The Soft Curve

by Ethel Dunlop
Illustrated by David N. Giles

An illustrated selection of traditional haiku poems, modern haiku, senryu, imayo and tanka, with descriptive introduction and bibliography.

Consistent haiku award winner Ethel Dunlop retired from hematology and spent a lively retirement perfecting her poetry, mainly Japanese forms.  The Soft Curve is her collection and contains many of the award-winning poems recognized and published in international trade journals.  Each poem is illustrated in line drawings by David N. Giles.

The hunter's full moon

Clusters of sharp pine needles

Puncture its soft curve

A beautiful book.  Dan Poynter.

A remarkable collection...A stillness, like the land in autumn, is in her words.  The Book Reader.

It is indeed good to know that a book of (Dunlop's) literary work is forthcoming.  Modern Haiku.

Imagine illustrating each Haiku!  Green's Magazine.