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Is That All You People Think About?: A Haiku Collection
Gordon Alastair Gordon
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Description for Is That All You People Think About?: A Haiku Collection
Hardcover. The word 'Haiku' invokes images of misty mountains, running streams and falling leaves. But where are the haiku that reflect the modern world we live in? The real world of overflowing baths, train delays and Pierce Brosnan? In this collection, you will find a haiku for every moment of modern life. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 106. Weight in Grams: 567.
'A fine, if sometimes rude, collection of haikus inspired by modern life' Daily Telegraph `I'm in here!' yelled Mum. Hide and seek was spoilt again. We never found Dad. The word `Haiku' invokes images of misty mountains, running streams and falling leaves. But where are the haiku that reflect the modern world we live in? The real world of overflowing baths, train delays and Pierce Brosnan? In this collection, you will find a haiku for every moment of modern life, all rendered in no more or less ... Read more
'A fine, if sometimes rude, collection of haikus inspired by modern life' Daily Telegraph `I'm in here!' yelled Mum. Hide and seek was spoilt again. We never found Dad. The word `Haiku' invokes images of misty mountains, running streams and falling leaves. But where are the haiku that reflect the modern world we live in? The real world of overflowing baths, train delays and Pierce Brosnan? In this collection, you will find a haiku for every moment of modern life, all rendered in no more or less ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Square Peg
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910931615
SKU
V9781910931615
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About Gordon Alastair Gordon
Gordon Gordon has been writing haiku since 2012. He is actually four men living in three cities across two countries.
Reviews for Is That All You People Think About?: A Haiku Collection
Traditionally the haiku is a Japanese poem of 17 syllables... in this book, however, Gordon Gordon cheekily subverts the form to create funny little snippets of modern life - the hell of the daily commute, celebrity deaths, giant scones judged by Mary Berry. His haikus range from the rude to the raucous, all of them are funny and they appear ... Read more