The Wolf in the Mountains

In the last post, I said that I would be talking a bit about my works. This is my first published book of poetry, and therefore very close to my heart. I created every bit of it, right from the picture of the wolf on the cover, to the poems inside. Therefore, I have the right to say that this book is my baby - my eldest child.

The questions you may probably be wanting to ask are - what is a haiku, and why write haiku?

Haiku are 17-syllable poems, written in three lines, with a syllable count of 5-7-5. Of course, the English Haiku is very different from its Japanese cousin, due to the cultural and linguistic differences between the languages. All we've done is retain the structure of the Haiku, and altered the content to create something that has elements of both what is modern and traditional.

Why write Haiku? The Haiku is a complex form, and not very easy to master - since one has to get the syllable count right to begin with, and after that comes the expression of the idea, or creation of a word-picture. It is much easier to do this in a poem that has less restriction on size and form, which gives more space to develop an idea. This challenge itself is what makes a Haiku interesting to write. One cannot waste words. Ideas and images have to be condensed to form something that is whole. Once you get the hang writing Haiku, the simplicity, the beauty of the form hooks you in, and other forms of poetry seem superfluous, with their extraneous words - compared with the compactness of the Haiku.

If my words don't convince you of the beauty of the Haiku, perhaps my poetry will. Here's where you can find copies of my book - The Wolf in the Mountains.

1. Kindle - (India) : https://www.amazon.in/dp/B07QQ53C49
    Kindle (USA) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QQ53C49
    Kindle (UK) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07QQ53C49

2. Paperback (USA) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1095113003
    Paperback (UK) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1095113003

(Kindly note, Paperbacks are not available in Amazon.in. They will have to be sourced from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk).

You can also check out my website - https://dragondreams-official-92.webself.net/home

Or email me on sangnat.author@gmail.com

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Cheers :D