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| Margaret Chula, The Smell of Rust "Weaving haiku and senryu with rengay and haiku series, Margaret Chula has created a magical tapestry in her new book, The Smell of Rust. "The brushstrokes of her poetic lines unfold with the precision of a sumi-e master to reveal tiny parcels of subtle beauty�the mark of her haiku." |
| "These poems are as natural as lichen growing on solid surfaces, with a range of perceptions as varied as life itself�from the erotic, to the humorous, to the philosophical, to the keenly beautiful"� Marian Olson "Margaret Chula's new collection is both elegant and spiritual. Her work is startlingly fresh; it awakens and illuminates the senses. Truly one of the best and brightest stars of the haiku form."� Garry Gay The Smell of Rust, Katsura Press (2003). Foreword by Marian Olson; Cover photograph by John Hall; 103 pages; 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 perfect bound; ISBN: 0-9638551-2-3; $14.95 postpaid from Katsura Press, P.O. Box 275, Lake Oswego, OR 97034 |
late into the night we talk of revelations moon through the pines |
marking her place in the low-cal cookbook chocolate bar wrapper |
silk sheets gardenia on the bed stand unfolds its petals |