Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems)

For someone to read a poem / again, and again, and then, / having lifted it from page / to brain-the easy part- / cradle it on the longer trek / from brain all the way to heart." This collection is written in sijo-a form of Korean poetry that is usually written in three or six lines, with certain numbers of syllables required for each line. Though the form is strict, the subjects range far and wide-from a mermaid with plaid scales to a kid with too much toothpaste in his mouth; from a frog who misses his tadpole tail to a carefully concealed hamster. Digital illustrations.