Mellow Moon

Steven Flint's Mellow Moon brings the traditional Japanese form into the present day, with poems that speak in a personal, contemporary voice. Each piece keeps to the seventeen-syllable structure of haiku. Love and the natural world run through the collection as its central subjects.

The verses are musical in sound and rich in vivid, unexpected images that linger in the imagination. Readers who enjoy short, carefully shaped poems about desire, longing and the seasons will find much to savor here.