Aleksander Pavic

A SCARECROW IN
THE SNOW

haiku

Novi Sad, 2000

going nowhere
during the air-raid alarm -
a scarecrow

 

broken bridge
on its pier
a gull's shadow

 

green meadow -
mingled with flowers
NATO leaflets

boat on the river -
cast upon the water
the fisherman's shadow

sleepless night -
the gust of wind
brings a dog's howl

 

 

The Aleksander Pavic collection A Scarecrow in the Snow contains no examples of "anti haiku" (under the label of haiku); nor weak haiku (the "so what ?" haiku), false stances and intellectualizations. I think that I can say that this is a rare haiku volume in this country, though as many as fifty books are printed under this category each year.

Dimitar Anakiev

New Hope International Review On-line
http://www.nhi.clara.net/bs0241.htm

About the author :

Aleksander Pavic

Born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, in 1960. He writes aphorism and haiku. He published books : "Under the Headlights of the Moon" (aphorism), 1990; "The Swan's Song - the Duckling's Dream" (aphorism) 1992; "The Cast Shadow" (aphorism and haiku) 1993.

His haiku have appeared in many publications in this country and foreign countries: Haiku Letter; Haiku Moment, Leaflet's (Yu), Woodpecker(NL), Point Judith Light (USA), Green Apples, Letni Casi (SL). His haiku have been published in "KNOTS" the Anthology of Southeastern European Haiku Poetry, 1999 and "A piece of the Sky" Haiku froim an air-raid shelter, 1999 in Serbian, Czech and English.

Published by MOMENT BOOK Zoran Doderovic editor, 21000 Novi Sad, Sumadijska 20, Yugoslavia zdoder@ptt.yu

A Scarecrow in the Snow
( Moment Book, 2000). 10 x 14 cm, 31 pages, perfect softcover. In Serbian Cyrillic and English. $3 includes shipping ( 5 Dem or 3 IRCs). Available from the author at Aleksandar Pavic, Sutjeska 66, 21432 Gajdobra, Yugoslavia. Money or IRCs send in the letter.

Copyright by author. The book have no ISBN.