Sticks & Bones
Haiku and Senryu
- Publisher
- Your Nickel's Worth Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2024
- Category
- Haiku, Canadian, Nature
- Recommended Age
- 10 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 5 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781778690433
- Publish Date
- Nov 2024
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
I have long been fascinated by ravens. The way their calls spread through the forest like a magic cloak. The hollow bamboo call, the dripping water call, the knock on wood, the gargle, the gurgle, the kraa, and the wow!
One day while walking in the woods, Allison Douglas-Tourner came across a raven harvesting sticks for his nest, dropping them into a pile to use later, along with a few small bones. The experience became a poem.
Gathered here is a collection of “sticks and bones” from moments in the poet’s life, each giving the imagination room to breathe—for that is the true magic of haiku.
Among these sticks and bones, may you discover a shining treasure of your own.
About the author
Allison Douglas-Tourner finds magic in everyday events. At age three she wrote her first poem, which celebrated the cool ooze of mud between the toes. Allison has lived most of her life in Victoria, BC. Its beaches, woods, and meadows—past and present—have inspired many of the poems in Sticks and Bones. Her haiku have been published in numerous international journals.