On the Chicopee Spur
Paperback/American poetry 108 pages English Apr 30, 2018
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In On the Chicopee Spur, the haibun form allows Ortolani to speak plainly in the bread of prose, and then slice the loaf with haiku. It's the form Basho used to highlight his journeys across Japan in the seventeenth century. Many of the haiku are not written in the traditional 5-7-5 syllable format, but instead, speak tersely in the spirit of the haiku, experimental, American. Some of the subject matter comes from the immediacy of the hospice experience, others from memories and daydreams along the way.
- Author:
- Al Ortolani
- Publisher:
- NYQ Books
- Publication Date:
- Apr 30, 2018
- Number of pages:
- 108 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/American poetry
- ISBN-10:
- 1630450561
- ISBN-13:
- 9781630450564