaves"). This collection joins Ann Atwood's Haiku (Scribners, 1971; o.p.); Harry Behn's Haiku Harvest (Peter Pauper Press, 1962; o.p.); and J. Patrick Lewis's Black Swan, White Crow (Atheneum, 1995) in offering readers stunning evidence of the beauty and power of the sparest of poetic forms. De Kiefte's pen-and-ink sketches support the work's quiet thoughtfulness. A book whose contents make it worth opening again and again.?Kathleen Whalin, Greenwich Country Day School, CT
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Gr. 5^-8. In spring, "Look how the birds turn / the telephone lines / into a musical staff!" In summer, "Who has the better / right to smell the first summer / rose, bee--you or I?" Come autumn, and "the first day of school . . . / does my teacher wonder who / these new faces are?" And during winter, "These are not foaming / white horses, but only waves / in a wild ocean." In more than 60 small pieces, Livingston has captured the spirit of seasonal change, evoking a sense of delight in each stage of the year. Her images leap off the pages and may inspire youngsters to try writing their own thoughts down in the form of haiku or tanka. Kees de Kiefte's simple pen-and-ink illustrations complement Livingston's rich verses in this posthumously published work. Sally Estes
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This book was really soothing because it is catagorized by seasons and i liked reading about my favorite season.
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