Comments on: Book of the Week: the old tin roof https://thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:59:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joshua St. Claire https://thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof/#comment-166269 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:59:04 +0000 http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/?p=8456#comment-166269 Well here it is…the best and most influential book of haiku in the past 50 years. I cannot recommend this book enough. This and Bashō are the two haikai works I return to time and again.

]]> By: Johnny Baranski https://thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof/#comment-4097 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:16:22 +0000 http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/?p=8456#comment-4097 I always enjoy MM’s work because it’s never boring.

]]> By: Carlos Colon https://thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof/#comment-4096 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:31:23 +0000 http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/?p=8456#comment-4096 The poems in this book and in moment / moment moments changed my life, especially “peacock.” Marlene is a marvelous talent and a dear friend.

]]> By: Greg Schwartz https://thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof/#comment-4095 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:05:52 +0000 http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/?p=8456#comment-4095 great collection. been looking for a copy of this… thanks for posting it!

]]> By: Dianne https://thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof/#comment-4094 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:32:47 +0000 http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/?p=8456#comment-4094 Truly a treat to see these. I especially like the concrete/visual pieces — :-)

]]> By: Abigail Friedman https://thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof/#comment-4093 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:57:56 +0000 http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/?p=8456#comment-4093 I love this poet’s work.

]]> By: admin https://thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof/#comment-4092 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:13:55 +0000 http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/?p=8456#comment-4092 We just updated this post with a link to an online version of the “the old tin roof.”

]]> By: Peter Newton https://thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof/#comment-4091 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:22:15 +0000 http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/?p=8456#comment-4091 Just great. What a service to haiku poets . . . past and present.

]]> By: sheila windsor https://thehaikufoundation.org/book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof/#comment-4090 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:33:46 +0000 http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/?p=8456#comment-4090 wonderful. what a treat to be able to read these early works of marlene’s.
as fresh and as current as when they were written.

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