micro haiku

by George Swede

The 101 haiku in this book range from three to nine syllables. They were culled from decades of Swede's published work to show how the world's most brief poetic form can succeed when shorter than the typical English-language haiku which ranges from 10 to 14 syllables. It is Swede's hope that this knowledge will help to dispel the popular notion that a haiku should have 17 syllables written in three lines.

108 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014