Indie books abound
How will I ever decide?
Let me help you out
We’re back again to celebrate Haiku Poetry Day. I asked some awesome indie authors to write haiku inspired by their books. This Japanese-inspired form of poetry with 3 lines of 5-7-5 syllables respectively is a challenge in itself, but capturing a story’s essence in a short format adds an extra level.
These are the authors featured in this post:
- Tatiana Obey, author of Sistah Samurai and Bones to the Wind
- Rance D. Denton, author of His Ragged Company
- Palmer Pickering, author of Dark Town and Heliotrope
- Adam Holcombe, author of A Necromancer called Gam Gam
- J.E. Hannaford, author of Aulirean Gates series
- Carolina Cruz, author of The Forgotten Lyric
- Steve Hugh Westenra, author of The Wings of Ashtaroth and The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle
- J. Patricia Anderson, author of Your Blood and Bones
Tatiana Obey, author of Sistah Samurai and Bones to the Wind
Demons are roaming Black women are dancing like Pink cherry blossoms
The Legend of youth
Hunting glory and dragons
Across Desert sands
Rance D. Denton, author of His Ragged Company
I sure screwed this up;
Wizard Daddy wants me dead.
Can I bleed too much?
—Elias Faust
Palmer Pickering, author of Dark Town and Heliotrope
Beneath the tavern
Threshold to the Dragon's Game
Survive if you can
Ancient magic dwells
In worn stones beneath our feet
Dancers of the sword
Adam Holcombe, author of A Necromancer called Gam Gam
Necro and Neuro
A Bond Formed From Tragic Loss
Gam Gam and Mina
J.E. Hannaford, author of Aulirean Gates series
He dreamt of me too!
I’m bonded to a Moonhound
I can SEE his thoughts
—Darin
Swift attacking claw
Rip the skin, tearing my heart
My world is shattered
—Suriin
In darkness, I live
Hidden from their eyes, in filth
I will save them all
—Elissa
Carolina Cruz, author of The Forgotten Lyric
A song sung in love
Can grant to the deserving
immortality
Steve Hugh Westenra, author of The Wings of Ashtaroth and The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle
Parched mouths of summer
as a silent sky demands
royal blood; too thin
Quiet!—prickle skin
The razor sharp on soft tongue
Quiet!—empty mouth
J. Patricia Anderson, author of Your Blood and Bones
Bones grow, feathers sprout
Monstrous in our human skin
Will we die, or fly?
Tell me in the comments which of these haiku made you add the book to your TBR. Even better, write a haiku of your favorite book!
Tiny Elf Arcanist 
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