Now in its 5th printing, Roberta Beary's debut collection drew universal praise from leading figures in the worldwide haiku community when it was published in 2007. The following year it received a Merit Book Award from the Haiku Society of America and was a finalist in the Poetry Society of America's William Carlos Williams Award - the first book of haiku to receive such recognition.
Awards:
The Poetry Society of America William Carlos Williams Award, Finalist
Haiku Society of America Merit Book Award
Snapshot Press Book Prize
Excerpt:
all day long
i feel its weight
the unworn necklace
