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GERI BARTON: CRUMB MOVES THE ANT
Saki Press
1021 W Gregory St
Normal
IL 61761
USA
ISBN 1 893823 15 6
$5
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This page last updated: 13th October 2008. 		GERI BARTON: CRUMB MOVES THE ANT

This small chapbook is one of the winners of the Virgil Hutton Haiku Memorial contest held annually in the US. It is an unusual collection of haiku moments, capturing quick fleeting images in words. There are occasional illustrations, accompanying haiku. The chapbook is something one could slip into a coat pocket for a train journey and be amply entertained by.

Some favourites:

	mirror pond
	i reflect

		offguard kiss
		another view
		of Orion

	a blackbird
	shaking off the rain
	in the rain
and especially this one:
	the hated cat
	sits calmly on the welcome mat
	as if he were
What is engaging about Barton's work is the way in which she can push the reader to think again, something difficult to achieve within the strict confines of a haiku. Her work is very enjoyable and the chapbook a worthy winner.

reviewer: Barbara Smith