{"product_id":"morning-haiku-isbn-9780807001318","title":"Morning Haiku","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eP\u003c\/b\u003eoems of commemoration and loss for readers of all ages, \u003cb\u003efrom a leading writer of the Black Arts Movement and \u003cb\u003ethe American Poetry Society's 2018 Wallace Stevens Award–winner.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eSonia Sanchez's collection of haiku celebrates the gifts of life and mourns the deaths of revered African American figures in the worlds of music, literature, art, and activism. In her verses, we hear the sounds of Max Roach \"exploding in the universe,\" the \"blue hallelujahs\" of the Philadelphia Murals, and the voice of Odetta \"thundering out of the earth.\" Sanchez sings the praises of contemporaries whose poetic alchemy turns \"words into gems\": Maya Angelou, Richard Long, and Toni Morrison. And she pays homage to peace workers and civil rights activists from Rosa Parks and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm to Brother Damu, founder of the National Black Environmental Justice Network. Often arranged in strings of twelve or more, the haiku flow one into the other in a steady song of commemoration. Sometimes deceptively simple, her lyrics hold a very powerful load of emotion and meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are intimate verses here for family and friends, verses of profound loss and silence, of courage and resilience. Sanchez is innovative, composing haiku in new forms, including a section of moving two-line poems that reflect on the long wake of 9\/11. In a brief and personal opening essay, the poet explains her deep appreciation for haiku as an art form. With its touching portraits and by turns uplifting and heartbreaking lyrics, \u003ci\u003eMorning Haiku\u003c\/i\u003e contains some of Sanchez's freshest, most poignant work.“Sonia Sanchez is a lion in literature’s forest. When she writes she roars, and when she sleeps other creatures walk gingerly.”\u003cbr\u003e —Maya Angelou\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Only a poet with an innocent heart can exorcise so much pain with so much beauty.”\u003cbr\u003e —Isabel Allende\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sonia Sanchez is one of Philadelphia’s most celebrated poets and public figures. . . . She played an important role in the civil-rights and Black Arts movements and has read her poetry all over the world. That poetry is full of history, music, and song.” \u003cbr\u003e—John Timpane, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Sanchez is at her finest in \u003ci\u003eMorning Haiku.\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Through the collection, Sanchez gives thanks, praise and meditation to black artists.” \u003cbr\u003e—Tara Murtha, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The poetry of Sonia Sanchez is full of power and yet always clean and uncluttered. It makes you wish you had thought those thoughts, felt those emotions, and, above all, expressed them so effortlessly and so well.”\u003cbr\u003e —Chinua Achebe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Her songs of destruction and loss scrape the heart; her praise songs thunder and revitalize. We need these songs for our journey together into the next century.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Joy Harjo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sonia Sanchez’s poetry is a must for all readers. Period.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sanchez’s haiku is as simple and clear as breathing, but with everything that brings energy and vivacity to being alive.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eRain Taxi Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSonia Sanchez\u003c\/b\u003e is poet, activist, scholar, and formerly the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women's Studies at Temple University, and is currently a poet-in-residence there. Her numerous honors include the American Poetry Society's 2018 Wallace Stevens Award. she is the author of sixteen books, including \u003ci\u003eLike the Singing Coming off the Drums, Does Your House Have Lions?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWounded in the House of a Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShake Loose My Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMorning Haiku.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 haiku (for Emmett Louis Till) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\u003cbr\u003e Your limbs buried\u003cbr\u003e in northern muscle carry\u003cbr\u003e their own heartbeat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2.\u003cbr\u003e Mississippi…\u003cbr\u003e alert with\u003cbr\u003e conjugated pain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3.\u003cbr\u003e young Chicago\u003cbr\u003e stutterer whistling\u003cbr\u003e more than flesh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4.\u003cbr\u003e your pores\u003cbr\u003e wild stars embracing\u003cbr\u003e southern eyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5.\u003cbr\u003e foot prints blooming\u003cbr\u003e in the night remember\u003cbr\u003e your blood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6.\u003cbr\u003e in this southern\u003cbr\u003e classroom summer settles\u003cbr\u003e into winter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7.\u003cbr\u003e i hear your\u003cbr\u003e pulse swallowing\u003cbr\u003e neglected light\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8.\u003cbr\u003e your limbs\u003cbr\u003e fly off the ground\u003cbr\u003e little birds…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9.\u003cbr\u003e we taste the\u003cbr\u003e blood ritual of\u003cbr\u003e southern hands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10.\u003cbr\u003e blue midnite\u003cbr\u003e breaths sailing on\u003cbr\u003e smiling tongues\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11.\u003cbr\u003e say no words\u003cbr\u003e time is collapsing\u003cbr\u003e in the woods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12.\u003cbr\u003e a mother’s eyes\u003cbr\u003e remembering a cradle\u003cbr\u003e pray out loud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13.\u003cbr\u003e walking in Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e i hold the stars\u003cbr\u003e between my teeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14.\u003cbr\u003e your death\u003cbr\u003e a blues, i could not\u003cbr\u003e drink away.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304508215525,"sku":"NP9780807001318","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807001318.jpg?v=1767732977","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/morning-haiku-isbn-9780807001318","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}