A Few Berries Shaken From the Tree

A Few Berries Shaken From the Tree is a book of 240 haiku previously published in national or international poetry magazines. Haiku often is misunderstood as a 17-syllable poetic written in three lines with a syllable count of 5-7-5. Modern writers have taken the form in new directions, adapting it and using images common to modern life. Haiku looks deceptively simple. A well written haiku often juxtaposes two images or ideas and a word or phrase which separates and colors the manner in which the ideas are related. Often beginning in the sensory world, a haiku suggests something deeper, relating to the transitory nature of all existence.