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“Joshua Gage's book breaths really fills the reader's lungs with a strong and memorable collection. The poet's range of subject matter is wide. His work is sensitive, creative, and fresh. ”
– Stanford M. Forrester Editor of bottle rockets Past President of the Haiku Society of America
“The haiku in this collection draw me back again and again. Joshua Gage's images remain fresh, vibrant, and always accessible. His poems range from earthy to poignant to subtly humorous, with most as comfortable and inviting as a good friend's voice. Others are fearlessly edgy, yet irresistible. Fans will not be disappointed, and readers who have yet to experience this poet's work are in for a real treat. ”
– Ferris Gilli Associate Editor, The Heron's Nest
– Stanford M. Forrester Editor of bottle rockets Past President of the Haiku Society of America
“The haiku in this collection draw me back again and again. Joshua Gage's images remain fresh, vibrant, and always accessible. His poems range from earthy to poignant to subtly humorous, with most as comfortable and inviting as a good friend's voice. Others are fearlessly edgy, yet irresistible. Fans will not be disappointed, and readers who have yet to experience this poet's work are in for a real treat. ”
– Ferris Gilli Associate Editor, The Heron's Nest
- GenresPoetry
56 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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August 27, 2022
Uniquely enjoyable, haiku at its most striking and cosmopolitan!
One of those collections the reader just marvels at, wishes they could write with such distinct and potent verbiage, possessed the creativity to make these deft and artful connections of images and ideas. I hope this book is remembered as a very important one, exemplary of this craft's potential in the hands of one of its most adept practitioners. Will be appreciated by fans of black and white cityscapes and crime fiction. If James Cain or Jim Thompson wrote haiku, read senryu, this would be in from the distinct wheelhouse, to their taste for certain. A contemporary classic.
One of those collections the reader just marvels at, wishes they could write with such distinct and potent verbiage, possessed the creativity to make these deft and artful connections of images and ideas. I hope this book is remembered as a very important one, exemplary of this craft's potential in the hands of one of its most adept practitioners. Will be appreciated by fans of black and white cityscapes and crime fiction. If James Cain or Jim Thompson wrote haiku, read senryu, this would be in from the distinct wheelhouse, to their taste for certain. A contemporary classic.
October 25, 2022
Earthy, urban. Joshua Gage doesn't let nature get in the way of having a cigarette or a beer .
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