In The Book of Love, you will find more than a collection of haiku-styled poems, “petite histoire” (little stories). They are timeless moments that capture present events in the lives of couples in the present, past or a thousand years from now. Each is a meditation intended for those contemplating their romantic condition. They are set within the context of the story of an old couple who has spent a lifetime in love. He, now aging, leaves his wife with the wisdom and faith to carry on after he is gone. He tells a tale of unfathomable time and asks her to contemplate all the events, which needed to coalesce so that they would be joined together for a lifetime. These events are captured for all eternity in The Book of Love. Each of the one-hundred-three-stanza, two-line, free-verse haiku is intended to gently toss a pebble into the pool of the reader’s mind. The thoughts that ripple out paint a picture completed by the reader’s imagination. Find your resting spot within these pages and share it with the one you love.
