A ‘love haiku’ book is a rare gem in micropoetry. A ‘long’ love haiku book is even more special. A long love haiku book given voice by ‘a single author’, as compared to a collective of poets, makes it one-of-a-kind. In addition, the author tells her personal love story, in the language of haiku. Each poem and image expresses and defines some of the unique moments and experiences unfolding in her extraordinary storyline. All haiku together make the love story. The arc of narrative created with each haiku is designed to move the reader along a journey of pure love, deep transformation and spiritual alchemy.
In releasing not one but two books at once, AIKU The Way of Love with The Way of Love, a collection of tanka, the author introduces The Way of Love series announcing the return of The Way, the most radical revolution that only the heart can lead. At this incredible time in human history, The Way of Love is the energetic template for a new evolutionary wave, the path to the unconditional embrace of the self with the beloved, oneness with all creation, the true source of healing and beauty, is…living poetry and beyond.
In The Way of Love series, following AIKU The Way of Love: a story told in haiku, this tanka collection is a lyrical journey of remembrance, the unfolding of key moments in true love relationships as lived by the author, seen through her eyes at times with joy, longing, passion, at times in solitude, separation, reflection, but always embodying a love whose purity and depth meets the way of…the extraordinary.
“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They are in each other all along” (Rumi). Together or apart, those special memories unfold not through chronological stories of soulmates searching for each other, but through that permanent invisible thread of love uniting them and connecting them with the cosmic realm. That thread is endlessly re-created, redesigned, interwoven into every precious moment and aspect of their existence, in an everlasting love story claiming… nothing exists outside of Love.
The book celebrates the return of The Way, the most radical revolution that only the heart can lead. The Way of Love is living poetry, walking the path of healing, light and beauty, becoming one with the self and the beloved, in unity with all creation. Ultimately it is… being Love.