Down Falls The Lark

<p>Down Falls the Lark is Hamish Ironside’s third collection of haiku, following the acclaimed Our Sweet Little Time and Three Blue Beans. All three books tell the story of a calendar year through 120 haiku, each collection moving the story on by a decade.</p><p>This new collection is as formally inventive and expansive as its two precursors. While some poems honour the haiku tradition, others stretch the form to breaking point. The distinctive note is the author’s particular outlook—the sense that these are poems that could not have been written by anyone else.</p><p>The haiku are arranged chronologically, month by month, and each month opens with a bespoke illustration by artist Nathan Tolzmann, making this a book to savour.</p>