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Little Cat Feet: Small Poems from Stinson Beach by Richard Heby

johnreinhartpoet's review

5.0

Though Heby introduces the collection by saying these are haikuish poems but not classical haiku, they achieve what the best haiku ought to: in spare form, they capture a moment that encapsulates an infinity of experience. The cover (yes, judge the book by its cover!) is a fine illustration of what to expect in verse inside: a simple, beautiful picture without forcing it down the reader's throat or bowing to sentimentality.

I like to purchase poetry and support small presses and journals and I regularly cycle work on to someone else when I'm done. This one is by my bedside and it will remain there, a totem to beauty and quiet.