Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Poetic Musings: Bookshelves Haiku by Michael Dylan Welch

children's
   book
     sh
   elves

Best of Showcase, Under the Basho, 2013

Michael Dylan Welch

Commentary:  Michael's minimalist visual haiku consists of two words only: children's bookshelves. His thematically and emotionally effective typographical arrangement of bookshelves -- book, sh (an exclamation to request silence or quiet), elves (plural form of elf) -- not only holds the surprise and excitement, but also adds mythological depth to the haiku.

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