Quelques gouttes de pluie sur la terre, by Abbas Kiarostami, illustrated by Hoda Hadadi

55 simple and luminous haïkus by the great Iranian artist Abbas Kiarostami, with drawings by one of Iran’s most talented illustrators.

Hail
breaks a sparrow’s egg
flight of a little bird

A white foal
was born
from a black mare
in the whiteness of dawn

A white foal
red up to the knees
for gambolling
in a poppies’ field

A title in the series A Little Handful of Poems, 6 titles available. Hardcover picture book, 36 pages, 11 x 15 cm