A delicate dance of wings - Paperback

by Linda Jeannette Ward (Author)

Linda Jeannette Ward's "delicate dance of wings," recipient of the prestigious Haiku Society of America's 2003 Merit Book Award for Best Book of Haibun, brings together twenty-one true life mini-dramas of daily, as well as extraordinary, encounters with nature at its most tranquil and its most ferocious moments.

Author Biography

Linda Jeannette Ward is best known for her tanka poetry, published in journals internationally, and included in two collections: "A Frayed Red Thread" (Clinging Vine Press, 2000) and "Scent of Jasmine and Brine" (Inkling Press, 2007). Strongly influenced by traditional Japanese forms, her haiku, tanka and haibun are often written in a modern style favored by English-language poets. She was presented with a first prize for haiku (British Haiku Society) and tanka (Tanka Society of America) in 2009. She lives near the Outer Banks of North Carolina.