Winner of Touchstone Distinguished Books Award for 2016
https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/2017/04/25/deborah-p-kolodji-touchstone-award-winner/
highway of sleeping towns by Deborah P Kolodji
Deborah P Kolodji moderates the Southern California Haiku Study Group and is the California Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America. Former president of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, she has a degree in mathematics from the University of Southern California and was recently named to the Board of Directors of Haiku North America. With over 900 published poems to her name, and four chapbooks of poetry, Seaside Moon (2005), Red Planet Dust (2006), unfinished book (2006), andSymphony of the Universe (2006), she finds inspiration in the beaches, mountains, deserts, and urban life of LA County.
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"Deborah P Kolodji’s haiku collection is a gem. Born of an art that transcends science, her haiku transport the reader into the past and future, while being firmly rooted in the present. Highway of Sleeping Towns underlines the truth that the the best haiku are contemporary and ageless, personal and universal.
- Roberta Beary, author of the Unworn Necklace and editor at Modern Haiku
“The publication of a highway of sleeping towns by Deborah P Kolodji is cause for celebration. This book is a selection of this poet's strongest work all under one roof! Kolodji writes about the ordinary, as any good haiku poet should, but the difference here is the wide spectrum that she covers which simply captivates us all. Her haiku and senryu are so clean and clear that it allows the reader to see and experience the many aspects of our daily world in ways we never have before. What else could we ask for? Simply one of the best haiku books out there. It's worth its weight in ink!”
- Stanford M. Forrester, editor of bottle rockets and past president of the Haiku Society of America
“Whether Deborah P Kolodji is examining black-bellied plovers, last persimmons, sea bass in reduction sauce, or oxygen tubes stretched the length of the house, her haiku reveal a depth and lightness that mark fine writing; her highway of sleeping towns creates a constellation of stellar images. Kolodji is one of the best haiku poets in America today; she is relentless in her search for self-truth: one mistake/after another…/ falling leaves; or, sometimes/ there’s nothing left/ dried apricots. I rest my case.”
- Terry Ann Carter, President, Haiku Canada
"In this first full collection of haiku, Deborah P. Kolodji’s observations are deep and prismatic, allowing us entry into her universe of analytic piquancy, wit, and pathos. This condensery of encounters takes the reader from micro to macro, making good on its bold title and cover, suggesting that a highway of sleeping towns may not be relegated to earth but that the cosmos is populated by beings much like us who look to their lives and loves, to nature and to the night sky for a chance at communion. These works build a repertoire of wonder – pulsing sea jellies/a symphony orchestra/on mute offering the reader not only pause but continual playback. Whoever you are, these poems will move you to bare witness to the power of this diminutive form to shape meaning from moment and the ways in which a masterful poet makes any moment profound."
-Lois P. Jones, Poetry Editor, Kyoto Journal
Order highway of sleeping towns on Amazon or on Barnes & Noble
"Deborah P Kolodji’s haiku collection is a gem. Born of an art that transcends science, her haiku transport the reader into the past and future, while being firmly rooted in the present. Highway of Sleeping Towns underlines the truth that the the best haiku are contemporary and ageless, personal and universal.
- Roberta Beary, author of the Unworn Necklace and editor at Modern Haiku
“The publication of a highway of sleeping towns by Deborah P Kolodji is cause for celebration. This book is a selection of this poet's strongest work all under one roof! Kolodji writes about the ordinary, as any good haiku poet should, but the difference here is the wide spectrum that she covers which simply captivates us all. Her haiku and senryu are so clean and clear that it allows the reader to see and experience the many aspects of our daily world in ways we never have before. What else could we ask for? Simply one of the best haiku books out there. It's worth its weight in ink!”
- Stanford M. Forrester, editor of bottle rockets and past president of the Haiku Society of America
“Whether Deborah P Kolodji is examining black-bellied plovers, last persimmons, sea bass in reduction sauce, or oxygen tubes stretched the length of the house, her haiku reveal a depth and lightness that mark fine writing; her highway of sleeping towns creates a constellation of stellar images. Kolodji is one of the best haiku poets in America today; she is relentless in her search for self-truth: one mistake/after another…/ falling leaves; or, sometimes/ there’s nothing left/ dried apricots. I rest my case.”
- Terry Ann Carter, President, Haiku Canada
"In this first full collection of haiku, Deborah P. Kolodji’s observations are deep and prismatic, allowing us entry into her universe of analytic piquancy, wit, and pathos. This condensery of encounters takes the reader from micro to macro, making good on its bold title and cover, suggesting that a highway of sleeping towns may not be relegated to earth but that the cosmos is populated by beings much like us who look to their lives and loves, to nature and to the night sky for a chance at communion. These works build a repertoire of wonder – pulsing sea jellies/a symphony orchestra/on mute offering the reader not only pause but continual playback. Whoever you are, these poems will move you to bare witness to the power of this diminutive form to shape meaning from moment and the ways in which a masterful poet makes any moment profound."
-Lois P. Jones, Poetry Editor, Kyoto Journal
