Books
Sirens and Rain
Accents Publishing is proud to bring to you the latest collection by haiku master Barry George. More than 100 brilliant haiku, organized in five seasons, take us on a moment-by-moment journey through life in the big city. We feel lucky to be able to see through the eyes of such a sensitive poet. "Barry George's nuanced juxtapositions of events in the natural world with those of various human activities evoke a range of vivid sensations and emotions. This book confirms that George is among the best of haiku poets."—George Swede
Orion's Belt at the End of the Drive
"What words to describe the poems in Pat Owen's new collection, Orion's Belt at the End of the Drive? I find them meditative, prayerful, haiku-like in their brevity and subtle wisdom. They move fluidly from natural to urban, solitary to communal, river to ocean, young to old, dark to light, observation to appreciation. They're built of questioning, of living, and of a deep desire to understand the self, others, and to find peace in a chaotic world and within the context of mortality."—Maureen Morehead
Deflection
"I feel astonished, happy, and lucky to have discovered Deflection. Roberta Beary's poetry is animated with principles of Haiku, illustrative of the form but reliant on other traditions. Her work shows that a gifted poet can assert all manner of styles within a poem, sharing interests of each to give us a new breed. It's a bright sunshiny day when we get surprising, evocative, powerful poetry coined from the gold standard of ancients. These poems are vibrant with lived experience and shockingly beautiful with new expression. The lines and poetic forms are prisms from the classical, and lyrical, to distilled Asian thought. This book is essential in furthering the art of poetry."—Grace Cavalieri
Wrecking Ball and Other Urban Haiku
The haiku in this book blend a distinctly urban content with the nature-oriented perspective of traditional haiku. "What I admire about Barry George's poetry is the possibility for human utterance within a contemporary scene - not unlike the lyric poem in modern English - explored in Japanese short forms. In three lines he paints a scene as contemporary as Edward Hopper, strikes notes as American as Aaron Copland. George focuses our attention visually and aurally, and thus each haiku is a cinematic moment casting an afterimage long after the poem closes. Even those who are not familiar with the ever-evolving Japanese short form will find Wrecking Ball and Other Urban Haiku universal in compression and resonance." - Jeanie Thompson, author of The Seasons Bear Us and Executive Director, The Alabama Writers' Forum Limited availability. Please contact accents.publishing@gmail.com before ordering this book.