Anarcho Haiku
by Birk Andersson

This is Birk Andersson’s first col­lec­tion of haiku in English. Several of the poems have been trans­la­ted from his ear­li­er books in Swedish.

Andersson has had seve­ral English haiku published in haiku jour­nals and ant­ho­lo­gi­es, but many of tho­se poems are not in this book, becau­se fri­ends, rela­ti­ves, col­le­a­gues, audi­ences, and him­self, did not appre­ci­a­te them enough. Instead, this book is fil­led with anar­chic haiku, that hope­ful­ly can spre­ad haiku to the masses.

If you are used to haiku, this book con­tains neit­her tra­di­tio­nal nor free nor abstract haiku.

If you are used to cur­rent poetry, this book con­tains neit­her visu­al nor expe­ri­men­tal poetry, neit­her spo­ken word nor pictures.

If you are not used to haiku or poetry, you do not have to wor­ry about a thing – this book con­tains anar­chic haiku.