e pluribus haiku 2012

now available in paperback on Amazon

also on kindle.

Over 600 haiku from 50 states, most from an epic journey in the 70's. All are in the 5-7-5 syllable format, so that the entire of body of work has unity. They started with the idea that North American haiku, because of the diversity of the land, should have geographical clues as well as season clues (kigo).

This book has been taken off the market, since it is now included in a larger work, E Pluribus Haiku Anthology. Single copies are rare but still can be found.

e pluribus haiku 2012

e pluribus haiku 2012 originally appeared on kindle on July 4, 2012.

This image is of the Haiku steps in Hawaii, but has been changed for the paperback version. The 2012 e pluribus haiku has over 600 haiku from 50 states and an epic journey in the 1970's. There are paper, self-printed copies still available from the author at leverett @ siu.edu.

Pile of Leaves: Stories of a Rake

Now available on Kindle.

Published in 2011, it includes 17 short stories written over a five-year period. Paper copy is available, but harder to get and more expensive.

A Dozen Crime Stories...on Kindle

Now available on Kindle...

Paper copy is also available again, but harder to get and more expensive.

More here.

e pluribus haiku 2011

e pluribus haiku

many moments...one journey

now available on Kindle

over 500 haiku based roughly on a 48-state travel experience in the 1970's...the paper copy is also available, but much harder to get (and more expensive).

This book has been taken off the market, since it is now included in a larger work, E Pluribus Haiku Anthology. Single copies are rare but still can be found.

A Dozen Crime Stories

A Dozen Crime Stories from a Well-known, Big-box Discount Retail Chain was first printed in November 2007, and is being reprinted in 2011.

It consists of the following stories: Pass the Syrup, Have a Good Day, Inventory, Wee Hours, Road Atlas, Jack, Drop Off, Apple of her Mother's Eye, The Juggler, Customer Service, Free Parking, and Lord of the Ringers. All were written in 2007.

It is not politically directed at Wal-Mart, negatively or positively, but rather uses Wal-Mart as a central feature of American small-town life.

Its paper version will be available through Amazon soon.

The e-book online version will follow in spring 2011.

Unloading

Unloading and nine other stories was the first collection of short stories, first printed in 2005.

It includes ten short stories, Unloading (2005), Choke and Cell (2005), Abstract and Concrete (2004), Three Friends (2000), Passion and Circumstance (2000), Schoolhouse, Reflection, Ruffi (2000), Faith of the Crocodile, and Superstition (2000).

Abstract and Concrete, Passion and Circumstance, and Schoolhouse were republished by the Ibn University Newsletter, Ibn University, Yemen. Some have been used as ESL reading exercises.

Unloading is available only in the print form; there will be no online form.