So Fragile Are the Beautiful Things

By Luke Levi

In Luke Levi's newest poetry collection, the focus is on the fragile and beautiful aspects of life and nature. Using direct words and vivid imagery, these short poems involve the natural world with sometimes a hint of spirituality. From the Pacific Ocean to his home in the Texas Hill Country, this nature poetry collection evokes a blissful feeling, much like traditional Zen poetry.

Whether it's haiku, tanka, or new poetry forms like the Fibonacci, these poems reflect love and playfulness of animals, the small and often overlooked beauty of the natural world, and the peacefulness and escape nature provides in our sometimes-stressful world.

Also included are nature photos taken by the author. So Fragile Are the Beautiful Things is a great addition to any library.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Yellow Leaf Press
• Release date: Apr 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9781956716085

Book preview

SO FRAGILE ARE THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS

HAIKU AND OTHER NATURE POETRY

LUKE LEVI

YELLOW LEAF PRESS

Copyright © 2021 by Luke Levi

Paperback: ISBN: 978-1-956716-07-8

Digital book: ISBN: 978-1-956716-08-5

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a review or social media post.

Photographs are by the author.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Some of the poems in this book were first published in the following places:

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Humana Obscura (Fall/Winter 2021 issue: so fragile, soft as a kiss, how softly, only one sound, and like dripping candle wax Spring/Summer 2021 issue: December— and silence— Spring/Summer 2022 issue: how easily it goes and waxy oak leaves)

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Presence (Issue 70 July 2021: remembering fragments—)

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Akitsu Quarterly (Winter 2021: migrating birds—)

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Fireflies’ Light (Issue 25: silent night, owl at sunset and Frozen Leaf)

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Narrative Northeast (Haiku Corner 9: house finch, in the shape of a scythe, in a dark place, fading world—, a brown finch call… early spring—, how lonely it is to be feared)

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Failed Haiku (Issue 65: the fly, the joke ran flat and picking up fallen leaves)

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Cold Moon Journal (hummingbird its beak a black sword and bee dusted in pollen)

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LitStream Magazine (Sunday morning—, one yellow leaf, the red sunset and left behind for new growth)

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Wales Haiku Journal (Spring 2021: the dog is silent)

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Autumn Moon Haiku Journal (Issue 4:2 Spring/Summer 2021: full moon and crickets chirping)

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Trash Panda Haiku (Summer 2021: in the world of concrete and Winter 2021: air quality alert)

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Haiku Journal (Issue #68: upon the flower)

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The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls (like wrinkles)

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The short Mag (after the hard freeze)

CONTENTS

so fragile are the beautiful things

Thank You

About the Author

Also by Luke Levi

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