{"id":8456,"date":"2026-01-05T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehaikufoundation.org\/?p=8456"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:15:03","slug":"book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehaikufoundation.org\/book-of-the-week-the-old-tin-roof\/","title":{"rendered":"Book of the Week: the old tin roof"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehaikufoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mountainroof.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8457 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thehaikufoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mountainroof.jpg\" alt=\"mountainroof\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8457 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehaikufoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mountainroof.jpg\" alt=\"mountainroof\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Marlene Mountain<\/strong> was the doyenne of English-language haiku. She burst upon the scene with the publication of this iconic chapbook, self-published in 1976, which contains many of her early classics, which made it an excellent volume with which to inaugurate our Book of the Week Feature in 2013, and now to begin our look back at the first dozen years of Book of the Week.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehaikufoundation.org\/omeka\/items\/show\/60\">entire book<\/a> in the THF Digital Library.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>with rain i hear the old tin roof<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>spring evening he calls louder for the milk cow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>drone of my dulcimer down the road a revival<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>river moving dawn with it<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>beneath leaf mold stone cool stone<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the old milk cow comes in long before dusk<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>gosling following its neck to the bug<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>at dusk hot water from the hose<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The reason we are reprising our early Book of the Week offerings is because we are currently without a Digital Librarian. The Digital Librarian creates new Book of the Week posts for the Foundation, in addition to other tasks. Ideally, s\/he has librarian skills, but it&#8217;s not absolutely necessary. Perhaps you would have an interest in serving the haiku community, and the Foundation, in this way? 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