All Eyes

All Eyes by Francine Porad. Vandina Press, 1995, 26 pages, paperback, 5½ by 8½ inches. $7.25 postpaid in the United States and Canada, $8.50 elsewhere, from the author at Vandina Press, 6944 SE 33rd, Mercer Island, Washington 98040-3324 [address no longer correct]. A new book from Francine Porad, and this time, something quite different in appearance. Production values are much more deluxe in comparison with Francine’s previous books. This new book is perfectbound, includes an individually hand-painted cover, uniquely folded pages, and spring-yellow end-sheets. This is a brief book (43 haiku and five tanka, at one to four per page), but pleasurable for not trying to pack in too much. Two samples, including the book’s title poem:

       children run

   among the trees

         butterflies

turning of the leaves

       coneflowers

           all eyes