A Few Berries Shaken From the Tree

By Mel Goldberg

A Few Berries Shaken From the Tree is a book of 240 haiku previously published in national or international poetry magazines. Haiku often is misunderstood as a 17-syllable poetic written in three lines with a syllable count of 5-7-5. Modern writers have taken the form in new directions, adapting it and using images common to modern life. Haiku looks deceptively simple. A well written haiku often juxtaposes two images or ideas and a word or phrase which separates and colors the manner in which the ideas are related. Often beginning in the sensory world, a haiku suggests something deeper, relating to the transitory nature of all existence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mel Goldberg
• Release date: Feb 7, 2011
• ISBN: 9781310096433

Mel Goldberg

After earning an MA in English, I taught high school and college in California, Illinois, Arizona and as a Fulbright Exchange Teacher in Cambridgeshire, England. I published a book of poetry and photography, The Cyclic Path, in 1990. In 2001, I published Sedona Poems for the Sedona, Arizona, centennial. My novel, Choices, and my book of short stories, A Cold Killing, are available in print and on Kindle. My writing appears in print and online in the US, Mexico, the UK, and Australia. The first chapter of my new novel, Counterfeit Killing, won the Shared Pen award. I have completed another novel, Catch a Killer, Save the World. For seven years, I lived in and traveled in a motorhome. I now live in Ajijic, Mexico.

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