New Zealand poet, Sandra Simpson, has posted a review of Blowing Up Balloons (BUB) by Vanessa Proctor and Gregory Piko on her website. You can read the review here.

Sandra’s haiku have been widely published around the world and appear in many prestigious anthologies. Her haiku collection, Breath, was published in 2011.

Sandra’s site always has items of interest, so check out the full review of BUB and see what else Sandra has posted about the world of haiku. Among other things, Sandra said of BUB:

Both authors are accomplished, award-winning haiku poets and together have produced a collection that will be hard to beat. Blowing Up Balloons is that rare thing, a book firmly rooted in reality that is nonetheless filled with love and is a joy from beginning to end.