Shaded Pergola: Haiku & Other Short Poems with Illustrations
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ISBN13: 9780578311982
Publisher: Tropaeum Pr
Published: Jun 29 2022
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
PRAISE FOR SHADED PERGOLA:
THIS BOOK IS A MUST-READ. Graceful, like a quiet call to prayer, this collection carefully balances human reflection with lessons from nature. The speaker's keenly observant and carefully revealed feelings form a foundation of trust with readers. The beauty and quiet power of the poet's work make this volume of verse one that almost any poetry fan will likely treasure.
Multi-talented, [Traganas] defies definition. She is all about beauty with all its deep implications. For those who have a penchant for botanical studies, there is a delight waiting to feast their eyes...gorgeous manifestations of beauty.
-- WORLD HAIKU REVIEW
Fall into a kaleidoscope of poignancy and beauty as the pages unfold in this delightful read. Eloquently written and gorgeously illustrated with handcrafted artistry, haiku poems and delicate prose lull the soul into a world where little exists except purity and succulence.
-- THE MANHATTAN BOOK REVIEW
SHADED PERGOLA is an exemplary collection of vividly descriptive English-language haiku and original illustrations. ELENI TRAGANAS does not shy away from employing the traditional 5-7-5 syllable format to explore nature's beauty and humanity's complexity in a time when post-modernists strive to throw even the simplest literary rules by the wayside. The crisp images and poignant ponderings invoked by phrases of meticulously chosen words along with exquisitely detailed illustrations showcase the multi-faceted talent TRAGANAS brings to this artfully created masterpiece. SHADED PERGOLA is the ideal specimen every English-language haiku collection should emulate.
-- Randal A. Burd, Jr., editor, SPARKS OF CALLIOPE
ELENI TRAGANAS is a renaissance artist who, being totally self-aware, has mastered the art of conjuring up the infinite and sharing it with us in perfectly formatted haiku. This is not to say that TRAGANAS deals only with abstractions--she doesn't. Her subject matter in SHADED PERGOLA is the everyday, but it is the everyday amplified through her carefully calibrated appreciation. As she says: 'I just see my soul in everyone, ' and her vision is absolutely crystal clear! Highly recommended!
-- Ron Kolm, contributing editor, SENSITIVE SKIN MAGAZINE, author of NIGHT SHIFT
TRAGANAS' SHADED PERGOLA contains an abundance of vividly expressed poems. She has an Asian sensitivity to the minutia of human experiences, of nature, and of seasons. Her collection of poems is an honorable homage to that Japanese and Chinese sensibility.
-- Thomas H. Chockley, author of PERSONAL MYTHS: BORN IN MYSTERY
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