One Summer, A Thousand Days [Paperback]

Charles Albano (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 3, 2001

One Summer, A Thousand Days sets a banquet of poems that will satisfy every Haiku gourmet's taste.

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About the Author

Charles Albano teaches management and organizational behavior at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey. Transactional Analysis On The Job, was his first book published by the American Management Association. His articles on management, leadership, culture, and strategic thinking appear on Internet sites and in print journals. Charles received his doctoral degree from Temple University in 1987. He wrote his dissertation on the development of creativity in adults and was recognized by the William Penn Foundation for his contributions to the scientific community. His full biography appears in Who's Who In America. Charles is the father of four and grandparent to six children who have influenced his thinking and writing in the direction of poetry. The children have kept him level-headed and given him many occasions to re-experience the essence of childhood. Through their interests in stories, they stimulated his imagination to write poetry for children as well and (to build an ever-expanding playhouse complex in his backyard.) Charles has been writing poetry for over ten years. His poems have appeared on many Internet sites, as well as in print anthologies. In addition to this book of Haiku poetry, he has written several others, including two books of childrens poetry. The books are expected to enter the publication phase shortly.

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (April 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588982793
• ISBN-13: 978-1588982797
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,423,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars A NICE EFFORT, BUT NO CIGAR, June 22, 2008

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Patricia Grace "patriciagrace" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Summer, A Thousand Days (Paperback)

As someone who's been exploring the possibilities of and learning about haiku and scifaiku for many years (even developing a haiku form offshoot, "dreamku") I ordered this book with much excitement. I might learn more about these endlessly intriguing forms and find some inspiration. I also particularly wanted to support the unique scifaiku form having found publication in a collection.

But I was rather disappointed. Although the author clearly enjoys writing in what he understands these two forms to be about, it is not clear to this reader that he's done much reading into the parameters of either form. A rare haiku will sparkle with haiku spirit, and the ocassional scifaiku shares humor. But the vast majority show no grasp of the formal requirements of haiku or scifaiku, neither traditional parameters nor the more modern innovations. (At least as I've learned about them to date, and I'm still learning.) Although the author has a section of non-traditional haiku, unless one has deeply absorbed a form's requirements innovations are rarely, if ever, successful. As is the case here, IMHO.

However, given that very occasional sparkle of haiku spirit that comes through in this basically disappointing book, I do hope the author will continue to learn about the haiku form.