Among These Blues, by Crystal Simone Smith

Among These Blues, a tiny letterpress book of haiku by Crystal Simone Smith, is available from the author.

From the book description: “Among These Blues is a limited-edition leaflet of haiku handmade by Ross Press & Bindery. The illustrations were created by Nicolette Ross. It includes ten haiku written about the city of Durham, North Carolina, some previously published in haiku journals. One hundred books were designed, screen printed, and numbered.”

Some haiku from the book:

in the midst 
    of killings 
        the flowers return

foreclosure
    the garden buddha 
        belly up 

among these 
    summer blues ... 
        a neon-tailed gecko 

Among These Blues was self-published in 2023. It was one of several books Crystal published in 2023. See Haiku at the MET and Two New Books by Crystal Simone Smith.

Here’s Crystal presenting at Haiku North America 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio.