Jamie WintersCritiques

Poems that range from the achingly poignant to the mundane and the breathlessly dark and needy - and those that are all wrapped up inextricably, because love and life are complex, beautiful, painful things.

This can be a very quick read or a rather slow one - personally I'd recommend slow, partly because it's full of rather heavy topics. Taking the time to consider each haiku is more enjoyable and more thoughtful than simply rushing through them because they're short . . . and the time can offer a bit of space from the weight of the topics, as well.

Of course not all the poems hit with the same weight, and I'm sure those that felt the most fitting for me would not be the same for someone else, but overall there's a good variety of moods and topics in the haiku within.

(Jamie Winters is a friend - I was one of those who assisted with the translations for the cover - but I have attempted to remain objective in my review.)